Kristina Stefanova Sandulova ( bg, Кристина Стефанова Сандулова, born in
Sofia,
Bulgaria) is a Dutch pianist of Bulgarian descent. She emigrated to the Netherlands in 2001. She lived in
Vienna, Austria between 2009 and 2015, when she moved to
Hamburg. She has an international concert career.
Sandulova is the daughter of the renowned Bulgarian composer
Julia Tsenova.
Biography
Kristina Sandulova began her piano studies with her mother, the composer
Julia Tsenova, having her first public performance at the age of six, at the
National Palace of Culture (НДК). She later studied at the
National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov” under the supervision of prof. Stella Dimitrova-Maistrova. In 2001 she received a grant from the “Stichting Labberté-Hoedemaker Fonds” in order to continue her studies in the Netherlands. There Sandulova studied with
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Klára Würtz at the
Prince Claus Conservatoire, the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the
Conservatory of Utrecht, respectively.
Currently Sandulova resides in
Vienna, Austria, and has an international concert career, having performed in the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Irelend, Bulgaria, Norway, Iceland, Japan and the United Kingdom. She is also the founder of the “Julia Tsenova Music & Arts Tribute”, a concert series dedicated to the memory of her mother,
Julia Tsenova, which began as a joint initiative with artist-composer Joseph Johannes Visser.
Sandulova participated in numerous international festivals for
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, including “ppIANISSIMO” in Sofia, Bulgaria and the “Buchkunstbiennale” in Horn, Austria. She has also delivered international piano master classes and lecture-recitals about Julia Tsenova, among others at the Koyo Conservatory in Kobe, Japan, the Reykjavík College of Music in Iceland and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Germany.
Competitions Record
Sandulova has prizes at the following national and international competitions:
* “Liszt-Bartok competition”, Sofia, Bulgaria: Honorable mention (1995).
* “Music and Earth competition”, Sofia, Bulgaria: Piano Duo Performance, awarded by Julia Ganeva and Konstantin Ganev (1996).
* “Music and Earth competition”, Sofia, Bulgaria: Award for Artistic Merit (1997).
Premiere performances
Sandulova has performed Bulgarian, Dutch and world premiere works of the following composers:
*
Julia Tsenova (Bulgaria)
* Atanas Kosev (Bulgaria)
* Andre Hamel (Canada)
* Rumen Baliozov (Bulgaria)
* Dimitar Christov (Bulgaria)
* :fr:Marzena Komsta, Marzena Komsta (Poland)
* Tsveta Dimitrova (Bulgaria)
* Petar Petrov (Bulgaria)
* Vykintas Baltakas (Lithuania)
* James Mobberley (USA)
* Lazar Nivolov (Bulgaria)
* Dimitar Kirov (Bulgaria)
* Oscar Carmona (Chile)
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References
External links
Homepage of Kristina Sandulova
Homepage of Julia Tsenova
Kristina Sandulova on Facebook
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Bulgarian classical pianists
Bulgarian women classical pianists
Bulgarian women pianists
Musicians from Sofia
Dutch classical pianists
Dutch women classical pianists
Dutch people of Bulgarian descent
1978 births
Living people
Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century women pianists