Pavel
started playing the guitar at the age of ten, quickly developing a passion for
classical music. He graduated the National School of Music and Dance Arts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
receiving an award for his high musical achievements. He then went on to study
at the Royal Academy of Music on a full scholarship with widely respected
professor Michael Lewin.
Pavel has
participated in masterclasses with world-renowned guitarists such as Fabio
Zanon, David Russell, Marcin Dylla, Edoardo Catemario, George Vassillev to name
a few, and he has met and played for the legendary Julian Bream. He has won
several prizes in solo and chamber music competitions in his native Bulgaria. He
has also performed live for both the Bulgarian National Radio and Television,
and in venues like the Plovdiv Philharmonic House, Bulgarian National Opera,
Duke’s Hall at RAM, and the House of Commons in the British Parliament. This
year he went back to his school in Plovdiv
to give a performance class. He lives in London
and works as a guitar teacher with the DaCapo Music Foundation.
Programme
Lute Suite No 3, BWV 995 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude-Tres viste
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I
Gavotte II En Rondeaux
Gigue
Rondo
Brilliante in A minor, op.2, nr. 3
D. Aguado (1784-1849)
Luciferiada
S. Hvartchilkov (b. 1984)
Suite Popular Brasileira H. Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
1. Mazurka-Choro
2. Schottisch-Choro
3. Valsa-Choro
4. Gavota-Choro
Shumen miniatures, op. 29
Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) (arr. for guitar duo Boshikyov)1. Berceuse
4. Chant
5. Humoresque
