Guests 2026

Rovshan Mamedkuliev

Russia · Classical Guitar

“Rovshan Mamedkuliev is a real musician. Classical guitar today needs more musicians, not just guitarists.” Roland Dyens (France)

Teodosii Spasov

Bulgaria · Kaval

Teodosii Spassov is a world-renowned ambassador of the kaval—an emblematic instrument of Bulgarian folklore and one of the oldest musical instruments in Europe. He has developed a…

George Vassilev

Bulgaria/Switzerland · Classical Guitar

George Vassilev is known for his distinctive artistic approach, musical voice and virtuoso command of the instrument. He is a first-prize laureate of five major international compe…

Atanas Ourkouzounov

Bulgaria/France · Classical Guitar

Atanas Ourkouzounov is a guitarist and composer regarded as one of the most significant composers for guitar of his generation. He grew up in Bulgaria and began his studies with Di…

Thanapot Lerttham

Thailand · Classical Guitar

Thanapot Lerttham is a Thai classical guitarist known for his expressive musical voice and refined technique. He has earned more than thirty prizes in national and international co…

Emmanouil Makridis

Greece · Classical Guitar

Emmanouil Makridis, 20, started guitar lessons at the age of 8 with Greek guitarist and composer Costas Bravakis. Later, at the age of 14, he was admitted to the Thessaloniki State…

Dimitar Ivanov

Bulgaria · 10-string guitar

Dimitar Ivanov is a musician specializing in the ten-string guitar. He began his musical education at New Bulgarian University in 2005, continued at the Conservatory in Sion, Switz…

Duo Petricor

The Netherlands / Chile · Classical Guitar Duo

Duo Petricor brings together two young classical guitarists who met at the renowned University of Music Franz Liszt in the historic city of Weimar. Dutch guitarist Boy Bol and Chil…

Balkan Moods Project

Teodosii Spassov is a world-renowned ambassador of the kaval—an emblematic instrument of Bulgarian folklore and one of the oldest musical instruments in Europe. He has developed a…

Alexander Muñoz Godoy

Chile · Classical Guitar

Alexander Muñoz Godoy is a Chilean classical guitarist with an internationally active concert career. He began his musical studies at the age of 16 at the Universidad de Chile, whe…

Irina-Kalina Goudeva

Bulgaria · Double Bass and Voice

Internationally acclaimed double bassist and interdisciplinary artist Irina-Kalina Goudeva was born in Sofia and lives in Switzerland. She graduated from the Sofia State Conservato…

Andrea Curiale

Italy · Guitar

“Curiale plays with pristinely beautiful tone and total technical assurance.” — Soundboard Magazine

Stefan Trifan

Romania · Classical Guitar

Stefan Trifan, one of the most prominent figures in Romanian guitar, was born in the small town of Roman. He started playing the violin at the age of six. He discovered the classic…

Assoc. Prof. Rossen Balkanski, PhD

Bulgaria · Classical Guitar

Assoc. Prof. Rossen Balkanski, PhD, is a distinguished Bulgarian guitarist, composer and educator. He began studying guitar at the age of 11 with Dimitar Doychinov, the doyen of th…

Teo Nikolov & Yana Lolova Duo

Yana Vasileva Lolova began her studies at the Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music in 2008 and, from 2018, studied piano with Prof. Iliya Chernaev, PhD. She was admitted to the…

Prof. Stela Miteva-Dinkova, PhD

Bulgaria · Classical Guitar

Stela Miteva-Dinkova is a distinguished guitarist and long-standing teacher at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts “Prof. Asen Diamandiev” in Plovdiv. She is a professor and…

Stolina Dobreva, PhD

Bulgaria · Classical Guitar

Stolina Dobreva comes from Burgas and has been involved in music since early childhood. She graduated from the Lyubomir Pipkov Secondary School of Music in Sofia and the University…

Sevdalin Stefanov

Bulgaria · Classical Guitar

He began playing the guitar in 1981 and subsequently studied with Trendafil Mihaylov in Kavarna from 1983 to 1985, Valentin Valchev in Dobrich from 1985 to 1990, and Lyuben Haralam…

Ivan Andonov

Ivan Andonov holds a university degree in music education with a specialization in classical guitar. He has also completed courses in rhythm with Prof. Dobri Paliev and conducting…

Ilin Papazyan – NINIO

Bulgaria · Voice and Guitar

Ilin Papazyan – NINIO comes from Sliven, Bulgaria. He took his first steps in music at the age of 12, when he began classical-guitar lessons at Guitar School with teacher Nayden Do…

Guitar Quartet

The Guitar Quartet was formed during the Summer Guitar Academy. Following their strong performance, the young musicians were invited to open the 11th edition of the Pleven Guitar F…

Yana Lolova

Yana Vasileva Lolova began her studies at the Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music in 2008 and, from 2018, studied piano with Prof. Iliya Chernaev, PhD. She was admitted to the…

Teo Nikolov

Teo Nikolov began studying classical guitar at the age of seven with the distinguished Bulgarian guitarist, teacher and composer Assoc. Prof. Rossen Balkanski, PhD. He continued st…

Simona Marinova

Simona Marinova is a Bulgarian guitarist, composer and educator. She graduated from the “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” National School of Music and Stage Arts in Burgas in 2020, majorin…

Boy Bol

The Netherlands · Classical Guitar

Boy Bol is a Dutch classical guitarist currently based in Germany. He is completing a post-master Konzertexamen at the University of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar, where he specializ…