
Angel Valchinov is a rising star.
He began his formal violin studies at the Plovdiv Music
School, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with Tatiana Krasteva. In 1996
he came to the USA to study at the Idyllwild Arts Academy
in California with Todor Pelev. While at Idyllwild he was
honored as Best Scholar in 10th Grade and received the
Most Distinguished Arts Student Award. After graduation
in 1999, he studied at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton,
Florida, with Sergiu Schwartz, earning his Bachelor of
Music in Violin Performance.
In 2005 Angel earned his Master’s Degree from Boston
University, and currently he is working on his Doctoral
Degree at the same school, studying with Yuri Mazurkevitch.
His teachers also include Naoko Tanaka (assistant to the
legendary Dorothy DeLay of Juilliard), Alexander Kerr (Concertmaster
of the Royal Concertgebow Orchestra of Amsterdam), and
the renowned Aaron Rosand (soloist, and professor at the
Curtis Institute and the Manhattan School). In 2003 Angel
graduated from the Harid Conservatory with three honors:
the Award for Excellence in Violin Playing, the Most Outstanding
Chamber Musician award, and the distinction cum laude.
In
2000, Angel was a semi-finalist at the “Vaclav Huml”
International Violin Competition in Zagreb, Croatia, and
won First Prize at the California Young Artist Competition
(at Idyllwild) and the Temecula Young Artist Competition.
In addition, he has won the Concerto Competitions at both
the Idyllwild Arts Academy and the Harid Conservatory, as
well as placing in the semi-finals at the renowned Spotlight
Competition in Los Angeles, California. For five years Angel
has received full scholarships and fellowships at the Aspen
Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, (where he has performed
under such conductors as Neville Marriner and David Zinman),
as well as full scholarships at the Texas Music Festival
in Houston, Texas, and the Bowdoin Music Festival in Brunswick,
Maine.
He
served as Concertmaster for the Aspen Music Festival Concert
Orchestra which made the American premiere of the opera “Gloria:
a Pig’s Tale”. This performance received a positive
review in the New York Times. Angel has received grants from
the Leni Fe Bland Foundation, by Doris Kovner (for Aspen),
Marie Iandoli (for Boston University) and has had master
classes with Gil Shaham, Midori, Pamela Frank, and Joseph
Silverstein, among others.
In
command of the violin’s vast repertoire, Angel has
performed as soloist with the Gold Country Chamber Orchestra
in Sacramento, California, the Pacific Union College Symphony
in Napa, California, the Plovdiv Philharmonic and the Pazardjik
Symphony in his native Bulgaria. When he soloed with the
Idyllwild Chamber Orchestra with conductor Ransom Wilson,
his performance was broadcast over the internet. Angel has
held solo recitals in Miami, Boca Raton, and Boynton Beach,
Florida; Idyllwild, California, and over Plovdiv State Radio
in Bulgaria.
Angel wishes to state: “ I am truly grateful to Hristo
Tchechmedjiev for the pleasure of playing on the violin he
made in 1998.”
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