Angela Tosheva

Angela Tosheva Tosheva (; born 15 June 1961) is a Bulgarian pianist, chamber musician, piano and chamber music pedagogue and editor. She is co-director of Orange Factory psychoacoustic arts and music publishing house with Michail Goleminov.

Biography

Early life and education Born in Sofia, Tosheva graduated from the Sofia Academy of Music in 1984. A milestone in her development was meeting Gyorgy Sebok on his summer master classes in Hungary and Switzerland. She has also studied with Ketil Haugsand.

In 1991, Tosheva defended her doctoral degree on "The Theory of interpretation in chamber music", on which she worked for five years, while teaching chamber music at the Academy of Music in Sofia as an assistant to Prof. Dimitar Kozev.

As a performer As a performer, she has had numerous solo and chamber music concerts in Bulgaria, with music ranging from William Byrd and Couperin to Ligeti and Adams and with Bulgarian contemporary composers such as Lazar Nikolov, Konstantin Iliev, Ivan Spassov, Vassil Kazandjiev, Michail Goleminov, Georgi Arnaoudov, making her a major promoter of contemporary music in Bulgaria.

"A rare mixture of rigor and flexibility are typical and essential for her performance. Her music is the result of a deep and vibrant 'Slavonic' sound, serving a pure, clear-sighted vision."

As an editor As an editor with Michail Goleminov, celebrating the bicentenary of the births of Chopin and Schumann, Orange Factory has released in Bulgarian Regard Sur Chopin, ed. Fayard (Поглед към Шопен, ed. Orange Factory) and Schumann, ed. Seuil (Шуман, ed. Orange Factory) by André Boucourechliev (translated in Bulgarian by Pavlina Ribarova and Zornitsa Kitinska).

Prizes Prizes she has received include first prize at the international competition in Salerno 1978, the Usti and Labem Award at the age of 12, first prize at the Bulgarian Liszt-Bartók Competition in 1988.