| Goran ALACHKI Artists SKOPIE, North Macedonia
Goran ALACHKI is one of the greatest artistes - an accordion player, a composer, an arranger, and an expert in Macedonian Ethno music dances and traditional songs including. He is an owner of MU |
| Bilja KRSTIC - Singer Artists Belgrade, Serbia
One of the best serbian female vocals Biljana Krstic,with her band, performs the most beautifull songs from Kosovo, south Serbia, Vlach district, Romania and Macedonia.The music performed by Bil |
| Dobrinka NENOVA - Applied Arts, Gabrovo Artists Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Dobrinka Ivanova Nenova was born on 28th September 1957 in the town of Sevlievo, Bulgaria. Since 1992 she has been working as a fur-dresser in the open-air architectural-ethnographic museum 'Eta |
| Eva Quartet, Sofia Artists , Bulgaria
Eva Quartet was formed in 1996 by Milen Ivanov, who has graduate the State Musical Academy in Sofia and by four girls from the Mystery of Bulgarian Voices state choir.The singers are Gergana Dimitrova |
| Todor BEKIRSKI - Choreography Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
Todor Bekirski was born on 13.April 1947 in Plovdiv. Almost in his childhood he was fond of Bulgarian folkdances and songs. His family bearer of Bulgarian folklore, determined his future |
| Nikolai TOPCHIJSKI - Nestinari Dance Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
THE NESTINARI DANCE
The Nestinari dance is one of the most authentical rituals, that have started its origin in the area of our country before Christ. Preparations for the fest of Nestina |
| Emmanuel FRIN - Musician Artists Rennes, France
Emmanuel FRIN – clarinet, gaida, saxophone
Emmanuel FRIN was born in 1973 in Rennes, France. His musical career has undergone different stages throughout the years: beginning with |
| Maya GOROVA - Fine Arts Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
Maya Gorova was born in the year 1946 in the beautiful Plovdiv – a town with strong traditions in the arts sphere. In 1972 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, specialt |
| Stoyan VARNALIEV - Singer Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
In the late autumn of 1968, in the house of Ivanka and Kiro Varnaliev in the village of General Inzovo, Yambol Region a second baby boy, Stoyan, was born.
The child was weak but had a w |
| Petar YANAKIEV - Applied Arts, Blagoevgrad Artists Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Petar Yanakiev is a graduate of the Institute of Choreography in Sofia and has been working as a choreographer for more than 20 years. He shows his love for old traditions and art in the c |
| Karadjov's Family - Nadka and Svetla, Sofia Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
Nadka Ivanova Karadjova
folk singer - soprano
Born in the town of Pazardjik, in a family with several generations of singers. An original talent and unique performer she is one of the |
| Yordan YANAKIEV - Choreography Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
A choreographer, scientific degree: Associate Professor in Bulgarian Folklore Choreography.
Yordan Yanakiev was born on 20th July 1942 in the town of Sofia.
In 1960 he graduated from th |
| Magdalina KARJANOVA - Applied Arts, Panagyurishte Artists Panagyurishte, Bulgaria
Magdalina Karjanova was born in the town of Plovdiv in 1939. She graduates from the Carpet School in the town of Panagyurishte, where afterwards she works as a teacher.
