Press Kit
Short bio
Dr Ivan K. Yanakiev is a Bulgarian conductor, music researcher and founder of 432 Chamber Orchestra. He graduated from the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” and earned a PhD in musicology at the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. With 432 Chamber Orchestra, he received Bulgarian National Radio’s Musician of the Year 2015 award in the Debut category. His professional experience includes masterclasses with Uroš Lajovic and Frieder Bernius and conducting the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra – Dobrich in 2020–2021.
Standard bio
Ivan K. Yanakiev is a Bulgarian conductor and music researcher whose work connects performance, musicology and independent cultural projects. Born in Sofia in 1987, he studied at the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, with professional training in orchestral/opera-symphonic conducting and choral conducting. In 2013 he founded 432 Chamber Orchestra in Sofia. The ensemble made its public debut in Bulgarian National Radio’s Studio 1 in 2015 and received the Musician of the Year 2015 award in the Debut category. Yanakiev developed research at the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, focused on concert pitch, tuning systems, contemporary music and music perception, and earned a PhD in musicology. His professional experience includes guest conducting and choral work, collaboration with the music department of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, masterclasses with Prof. Uroš Lajovic and Prof. Frieder Bernius, and leadership of the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra – Dobrich during 2020–2021.
Key facts
- Official name: Ivan Kostadinov Yanakiev / Ivan K. Yanakiev, PhD
- Bulgarian conductor and music researcher, born in Sofia in 1987
- Founder of 432 Chamber Orchestra (2013)
- PhD in musicology, Institute of Art Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Musician of the Year 2015 – Debut, with 432 Chamber Orchestra (Bulgarian National Radio)
- Masterclasses with Prof. Uroš Lajovic and Prof. Frieder Bernius
- Conductor of the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra – Dobrich, 2020–2021
Research interests
Contemporary music, tuning systems, concert pitch, music perception and conducting.
Selected milestones
- 2013 — founded 432 Chamber Orchestra in Sofia.
- 2015 — public debut of 432 Chamber Orchestra in Studio 1 of Bulgarian National Radio.
- 2016 — the orchestra and its conductor received the Musician of the Year 2015 award in the Debut category.
- 2017 — led “Bulgarian Contemporaries in 432 Hz” at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as part of a research project.
- 2018–2020 — masterclasses with Prof. Uroš Lajovic; public biographical sources also document a masterclass with Prof. Frieder Bernius.
- 2020–2021 — conductor of the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra – Dobrich.
- 2021 — PhD in musicology publicly documented.
Press photographs
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- Press photograph 1 — Ivan Yanakiev conducting
- Press photograph 2 — Ivan Yanakiev, conductor
- Press photograph 3 — Ivan Yanakiev in concert