Božena Angelova (born 1981

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ist. She has recorded for the Slovenian Broadcasting Company and has performed as a soloist with the

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and the Carinthian symphony orchestra, amongst others.

Biography

She began playing the violin at age of seven, initially taught by her father. After finishing the local music school, she moved to

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in order to study with Helfried Fister at the Conservatory of Music in

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where she obtained her music degree with distinction. She continued her musical studies at the College of Music and Arts in

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and at the University of Music »Mozarteum« in

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with

Igor Ozim Igor Ozim (born 9 May 1931) is a Slovenian classical violinist and pedagogue, based in Salzburg, Austria. Career Igor Ozim was born in 1931 in Ljubljana. He came from a musical family: both parents played the piano and his brother the violin. At ...

, where she finished her masterstudies with distinction. To complement her university education, she attended many courses by renowned musicians, including Thomas Brandis, Tibor Varga, Evgenia Tchugaeva, Mintcho Mintchev, Rainer Schmidt, Siegmund Nissel,

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, and Bruno Canino. Angelova performed as soloist with orchestras including: the Carinthian symphony orchestra, Klagenfurt (Austria), Symphony orchestra of

(Slovenia), and the

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, as well as with the New chamber orchestra and the Ars academica orchestra in

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and

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. She is guest artist in national and international music festivals: Festival Bled (Slovenia), «Festival Ljubljana«, Festival »Music September«in Maribor, Festival Internacional de Música Cásica de Peñíscola, Gewandhaus Leipzig, »Mozart's Wohnhaus Konzerte« in Salzburg, »Mozartfest-Schwetzingen« (Germany) and contemporary music performances in Spain with the Ensemble Zahir, as well as with the OENM (Austrian ensemble for contemporary music) in

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. Angelova has collaborated with musicians as Mate Bekavac, Arvid Engegard, Radovan Vlatković,

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, Per Rundberg, Stefan Schilli, Joanna Kamenarska, and recorded for the Slovenian and Austrian Broadcasting Companies. She performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician in Slovenia and abroad.

Awards

During her studies Angelova competed in several international music competitions. She was awarded with many prizes and scholarships: * prize at the Slovenian national music competition, * several prizes at the International „Alpe-Adria“ competition in Italy, * prize at the international Johannes Brahms competition in Austria,"Prizewinners of the 15th International Johannes Brahms Competition 2008" - Brahms Competition
/ref> * the Slovenian composer's award, * arts-scholarship from the Swiss government and * Scholarship from the Slovenian Ministry of Culture.

References

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