Dad was a well respected violin player from Bulgaria who played in the national orchestra and later became koncertmeister in Germany. Mum was touring as a dancer with the world famous choreographer Maurice Béjart, who used the orchestra for the German leg of the tour. That’s where it all started.

Growing up in an artistic family …

So I was born in Germany, then moved to Belgium at young age and mainly spend my youth there. After my graduation at the Royal Conservatory in classical piano and chamber music at 21, I went to Berklee College of Music in Boston to study film scoring, songwriting and composition. I then moved to the south of France for five years then to London where I started working as a keyboard player, switching from the classical world to pop-rock. Since then, I have been busy touring, composing music for films, releasing my own music and teaching.

In 2017, my first album “The London Sessions” was released, featuring eclectic works by myself with European songwriters and artists that reflect my various music influences. In 2019, I was commissioned to write arrangements and play piano for the live TV show “Belgium’s Got Talent”. The same year I orchestrated and produced several pieces for classical contemporary artist Carlos Hof (Spain). On this production, I worked with the Symphonic Budapest Orchestra, conducted by Joan Martorell (The Crown, Blue Planet, Inferno) and sound engineer Francesco Donadello (Hildur Gudnadottir, Ludovico Einaudi, Johann Johannsson).

As a film composer, I wrote music for the Italian movie “Wax, We Are The X” by Lorenzo Corvino in 2015. I took part in several film scoring competitions which led to new work opportunities: last year I was commissioned to write the soundtrack for the Gravity Field Festival and featured German movie “Mireille and Angelique”.

I’m currently playing with electronic band Heaven 17 and I’m constantly releasing my own piano and orchestral music. I just finished scoring a short drama by L.A. filmmaker and producer Jessica Sheriff and I’m in the process of organising a silent movie concert in London where I will be showcasing the work of the first women filmmakers.

Kerry Hart, a friend from LA shared this with me and it reflects my purpose in music:

“Great songs, songs that would break your heart, stories that would make you feel less alone, soaring melodies and counter melodies with harmonies that would blow your world wide open and save your life —- these die every single day inside of artists who do not overcome the obstacles between their life in this moment and the life they long for, the life they are painfully not living out — the life of creating.

We think we are not who we are. If you are a singer, a writer, a painter, a dancer, an entrepreneur, a chef, an athlete — you are this. The work needs to be done, be made, be bled out of you. Get to work doing what screams to be done, no matter how long you have put it off”

So I decided to record and release as many of my songs and compositions as possible … Watch this space!