ILIA MIHAYLOV Music Director & Researcher

PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Ilia Mihaylov Address: 6, Khan Omurtag str., 1124, Mobile: + 359 888 681 295 Email: [email protected] Web : iliamihaylov.com

EDUCATION 2018-present Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Doctoral Studies

2005-2009 ABRSM - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (UK) FRSM (Master’s Degree) with distinction, Music Direction, Symphony Orchestra

2000-2001 Geneva Haute École de Musique - Geneva Conservatory () Choral conducting specialization with Michele Corboz

1998-1999 New York University (USA) Art management program

1997-1999 The Juilliard School (USA) Advanced Certificate (Master’s Degree) Double bass, Orchestra conducting, Musical theory

1992-1997 HEMU- Lausanne Conservatory (Switzerland) Première Prix, Double bass, Piano, Musical theory

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999 - present Music Director, The Great Voices of Bulgaria Choir 2017 - present Аrtistic Director, Ensemble for Byzantine Music “Sofia Psaltes“ 2005 - 2018 Artistic Director, Bulgarian Musical Society 2011 - 2015 Chorus Director, Bulgarian National Choir “Svetoslav Obretenov” 2012 - 2015 Conductor, Sofia Philharmonic 2009 - 2015 Conductor,Vocal Coach, American College of Sofia Choir 2012 - 2014 Chorus Master, Choir Academy in Puisaye () 2000 - 2001 Principal Conductor, Choral Society “Liderkrantz” (Switzerland) 1996 - 2015 Experience of working side by side with with some of the world’s preeminent artists, including the conductors Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Mazur, Ivan Fisher, Danielle Gatti, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Jesús López Cobos, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Uroš Lajovic, the tenor José Carreras, the composers Daniel Schnyder and Michel Colombier , and the choreographers Pina Bausch and Maurice Béjart.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH:

Harvard University School of Music (USA), Université Paris 8, Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France), Chengdu School of Culture & Art (China)

PROJECT MANAGER WITH:

UNESCO, BBC Radio 3, Мezzo TV, Еdiciones Singulares, Brilliant Classics, Naïve, Palazzeto Bru Zane - Centre de Musique Romantique Francaise, Free studios, Blubalurecords, Bulgarian National Radio, National Film Center, National Culture Fund of Bulgaria, Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.

CHORAL CONDUCTOR WITH:

The Radcliffe Choral Society - (USA), Le Petit Chœur de Saint-Denis, La Maîtrise Saint-Louis de Gonzague, Soli- Tutti, Le Chœur des Polysons, La Chorale de Paris 8, Ensemble Vocale Loyola (France)

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR WITH:

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Varna, , Opera Houses; Ruse, , Pazardjik Symphony Orchestras; Studio Primo Chamber Orchestra, Consort for Early Music Concerto Antico, Quarto Ensemble, Camerata Bohemiana (Check Republic), I Musicantini (Switzerland)

APPEARANCES AT FESTIVALS:

Bath International Music Festival, The Lichfield Festival (U.K.); Moscow Easter Festival (Russia);International Festival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (China) Mondial Choral Lotto - Quebec, L’art Vocal, Mondial des Cultures (Canada); Strade del Cinema (); Donaufest - Ulm (Germany); Music in Old Cracow, Bielsko-Biala Sacred Music Festival (); MUPA (Hungary); Almere Kamermuziek Festival (Holland); Encontro de Coros da Ilha Terceira (Portugal); New Year Music Festival, Apollonia, The Twelfth Salon des Arts, Varna Sumer, European Music Festival (Bulgaria).

LANGUAGES

 English  French  Italian  Russian  Bulgarian