Božena Angelova is a Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

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

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national philharmonic orchestra of Slovenia, based in the capital Ljubljana.On the Philharmonic Hall, a pastel yellow building on Kongresni trg., is a plaque stating that the Philharmonic was founded in 1701; though this refers to the founding of the...

 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 Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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

Klagenfurt

-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...

 where she obtained her music degree with distinction. She continued her musical studies at the College of Music and Arts in Bern, Switzerland and at the University of Music »Mozarteum« in Salzburg

Salzburg

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 with Igor Ozim where she finished her masterstudies with distinction. To complement her university education, she attended many courses by prestigious musicians, including: Thomas Brandis, Tibor Varga, Evgenia Tchugaeva, Mintcho Mintchev, Rainer Schmidt, Siegmund Nissel, Emerson String Quartet, and Bruno Canino.

Angelova performed as soloist with orchestras including: the Carinthian symphony orchestra, Klagenfurt (Austria), Symphony orchestra of Maribor

Maribor

Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....

 (Slovenia), and the Slovenian philharmonic orchestra

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national philharmonic orchestra of Slovenia, based in the capital Ljubljana.On the Philharmonic Hall, a pastel yellow building on Kongresni trg., is a plaque stating that the Philharmonic was founded in 1701; though this refers to the founding of the...

 in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

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

Spain

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 and Germany

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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 Vienna

Vienna

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

Radovan Vlatkovic

Radovan Vlatković is a Croatian born horn player. He is the former principal horn of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra . He left that post in 1990 to devote himself to a solo career and has recorded many of the major works for horn...

, Milan Turkovic

Milan Turkovic

Milan Turković is an Austrian bassoonist who was born in Zagreb, Croatia but grew up in Vienna, Austria.He is considered one of the few internationally known soloists on his instrument. He was for many years the principal bassoon of the Vienna Symphony as well as a member of the period instrument...

, 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,
• the Slovenian composer’s award,
• arts-scholarship from the Swiss government and
• Scholarship from the Slovenian Ministry of Culture.