Vasilena Mileva – violin

Yordan Dimitrov – violin

Valentin Gerov – viola

Lyubomir Nikov – cello

Sofia Quartet is the oldest quartet of the Sofia Philharmonics. It was originally founded as a radio quartet at Bulgarian National Radio. Its repertoire includes classical, Viennese, and modern works, some of which were written especially for the ensemble. The concert series realized by the quartet—“Viennese Classicism”, “Do You Love Brahms?”, “Towards the New World”, Russian and French Music, and Beethoven’s Quartets—have enjoyed wide public acclaim.

The quartet is a frequent guest at prestigious music forums such as the New Year’s Music Festival in Sofia, the International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv, Sofia Music Weeks, and many others. A large part of the Sofia Quartet’s repertoire has been broadcast on Bulgarian National Television and recorded by Bulgarian National Radio. Many of its studio recordings have been released on compact discs in Bulgaria, Greece, and Japan. The musicians have given world premieres of numerous new works written especially for the Sofia Quartet, including three quartets each by Alexander Popov, Mihail Pekov, and Tsenko Minkin, a work by Tatsuya Koumazaki, and four string quartets by the renowned Greek composer Dimitris Temelis.

The ensemble’s international concert activity spans Europe and Asia, with repeated performances in Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Austria, France, the Czech Republic, and Japan.

The quartet has received numerous awards, including Bulgarian Enlighteners from the Young Bulgarian Talents Foundation, the Crystal Lyre, the National Award Golden Quartet, and the Golden Feather award for contribution to the development of Bulgarian culture.

The Sofia Quartet has also presented concert programs with distinguished guest performers, among them jazz singer Vasil Petrov, pianists Bozhidar Noev and Viktor Chuchkov, and many others.

The musicians are authors and initiators of several educational projects aimed at introducing children to classical music, including the initiative Behind the Scenes and the concert series Dress-Code Concerts for Children.