Albena danailova biography
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Prof. Albena Danailova
Albena Danailova was born in Sofia as the daughter of a violinist and a pianist.
Albena danailova biography
At the age of five she began her musical education with Nely Jeleva and Dora Ivanova at the music school and academy in her home city.
After graduation from high school, she studied violin performance at the College of Music and Theater in Rostock and in Hamburg with Petru Munteanu.
She finished her degree in , having augmented her studies by masterclasses with Ida Haendel, Herman Krebbers and others. In the same year she received an engagement as second violinist in the Bavarian State Orchestra, advancing in to section leader of the first violins and in to first concertmaster.
In this same capacity, she also served in the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the /04 season.
On September 1, , she became the concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.
This prize winner of numerous competitions (2nd Prize “Kloster Schöntal”, Tibor Varga-Special Prize", sem