A journey from Bach to Rumi, music to painting, painting to writing. My life has been a journey from East to West, from my childhood in Communist Bulgaria to directing a chamber music festival in a Scottish castle.
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, she graduated at the Music Academy of Sofia, Academy Santa Cecilia in Rome, and graduated with distinction “Virtuosity” at the Geneva Conservatory. After winning prizes at the international piano competitions in Leipzig, Barcelona and Taormina, she gave numerous recitals and concerts with orchestras in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, France, England and America. She created the Dunvegan Chamber Music Festival on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, which she directed for ten years and performed with many international guest musicians.
In 1997 she was inspired by the 13th century Persian mystical poet Rumi and began a series of concert-readings, combining Rumi's poems with the classical music of Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Brahms. In a joint effort with speakers and musicians of various nationalities, she has given many concerts in England, Scotland, Germany and Spain. In November 2001 she performed, in collaboration with Persian artists at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
Over the last ten years, in collaboration with Maryam Mafi, she has published five books of Rumi’s poetry: Whispers of the Beloved, Hidden Music, Gardens of the Beloved, Little Book of Love and Little Book of Life.
