Диана Василева

Diana Vasileva's engagements from 2006 included performances with the State Opera Rousse in Ruse and Bansko and masterclass galas with the Sofia Philharmonic in Sofia. Her colleagues included Petya Tsoneva, Maria Radoeva, Momchil Milanov and Raina Kabaivanska. Vasileva was born in Burgas and studied opera singing at New Bulgarian University. She was a laureate of the eighth international competition for young singers in Edirne in 2005 and of the fourth Hristo Brambarov national opera competition in Sofia in 2006, and in 2006 and 2007 toured Italy, Spain, Salzburg, Denmark, Switzerland and Portugal as soloist with a Strauss festival orchestra. A scholarship to Raina Kabaivanska's masterclass followed in 2007, further study with Kabaivanska, Luigi Alva and Giuseppe Sabatini afterwards. She was a laureate of the New Voices competition of the Sofia National Opera in 2008, of the Gena Dimitrova competition in Pleven in 2009, and of the Amici del Loggiato competition in Sarzana; in 2009 she appeared in Lakme at the Aphrodite Festival in Paphos. She has recorded for Bulgarian National Radio.