Ivaylo Vassilev Ивайло Василев
Bulgaria I 15
Ivaylo Vassilev has attended the National Music School “L. Pipkov” in his hometown of Sofia, Bulgaria, for nine years—currently studying with Borislava Taneva. He has more than 20 international competition wins to his name, in Bulgaria, France, Russia, Finland, Germany, Singapore, Belgium, Spain, North Macedonia, and the United States. In his country, he has received many national honors, including the 2021 “Crystal Lyre” (the highest art award in Bulgaria by the Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers) and the Special Award from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture for High Artistic Achievements in 2018 and 2019. Ivaylo also plays viola and composes, and attends classical music concerts at least once a week. Outside of music, he enjoys mathematics, chemistry, geography, reading, foreign languages, and stamp collecting.