Konstantin Evtimov is а

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n cellist. He is a soloist with the

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Bulgarian: Симфоничен оркестър на Българското национално радио) is a Bulgarian radio orchestra based in Sofia, Bulgaria, affiliated with Bulgarian Nati ...

and a member of Ardenza Trio.

Biography

Evtimov was born in

Ruse, Bulgaria Ruse (also transliterated as Rousse, Russe; bg, Русе ) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately south of ...

in 1975. He graduated from the College of Arts in Ruse and the Music Academy –

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

in the cello class of prof. Bogomil Karakonov and in the Chamber music class of prof. Ventzeslav Nikolov. He took part as a solo cellist in the world tour of the Philharmonie der Nationen, Germany under

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. In six months time he specialised with the famous German cellist Maria Kliegel in Essen,

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. In 1996 he attended a master class in Bern with Conradin Brotbek. Subsequently, he obtained concert and soloist diplomas at the High School of Music and Theater – Bern in the cello class of prof. Conradin Brotbek. He participated in master classes given by cellists such as

Arto Noras Arto Noras (born 12 May 1942, in Turku) is a Finnish cellist who is one of Finland's most celebrated instrumentalists and amongst the most outstanding internationally acknowledged cellists of his generation. At the age of 8, Arto Noras started ...

, Robert Cohen, Martti Rousi and

Young-Chang Cho Young-Chang Cho (born 1958 in Seoul) is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area. Career Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He began cello lessons at the age of eight. From 1971, ...

. In 1998, still a student, he began playing in the Symphonic orchestra of Lausanne. Two months later he was nominated for a solo cello of the same orchestra. At the same time he met

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, who invited him to become the solo cello of Camerata de Lausanne. He was a featured soloist at music festivals in

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, Japan, etc. Evtimov performed as a soloist of many orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bern, Graz,

and

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Symphonic Orchestras and has given recitals in cities all around the world, including

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, and Dublin, Ireland. He took part in chamber formations with Mstislav Rostropovich,

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, Jorg Demus, etc. He recorded for ARD, ZDF, radio Espace 2 CH, radio ТSR – 1 CH, Radio Camerata – Tokio, National Radio of Bulgaria, Bulgarian and Argentinian television. He was the principal cellist of Camerata de Lausanne under

for 7 years. From 1998 to 2008 he was a solo violoncello of Sinfonietta de Lausanne. Konstantin2

In 2008 he decided to return to

. He left his post in Sinfonietta de Lausanne and undertook soloist activity in Bulgaria. In January 2009 he was invited to play at the opening of Chamber Music Festival Sofia, dedicated to the 130th anniversary since Sofia was 'crowned' as Bulgaria's capital. In January 2010 he was invited to play with

Theodosii Spassov Theodosii Spassov (born 4 March 1961) is a Bulgarian jazz musician who plays kaval. Theodosii Spassov began his early training on the kaval at the Kotel Music School and The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv/Bulgaria. The kaval, an eight-ho ...

at a concert dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the

Bulgarian National Radio Bulgarian National Radio ( bg, Българско национално радио, ''Bulgarsko natsionalno radio''; abbreviated to БНР, BNR) is Bulgaria's national radio broadcasting organisation. It operates two national and nine regional cha ...

. The occasion took place on the stage of the Bulgarian National Theatre "

Ivan Vazov Ivan Minchov Vazov ( bg, Иван Минчов Вазов; – 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley ...

". Since 2009 he has been a solo violoncello of the Symphonic Orchestra of the

. Since 2014 he has been a member of Ardenza Trio with Daniela Dikova, piano, and the solo violin of the Symphonic Orchestra of the

Galina Koycheva-Mircheva.Носталгия по несъстоялия се фест
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