„EUROPEAN MUSIC FESTIVAL“ 2021

21-th Edition

Supported by Sofia Municipality – Part of the Sofia Municipality Cultural Events Calendar 2021

Co-organizer – Bulgarian Ministry of Culture

29 June 2021, Tuesday, Bulgaria Concert Hall, 7:30 PM

ALBENA DANAILOVA, Violin

concertmaster of Vienna’s Statsoper orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic)

Classic FM RADIO ORCHESTRA

GRIGOR PALIKAROV, conductor

Program: Handel, Bach, Beethoven, Kreisler, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Massenet

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Albena Danailova was born in Sofia as the daughter of a violinist and a pianist. At the age of five she began her musical education with Nely Jeleva and Dora Ivanova at the music school and academy in her home city. After graduation from high school, she studied violin performance at the College of Music and Theater in Rostock and in Hamburg with Petru Munteanu. She finished her degree in 2001, having augmented her studies by masterclasses with Ida Haendel, Herman Krebbers and others. In the same year she received an engagement as second violinist  in the Bavarian State Orchestra, advancing in 2003 to section leader of the first violins and in 2006 to first concertmaster. In this same capacity, she also served in the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2003/04 season. On September 1, 2008, she became the concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.