Fifteen voices, one pulse.

Miroslav Georgiev

Miroslav Georgiev is a pianist, conductor, composer and arranger with professional experience across Europe, the United States and South America. He holds Master’s degrees in Piano and Conducting from the National Academy of Music in Sofia and a further Master’s degree in Piano from the University of South Florida. From 2012 to 2017, he taught at Cantareira University in São Paulo, and between 2013 and 2016 served as pianist-soloist with the São Paulo Symphonic Wind Orchestra.

Since 2023, Georgiev has been Artistic Director of Camerata Bulgarica, where his work as performer, composer and arranger converges into a distinctive artistic language. He composed Dawn of Hope for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) in London, as well as Carmen Jazz Fantasia, and created all of the arrangements heard in the Homecoming programme, specifically for Camerata’s unusual instrumentation. His ability to move freely across periods, genres and musical languages has become one of the defining features of the ensemble’s artistic identity.

Stoimen Peev

Stoimen Peev is Leader of the Second Violins of the Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble and a Chief Assistant Professor at the National Academy of Music in Sofia. A graduate of Prof. Ginka Gichkova’s class, he completed his doctoral degree in 2022. He performs regularly as a soloist in Bulgaria and abroad, including Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in 2015. From 2014 to 2022, he was first violinist of the Sofia Quartet. He has served as Camerata Bulgarica’s concertmaster since the ensemble’s founding.

Elizabeth Gekova

Elizabeth Gekova is a young Bulgarian violinist with an active solo and chamber career in Bulgaria and abroad. A graduate of the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music School in Sofia, she has continued her studies since 2025 at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Germany, in the class of Prof. Aleksey Semenenko. She has appeared as soloist with Sofia Soloists, Vratsa Symphony Orchestra, Shumen Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles, and has performed in chamber projects with musicians including Midori Goto, Giovanni Gnocchi and Wilfried Strehle. She is the recipient of numerous national and international awards.

Stefania Yankova

Stefania Yankova has served as Principal Viola of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2017. She began her musical training in Sofia and continued her viola studies as a teenager at Bilkent University in Ankara. A graduate of the National Academy of Music in Sofia, she later specialised with Prof. Thomas Selditz in Hamburg and Vienna and completed her doctorate in 2025. An active chamber musician, she has performed across Europe at venues including the Musikverein, Palau de la Música and the Rudolfinum.

Linda Mancheva

Linda Mancheva is a cellist with an extensive international career and a particular focus on historically informed performance. Following her studies in Sofia, she graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in cello, chamber music and music education, and later specialised in baroque cello at the Universität der Künste Berlin. A prizewinner at international competitions for Baroque chamber music in Germany and Italy, she was also a scholarship recipient of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Foundation. Her concert career has taken her to festivals and stages across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Emil Gunev

Emil Gunev is a young Bulgarian double bassist, educated at the Dobri Hristov National School of Arts in Varna and the National Academy of Music in Sofia, where he completed his Master’s degree in the class of Prof. Petya Bagovska. He has also studied with Prof. Daniele Roccato in Rome. A prizewinner at numerous national competitions, he has appeared as soloist with orchestras across Bulgaria. Since 2025, he has served as Principal Double Bass of the National Music Academy Symphony Orchestra in Sofia.

Lora Krasteva

Lora Krasteva is a young Bulgarian flautist, a graduate of the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music School in Sofia and currently a student at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in the class of Prof. Gisela Mashayekhi-Beer. She has performed with the Sofia Philharmonic, the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and other professional and youth ensembles, while her development has included masterclasses with leading European flautists. In 2026, she won First Prize at the Moyse International Flute Competition in Sofia.

Dimitar Moskovsky

Dimitar Moskovsky is a clarinettist, music producer and cultural entrepreneur. Born in Sofia, he began his musical journey with the Bodra Smyana Children’s Choir and in 1995 won Second Prize at the Concertino Praga International Competition. After receiving a full scholarship to Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, he continued his studies at The Juilliard School in New York, earning Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Clarinet Performance. In 2003, he gave a recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as a scholarship recipient of the Sts Cyril and Methodius International Foundation.

