Iva Lubomirova, born in 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria, started playing the flute at the age of seven. She made her debut as a soloist at the age of fourteen with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Her international career started in the same year with a debut recital in Belgrade, Serbia. In the years to follow Iva Lubomirova established herself as one of the most prominent young talents of Bulgarian classical music by winning numerous national and international competitions and awards. Amongst them she counts the award for best young musician at the International Radio Competition for Eastern Europe.

After graduating from the State Musical Academy in Sofia in the class of Prof. G. Spassov with a first class BA degree, she further specialized in the United States with Prof. James Walker in Los Angeles, California, and with Prof. Jill Felber in Santa Barbara, California. At the same time she became the winner of a full assistantship and scholarship at the Southern Illinois University in the class of Prof. Suzanne Lord. Amongst her concert achievements during that time is the first prize which she won at the St. Louis Flute Association Competition for the performance of a French author. 

In 2000 she returned to Europe to continue her studies at the Folkwang Hochshule in Essen, Germany in the class of Prof. G. Ott. In 2002 she graduates from the Musik Hochshule Winterthur Zurich, Switzerland with Konzertdiplom (Master’s Degree) in the classes of Prof. G. Rumpel (flute) and Prof. J. Rosset (piccolo). In 2001 she was the winner of the prestigious Bruno Schuler Stiftung Award in Zurich.

Over the years she has participated in master classes with several of the world’s leading flute players including Andras Adorjan, Emmanuel Pahud and Patrick Galoa. 

Iva Lubomirova has performed a large number of solo recitals and has been a soloist with various symphonic and chamber orchestras across Europe, North America and Latin America. At the age of twenty she was invited and took the position of Principal Flute at the Symphony Orchestra Monterrey in Mexico. She has since held several further positions of Principal Flute at various orchestras such as Junge Europa Phiharmonie (Germany), New Symphony Orchestra, Sofia, Amadeus Orchestra, Sofia, Simfonieta Orchestra, Sofia and Bulgarian Festival Orchestra, Sofia. 

She is a regular participant in international music festivals and in 2008 she appeared together with the prominent Bulgarian Jazz player Theodossi Spassov at the Ochrid Summer Festival in Macedonia in a performance of the Double Vivaldi Concerto for two flutes and orchestra.

Parallel to her concert career she has in recent years established herself as one of the leading flute teachers in Bulgaria. In 2005 she accepted a permanent teaching position at the National Music College L. Pipkov in Sofia after previously having worked as a guest teacher there as well as at the Academy for Music and Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia. 

Iva Lubomirova regularly records for the Bulgarian National Radio and the Bulgarian National Television.

 

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NEWS and CONCERTS

 

September 16 and 18, 2009 at 9pm

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "MUSIC IN RHODES"

presents

 

Sinfonietta Sofia Orchesra
with Choir of Municipality of Rhodes

 

Svilen Simeonov, Conductor

soloist:

Iva Lubomirova, Flute

 

Palace of Grand Master, Rhodes, GREECE

 

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