Mark Fowler

Australian by origin, Mark Fowler completed his musical studies at the University of Melbourne and continued his education at New Bulgarian University with Natalia Afeyan from 2009. He won first prize at the Crown of Tarnovgrad competition, and held a scholarship from the Raina Kabaivanska Foundation in 2005; his European debut, as Tamino, came in Rome in 2006. As a soloist of the Plovdiv Opera he has sung across opera, operetta and musical theatre, Pinkerton among his roles, and in September 2005 he appeared in the gala of Kabaivanska's master class with the Sofia Philharmonic. He joined the Plovdiv Opera team in 2014 and also worked as an assistant director.