For twenty years |
| Sasho KAMBOUROV - Fine Arts Artists Pleven, Bulgaria
The artist's work is directed to the fantastic mythfolklore world of the Bulgarians. The eternal male and female beginning and the fight between evil and human spirit are treated in the my |
| Valentin YOTKOV - Silversmith Artists Brooklyn, United States of America
Valentin Yotkov is renowned master silversmith from Bulgaria who was trained in the ancient metalwork techniques of chasing and repousse. His work has been exhibited in Japan, Greece, Germ |
| New Bulgarians - Formation, Sofia Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
The formation ‘New Bulgarians’ was created in 1999. In its musical and performer’s repertoire is implemented the spirit of the traditional Bulgarian folk music, presented by its ow |
| SLAVEY - Female Folk Quartet, Sofia Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
The female folk quartet “Slavey” (Nadka Karadjova, Svetla Ivanova, Liliana Galevska and Stoyanka Lalova) is a bunch of sing talents - outstanding performers of the beautiful Bulgaria |
| Ivanka IVANOVA - Singer Artists Cologne, Germany
Ivanka Ivanova was born on 18 January 1954 in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, where she also spent her childhood and youth. She gave up her "career" as a highly trained and certified physician's ass |
| Galina Durmushliyska, Singer Artists Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galina Durmushliyska - Voice of Dobrudja
Galina has a carriere of over 22 years as a professional folklore singer, however here voice and style is as pure as life in the villages in the |
| Todor KARAPCHANSKI - Choreography Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
Todor Karapchanski was born on 3 September 1941 in the town of Yambol, Bulgaria. His father Dragan Karapchanski was one of the establishers of the "Philip Koutev" National Folklore Ensembl |
| Milen SLAVOV - Musician Artists Tigard, United States of America
Milen Slavov is an award-winning composer and accordionist from Bulgaria. Slavov's solo concerts present
his own inovative compositions and improvisations based on traditional and
con |
| Zhivka PAPANCHEVA - Singer Artists Tigard, United States of America
Zhivka Papancheva is a professional singer and teacher.
She comes from a family of well-known singers from the Strandzha Region of Southeastern Bulgaria. By the age of four, she knew s |
| Teodor TODOROV - Fine Arts Artists Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Teodor Todorov was born on 5 September, 1960 in the town of Svishtov, Bulgaria. He graduated in the Technical school for metal works. Since 1990 he has lived and worked in the town of Plov |
| Daniela Ivanova - Choreography, Sofia Artists , Bulgaria
Daniela Ivanova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1963. She graduated from “St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, majoring in Bulgarian Language and Literature (1994), Philosophy |
| Eleonora and Gorana GRGAC - Applied Arts Artists Djurdjevats, Croatia
Eleonora Grgac was born as Scorpio in 1947 in Osijek, Croatia. She graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb University. She is dedicated to the ceramic arts, using the RAKU techn |
| Alina Fisher - Romanian and Middle Eastern Dancer Artists Edmonton, Canada
Alina Fisher was born in Bucharest, Romania on February 16, 1975.
On their way to immigrating to Canada her parents and she have lived in Israel and also Greece. Therefore she has very |
| The Bisserov Sisters, Sofia Artists , Bulgaria
Following an age-old oral tradition, The Bisserov Sisters have learnt their repertoire by listening to the traditional songs of previous generations.
Their mother, Russa, and her sisters, Mitra, Ve |
| Misho GUROV - Master of Accordion Artists , Bulgaria
Misho Gurov (pronounced GYOOR-off), famous throughout Bulgaria in the 1950s and 1960s as `master of the accordion,` was born Mihail Vasilev Gurov on April 26, 1935 in Zaichar, Yugoslavia t |
| Theodosii Spassov - Musician Artists , Bulgaria
Theodosii Spassov was born on 4 March 1961. He began his early training on the kaval at the Kotel Music School and The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv. He has developed his own uniq |
| Marian TOMOV - iconographer, Sofia Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
Marian Tomov is a Bulgarian artist whose work is deep in restoring, conserving and making religious icons. He is an accomplished icon-painter, who endeavours to be most authentic in his re |
| Marius Ursu, Timisoara Artists Timisoara, Romania
Marius Ursu is expert choreographer of the folk ensemble “Doina Timisului” of The Students’ Cultural Club in Timisoara, starting from 1990. Marius is mechanic engineer by profession, |
| Muammer Ketencoglu, Istanbul Artists , Turkey
Born in Tire, Izmir in 1964, Muammer Ketencoglu received his initial musical training in a school for the blind during his years of primary and secondary education. He came to realize tha |
| Duo Izvor - Bulgarian Folkmusic Artists , Netherlands
We are Michiel Bakkes and Bregje Tijman and together we are Duo Izvor, the couple for Bulgarian folk music! We have a great passion for Bulgaria, that's why we regularly go there and we ha |
| VALERI DIMCHEV TRIO, Blagoevgrad Artists Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Valeri Dimchev Trio was formed by Valeri Dimchev and Anton Apostolov in 1991. Drago Dimov (percussions) was the third. Later Desislava Dimcheva (vocal) joined. The repertoire of the group |
| Esma Redzepova and Ensemble Teodosievski Artists Skopje, North Macedonia
Esma Redzepova, The Queen of the Roma Music present in world more than 45 years. Esma Redzepova grew up in Skopje.
