Evgenia-Maria Popova

Evgenia-Maria Popova is a Bulgarian violinist and teacher who studied with Leonid Kogan and then took postgraduate work with Ifrah Neaman at the Guildhall School in London. She went on to become professor and head of the violin department at the National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" in Sofia, and recorded Petar Christoskov's 24 Caprices for solo violin. On 12 June 2002 she played the Brahms Violin Concerto in D major at the Concert Hall Plovdiv with the State Opera Plovdiv under Nayden Todorov, on a programme she shared with the pianist Emma Tahmizian.