Kristiana Mihaylova

KRISTIANA MIHAYLOVA graduated from the "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" National School of Music in Burgas and the "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" National Academy of Music - Sofia with a degree in cello under prof. Prof. Bogomil Karakonov. She has majored at the New Bulgarian University with prof. Hristo Tanev. During his studies he was a soloist of the Academic Orchestra of the Academy of Music and the Burgas Philharmonic Orchestra, and was a prize-winner of a number of competitions. She attended cello master classes with Robert Cohen, Young Chang Cho, prof. Peter Buck (Melos Quartet), prof. Laszlo Mezo (Bartok Quartet), Ulf Tischbirek (Lubeck), Xenia Jankovic, Martina Schucan (Zurich), Dominique de Williencourt, Stefan Popov, Lilia Shultz- Bayrova, Vencislav Nikolov, as well as master classes in chamber music with distinguished musicians and teachers. She has participated in various festivals - Oberstdorf (Germany), “Prague- Wien –Budapest” (Austria), International Festival “Balabanov’s House Music Days”, (Plovdiv) , “Apolonia”(Sozopol) . She has performed with Andrew Mariner, Maria Prinz, Vasily Ilisavsky, Alexis Kosenko, Elizabeth Pitcairn etc. She was honored to perform the Hendel's Passacaglia for Violin and Cello with Nigel Kennedy. Kristiana Mihaylova successfully combines her career as a soloist, chamber musician, and member of several orchestras. Since 2008 she has been a member of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. Between 2006 - 2011 she played in the Symphony Orchestra of the Chigiana Summer Academy in Siena, Italy. She has been concertmaster of the cellos in the Classic FM Radio Orchestra since 2002.