Her talent as a musician, dancer and actress brought her onto stage a |
| DRAGAN DAUTOVSKI QUARTET, Skopje Artists Skopje, North Macedonia
Dragan Dautovski Quartet was created in July 2000 in Skopje, Macedonia. The band's principal inspiration is Macedonian music folklore idiom. From depth of the folklore, through the various |
| Kremena STANCHEVA - Singer Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
A living legend among Bulgarian folk singers, Kremena Stancheva was born in the village of Kovachevtsi in the Shope region, near Sofia. She began singing at an early age, learning from her |
| Kostadinka GRIGOROVA - singer, Dimitrovgrad Artists Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Kostadinka Georgieva Grigorova was born on 20 of August 1963 in Plovdiv city – the cultural capital of Bulgaria.
On her mother`s side she is a decendant of a Rhodope family that lived |
| ATANAS STOIANOV - accordionist Artists , Bulgaria
Atanas Stoianov was born on 3rd of March, 1972 in the town of Sofia. He began playing the accordion when he was 7 years old at a children’s music school, at nice Aura Cultural Club. |
| Neshko Neshev - accordion Artists Plovdiv, Bulgaria
An accordionist of remarkable gifts who has attracted the attention of connoisseurs of instrumental folk music is Neshko Neshev. His biographical data reveal a creative path that began at |
| Temiana Folk Dance Formation, Sofia Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
TEMIANA Folk Formation was formed in Sofia in 2003 by a group of professional folklore dancers, graduated from different schools of folklore. Choreographer and soloist of TEMIANA is Bori |
| Jatila van der Veen - Middle Eastern and Balkan Dance Artists Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
specialties: Middle Eastern and Balkan dance
soloist: UC Santa Barbara Middle East Ensemble Dance Troupe
Jatila has been dancing since she was a child in New York City. She studied b |
| Helene Eriksen Artists Goettingen, Germany
Helene studied Dance Ethnology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and was later a doctoral candidate in Folklore, Slavistics and Turcology at the Georg-August University i |
| Aleksandr Iliev Eppler - kaval player Artists Seattle, WA, United States of America
The first kaval player to be accepted into the Bulgarian State Conservatory, Aleksandr Iliev Eppler's education and experience is part of the lineage of the Thracian School of kaval playing |
| Dutch DIP Artists , Netherlands
Dutch DIP was founded in 2005, when Duo Izvor (Netherlands) was asked to play at the Eastbourne International Folk Festival. To have some more power, Duo Izvor asked Linny on clarinet to j |
| Kosta Kolev - composer, performer, conductor, arranger Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
One of the most famous Bulgarian composers, performers, conductors and arrangers – Kosta Kolev is born on the 2nd of June 1921, in the village of Korten, region of Nova Zagora, Bulgari |
| Vesselin FESCHIEV - weaver Artists , Bulgaria
A third generation weaver, Feschiev has dedicated himself to weaving since 1978, first as a part-time occupation and later, since 1984, as full-time self-employment. His grandfather Vas |
| Ludmil Dimitrov - accordion Artists Sofia, Bulgaria
Lyudmil Dimitrov was born on 3 March 1966 in the town of Vidin, Bulgaria. He graduated from ‘Lyubomir Pipkov’ secondary musical school at Pleven and National Academy of Music in Sofia, |
| Marieta Yordanova NEDKOVA - leather craftswoman Artists , Bulgaria
Third generation leather crafts-woman: her father and grand-father were master leather- craftsmen with a major contribution for the establishment and development of the Craftsmen Guild in |
| Svetlozar PARMAKOV - master of ceramics Artists , Bulgaria
Born in Bulgaria in 1964, at present, Parmakov is a leading master of ceramics for Bulgaria.
His craftsmanship and creative achievements have received world-wide recognition.
A graduat |
| Nikolay NIKOLOV - woodcarver Artists , Bulgaria
Graduated the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1986. First major “Engraving”, second major “Wood-carving”.
His works are presented in numberless general art |