In 2009, he returned to Bulgaria and joined the Sofia Philharmonic, with which he has performed in more than 650 concerts in Bulgaria and abroad. In 2023, he founded Camerata Bulgarica and, as its producer, leads the development of its international partnerships, artistic projects and productions. Under his leadership, Camerata has created four consecutive musical productions for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) in London and Bavaria. Homecoming marks Camerata Bulgarica’s first major public production in Bulgaria.

Alexander Wladigeroff

Alexander Wladigeroff is a trumpeter, flugelhorn player, composer and arranger, educated at the National Music School and National Music Academy in Sofia and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Based in Vienna for more than 25 years, he and his brother Konstantin have developed a distinctive musical language in which classical tradition, Bulgarian folklore, jazz and Balkan music meet naturally. Their discography includes numerous albums of original compositions and music spanning three generations of the Wladigeroff family.

Margarita Bozukova

Margarita Bozukova is a young Bulgarian trumpeter, educated at the Dobrin Petkov National School of Music and Dance and the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv, where she completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the class of Pencho Penchev. Since 2021, she has been a member of the Maestro Georgi Atanasov Symphony and Operetta Society in Pazardzhik. Her orchestral work has taken her on international concert tours to Germany, China, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy.

Mihail Mihaylov

Mihail Mihaylov is Principal Horn of the Sofia Philharmonic and a solo orchestral musician of the Sofia Opera and Ballet. A graduate of the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music School and the National Music Academy in Sofia, his training also included the Prague–Vienna–Budapest International Summer Academy with Prof. Adam Friedrich. He has held a principal position at the Sofia Opera since 2003 and at the Sofia Philharmonic since 2018. An active chamber musician, he is also a member of the ClassicArt Ensemble.

Gabriela Tomova

Gabriela Tomova is a Bulgarian horn player, educated at the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music School and the National Music Academy in Sofia, where she studied with Prof. Vladislav Grigorov and Prof. Yasen Teodosiev. A prizewinner at national and international competitions for horn and chamber music, she participated for three consecutive years in the International Summer Academy in Austria. She has appeared as soloist with the New Symphony Orchestra and the Academy Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Wind Art Quintet. Her professional work is also associated with the Stefan Makedonski Music Theatre.

Jorge Felipe Nieto

Spanish trombonist Jorge Felipe Nieto has served as Principal Trombone of the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra since 2022. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Maastricht Conservatory, where he studied with Bart Claessens, and later trained at OAcademy with Martin Schippers. He has performed with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Philzuid and the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. A prizewinner at international competitions in Spain and Sweden, since 2025 he has also served as an OAcademy brass audition and evaluation panellist.

Boris Yordanov

Boris Yordanov is a young Bulgarian percussionist, a graduate of the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music School and currently a student at the National Academy of Music in Sofia in the class of Assoc. Prof. Miroslav Dimov. He is the recipient of numerous distinctions at national and international competitions, including two prizes at the Pendim International Percussion Competition in Plovdiv. Despite his young age, he has already gained orchestral experience with the Sofia Philharmonic, the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Opera and Ballet and New Symphony Orchestra.

Charli Milov

Charli Milov is a percussionist with the Sofia Philharmonic, which he joined following a successful audition in 2025. A graduate of the Panayot Pipkov National School of Arts in Pleven and the National Academy of Music in Sofia, he studied with Assoc. Prof. Miroslav Dimov. He is a two-time First Prize winner at the International Music and Earth Competition and recipient of the Grand Prix at the National Academy’s Percussion Competition. In 2023, he gave the world premiere of Daniele Vineis’s Pulsar at Bulgarian National Radio’s Studio One.

Jeroen Hop

Jeroen Hop is part of Camerata Bulgarica’s producing team, working alongside Dimitar Moskovsky on the development of the platform, its international partnerships and long-term strategy. He also serves as the ensemble’s tour manager for all of its international productions. His work contributes to building Camerata beyond individual concerts – from positioning and communications to developing lasting relationships with partners and new audiences. For Homecoming, he was part of the production team and was also responsible for the overall visual realisation of the printed programme.