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Bojidara Kouzmanova was born on 20. September 1977 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. During 1982-1996: studied at Lubomir Pipkov Music High-School in Sofia with professor Lidia Radionova. She won the following prizes: 1995: International competition Music and the Earth - 2nd Prize; 1995: National Violin Competition for German Music - Bourgas - 1st and Special Prize; 1995: Bela Bartok competition - 1st Prize; 1995: Dobrin Petkov Violin competition - 3rd Prize and Special Prize for youngest participant; 1996: Second competition Young musicians - Sofia - 1st Prize; 2000: Hudson Valley String Competition (USA) - 3rd Prize. As a soloist Miss Kouzmanova played with Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra, Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Vidin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bachsolisten (Vienna), Neues Orchester Basel (Switzerland), Youth Orchestra Plovdiv, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Kottmann Streicher and others. As a soloist of different orchestras and chamber concerts Miss Kouzmanova played on concert tours to Spain, Greece, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France, Israel, and in the USA. Several composers dedicated to her their pieces for violin, which she has given the premiere on different stages in Europe. Her first CD recording was in 1996 with Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Nayden Todorov with Bruch Violin concerto op.26 g-moll and Mendelssohn Violin concerto op.64 e-moll. For CDs she recorded also the Violin concerti by Karen De Pastel, Sergei Prokofieff and Erich Wolfgang Korngold and also several CDs with works for violin and piano, recorded with the violin Stradivarius "Da Vinci" (1725) given to her at that time by Prof. Dietmar Machold. She participated in the following violin courses: Prof. Zakhar Bron (Russia), Prof. Petru Munteanu (Germany), Prof. Vanja Milanova (England), Prof. Michael Barta (USA), Alois Kottmann (Germany), Prof. Jose Luis Garcia (Spain), Prof. Berent Korfker (Holland), Prof. Adelina Oprean (Switzerland), Vladimir Spivakov (Russia) und Prof. Ernst Kovacic (Austria). 1996 - 2005  Miss Kouzmanova studies in the Music University in Vienna with Prof. Gunter Pichler and receives Alban Berg scholarship from Alban Berg Foundation in Vienna. Several composers dedicated their pieces to Miss Kouzmanova (Roumen Dimitrov - Solo for violin and Tango for violin and piano, Perikles Liakakis - Solo for violin, Peter Richter - Violin Concerto and others. Miss Kouzmanova has played with different famous instruments most of them given to her by Prof. Dietmar Machold. (for example Stradivarius "The Red Diamond" - 1732, "Da Vinci" - 1725, Stradivarius 1717, Pietro Guarneri 1735, Guarneri del Gesu 1741 and several new made violins - Gerlinde Reutterer 2004, Greiner).