Julia Angelov, violin; Rohan De Silva

Hailed by Washington Classical Review for her “melodious” and “soaring” tone, violinist Julia Angelov recently performed her recital debut at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, presented by Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York and the St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation.

Angelov has appeared as soloist with numerous American orchestras including the National Philharmonic at Strathmore, the U.S. Army Orchestra, the Arlington Philharmonic, along with orchestras throughout Russia and Europe. She has performed at venues such as the John F. Kennedy Center, the National Cathedral, the Kreeger Museum and National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Halls in New York, the Beethoven Hall of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, and the Prokofiev Hall of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. Her festival appearances have included the Kronberg Academy Masterclasses, IMS Prussia Cove, Carl Flesch Akademie, and Heifetz International Music Institute, where she has been an artist on several tours and residencies.

Angelov has been awarded with the Milka Violin Prize at the Pablo Casals Festival in France, the Verao Classico Award, the Amadeus Concerts Emerging Artists Award, and she has been honored by the National Society of Arts and Letters. Competitions won include the Music Teachers National Association’s (MTNA) National Strings Competition. She is supported by the DC Commission of Arts and Humanities, and has received scholarships from the Markow-Totevy Foundation and the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation.

Angelov is currently under the tutelage of renowned violinist, Julia Fischer, in Munich, Germany. Previously, she studied with Aaron Rosand, Robert Lipsett, and Olga Khroulevitch. During her time at the NSO Youth Fellowship Program, she was mentored by NSO concertmaster, Nurit Bar-Josef. She currently plays on an Andrea Guarneri, kindly on loan from Jonathan Solars Fine Violins.

Rohan De Silva was awarded a special prize as Best Accompanist at the 1990 Ninth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The following year, De Silva joined the collaborative arts and chamber music faculty of the Juilliard School. In 1992, he was awarded honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. His radio and television credits include The Tonight Show, CNN's “Showbiz Today,” NHK Television in Japan, NPR, WQXR and WNYC in New York, and Berlin Radio. He has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, CBS/Sony Classical, Collins Classics in London, and in the Philadelphia Academy of Music, the Ambassador Theater in Los Angeles, Chicago Lyric Opera's Ardis Krainik Theatre, and concert halls in Europe, Japan and Israel. His festival appearances in the United States and abroad include the Aspen, Interlochen, Manchester, and Ravinia festivals, and festivals in Japan and New Zealand. He performs frequently with Itzhak Perlman, including PBS's Live from Lincoln television program. He is currently a faculty member at the Perlman Music Program on Long Island, The Juilliard School and the Ishikawa Music Academy in Japan.