Current employment

Double bass / Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Double bass / freelance

freelancer / Mozarteum University Salzburg

Education

1979 - 1982 Primary school in Pleven, preparatory classes at the music school in Pleven/BG

1982 - 1991 Music high school "Panayot Pipkov" in Pleven, majoring in double bass

1991 - 1993 Compulsory military service in air defense

1993 - 1998 Municipal Music Academy "P. Vladigerov" in Sofia

2005 Studies at the University of Palermo (Erasmus Program)

1996 - 2006 Studied musicology and Italian at the University of Paris Lodron

Professional experience / artistic activity

In 1994 Concerts with Jeunesses Musicales Europa

1998 - 1999 Substitute in the symphony orchestra "Playhouse" in Durban, South African Republic

2001 - 2004 Artistically active at the Landestheater Salzburg: Aida (Gr. Festspielhaus),

Norma (Kl. Festspielhaus), La Boheme (Gr. Festspielhaus), Die Csàrdasfürstin (Landestheater)

Since 2001 double bass player with Philharmonie Salzburg

In 2005 internship at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy

2006 - 2014 Organizational and artistic collaboration in the office of the Philharmonie Salzburg

2008 - 2012 Frequent collaboration with IGNM

In 2012 participation at the Salzburg Festival: Die Soldaten by B. A. Zimmermann, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Ingo Metzmacher

In 2014 Conductor Kiril Petrenko Bavarian State Opera, Munich: The Soldiers by B. A. Zimmermann,

2015 - April 2025 Orchestra director and manager of the Philharmonie Salzburg

Numerous performances with orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Europe (Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Vienna, Brucknerhaus Linz, Tonhalle Zurich, Orchesterhaus Lucerne, etc.), Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan) and Africa (Durban Symphony Orchestra)

Languages

German, English, Italian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian