Prima Voce

For adult beginners over 18, accepts new members

A choir for the first encounter with choral singing. Prima Voce develops ear, breathing and ensemble skills in a supportive and inspiring environment, with no previous experience required.

SCHEDULE:
Friday 19:30 – 20:45

VOCE VIVA

For adults over 18, intermediate level, accepts new members

Voce Viva is a choir for experienced singers who are looking for active musicianship, stylistic diversity, and more in-depth work on sound and expression.

SCHEDULE:
Thursday: 19:30 – 20:45
Sunday: 18:30 – 19:45

HARMONIA MUNDI

Over 14, advanced level, accepts requests

The academy’s representative choir is Harmonia Mundi. It combines a high level of vocal culture, artistic concept and stage presence, and the repertoire is from different eras and styles.

SCHEDULE:
Monday: 14:00 – 15:15
Wednesday: 14:00 – 15:15
Saturday: 14:00 – 15:15

CANTINI

For children between 5 and 7, accepts new members
First steps in music through singing, movement and playing. Cantini develops hearing, a sense of rhythm and the joy of making music together.

SCHEDULE:
Thursday: 18:00 – 19:15

AURORA

For children between 8 and 12, accepts new members
A choir for building vocal technique, ensemble thinking and stage confidence. Aurora is the bridge between play and conscious choral singing.

SCHEDULE:
Sunday: 14:00 – 15:15

VOX MUNDI

For children between 13 and 19, accepts new members
Vox Mundi is the choir of growth and new beginnings – a place for artistic search, more complex repertoire, and the formation of one’s own musical voice.

SCHEDULE:
Monday: 18:00 – 19:15
Friday: 18:00 – 19:15

Yana Deliradeva is a distinguished Bulgarian choral conductor, widely recognized for her innovative work with children’s choirs and dedication to music education. She is a conductor and educator with an original approach combining singing, movement and body awareness.
Yana studied choral conducting in Bulgaria with Assoc. Prof. Nikola Lipov and Prof. Georgi Robev and at Westminster College in Princeton, USA under the guidance of Prof. Joseph Flumerfelt.
After returning to Bulgaria in 2002, Yana worked as an assistant conductor, and since 2011 as principal conductor of the Detska Kitka choir.
In addition to being a conductor, Yana Deliradeva works as a teacher of choral conducting at the Prof. Asen Diamandiev Academy of Music and Dramatic Art – Plovdiv, and also as a vocal pedagogue at the Missis Opera Academy of the Plovdiv Opera.
She has led conducting workshops in Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden and the USA and is the winner of a number of prestigious awards.

Valentina Georgieva was born in Haskovo. She graduated in “Music Pedagogy” at the Prof. Asen Diamandiev Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Plovdiv, specialized in “Choral Conducting” at the Prof. Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music and Performing Arts and defended her doctoral degree at the New Bulgarian University.

Her life biography takes her to the picturesque seaside town of Balchik when she was only 28 years old. Her creative path /in 2026 there will be 28 seasons/ is connected with the mixed choir “Black Sea Sounds”, with which she has won prizes in dozens of international competitions and festivals in Europe and Asia over the years.

In parallel with her work with adults, Valentina Georgieva also creates children’s formations, which are distinguished by
spontaneity in performances and an impressive stage presence.
Having understood her mission to give kindness and love to people, to suggest to them the beauty in life, through the art of song, Valentina Georgieva initiated many significant projects for Balchik, among which the most extensive is the international choir festival “Black Sea Sounds” – for 13 editions it has given a stage to over 250 choirs from Europe and the world.

Yoana Georgieva (b. 1999, Dobrich) is a conductor and pianist. She graduated from the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov,” where she specialized in choral conducting under Prof. Dr. Teodora Pavlovitch and studied piano with Associate Professor Dr. Margarita Ilieva. At the same time, she also studied orchestral conducting under Prof. Dr. Deyan Pavlov.

She has participated in international projects such as the European Youth Choir in Switzerland and the vocal ensemble ReVoice in Vienna, and has been a member of several established choral ensembles, including the Sofia Chamber Choir “Vasil Arnaudov”.

As a pianist, she has appeared as a soloist with orchestra and has participated in festivals such as the Sofia Music Weeks and the European Music Festival. She is the recipient of numerous national and international awards from competitions in Germany, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

In 2023, she reached the second round of the International Competition for Young Conductors “Maestro Borislav Ivanov.” She works at the Bulgarian National Radio as a music producer and teaches at the First English Language School in Sofia, where she also conducts the wind orchestra.

She performs as an orchestral pianist with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio, Sinfonietta Vratsa, Pioneer Philharmonic, Shumen Sinfonietta, among others.

Alongside music, Yoana is also active in the visual arts, and in 2025 she presented her first solo exhibition, “Chords,” in Sofia.

Evelina Dimitrova Kulinski is a choral conductor and vocal pedagogue. She graduated from the National School of Arts “Dobri Hristov” in Varna and from the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov,” where she specialized in choral conducting under Prof. Virginia Atanasova. In 2016, she earned her doctoral degree.

Since 2012, she has been an assistant lecturer in the Conducting Department at the National Academy of Music and serves as choir master of the Academy’s Large Choir. She actively performs both as a conductor and chorister with several established ensembles, including the women’s choir Irina Shtiglich, with which she received an award at the international choir competition in Preveza, as well as the Bulgarian National Radio Mixed Choir, Capella Arte, and others.

She has participated in numerous masterclasses in choral conducting and vocal arts with internationally recognized pedagogues.

Currently, she conducts several vocal ensembles, including the men’s ensemble at the Church of St. Petka, the vocal ensemble SiyaniE, and the children’s and youth choir Apostolche.