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Mitcho Dimitrov
Violin
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Mitcho Dimitrov is an accomplished musician with a large and versatile experience as a soloist, concert-master and leader of chamber ensembles. At the age of ten the violinist received recognition when he won the First prize at the Yaroslav Kocian International Competition (Czech Republic). He is a graduate of the Music School in his home-town of Plovdiv (Bulgaria) under the distinguished pedagogue Tatiana Krasteva. A crucial impact on Mitcho Dimtrov’s artistic development had Prof. Boyan Lechev (violin) and Prof. Vladimir Avramov (chamber music) – his tutors at Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music – Sofia (1974-1980). In 1980 he began a specialization under the world famous Prof. Yfrah Neeman at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Upon the completion of his post-graduate studies there he was honoured with the highest acknowledgement – The Concert Recital Diploma. During his three-year stay in the UK Mitcho Dimitrov was a part-time violin and chamber music lecturer at the Richmond College. He also had numerous performances in Oxford, Cambridge, Richmond, Weybridge and London. After his return to Bulgaria he became a concert-master of Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently – a full-time lecturer at Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts (1983-1988). Since 1988 the violinist has been living and working in the Netherlands. During the same year he became a concert-master of Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra and since 1989 – one of the concert-masters of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, Mitcho Dimitrov is a leader of Ardis Chamber Music Ensemble, with which he has been having artistic performances all over the country and making recordings for the Dutch Radio.
Mitcho Dimtrov is a winner of the following international awards:
- 1978 – Finalist and an Honorary Diploma from the Fourth Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, Moscow, Russia;
- 1979 – Special prize from the First Fritz Kreisler International Competition, Vienna, Austria;
- 1980 – Myra Hess Foundation Prize, London, UK;
- 1980 – Alfred Gibbson Memorial Prize, London, UK;
- 1982 – the highest Diploma of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK.
Mitcho Dimitrov has been performing as a soloist of all Bulgarian orchestras. He also had multiple participations in recognized international festivals like Varna Summer International Music Festival, Sofia Summer Festival, Bratislava International Music Festival. Plovdiv Chamber Music Festival, European Month of Culture – Plovdiv (1999), etc. He has toured Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Romania, Poland, Armenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Cuba. His appearances in the Netherlands include many charities for Bulgarian social projects. The violinist has had concerts in one of the most renowned and well-established concert-halls in the Netherlands – Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), De Doelen (Rotherdam), the Second Chamber of the Houses of Parliament (the Hague). In recent years Mitcho Dimitrov has been touring extensively across the Netherlands together with the pianist Corrie Bruenzeel, emphasizing on Bulgarian music. Mitcho Dimitrov’s 35-year-long career in the field of music and the 30th anniversary of his mutual artistic work with the pianist Violeta Popova were celebrated with a series of concerts held in Plovdiv in 2004. Mitcho Dimitrov has been holding his traditional master-classes in Plovdiv and Sofia annually. He is sitting in the jury of the National violin competition “Pantcho Wladigueroff” in Shumen and International competition “Yong Virtuosess” in Sofia. Since 2010 Mitcho Dimitrov is also giving Violin Lessons at the Folkwang Universitat der Kunste in Essen.
Address:
MunnikpLaat 12
1274 EW Huizen
Holland
Tel. 0031355268680
Mob, tel. 0031622227218
e-mail – micho.dimitrov@gmail.com
032 66 09 01
0 888801253
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