SOFIJA ZLATANOVA, THE YUGOSLAVIAN-BORN VIOLINIST/VIOLIST, IS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN WHOSE JOURNEY BEGAN AT THE AGE OF SIX AS A VIOLINIST. GRADUATING AS A VIOLIST FROM THE NATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY IN SKOPJE, MACEDONIA, SOFIJA'S MUSICAL PROWESS LED HER TO FURTHER STUDIES AT THE PRESTIGE TRINITY LABAN CONSERVATOIRE FOR MUSIC AND DANCE IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HRH DUKE OF KENT, IN THE CLASS OF ROGER CHASE.

A PRIZE-WINNER IN NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING THE PRESTIGIOUS "PAOLO SERRAO" MUSIC COMPETITION IN ITALY, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE FORMER ITALIAN PRESIDENT GIORGIO NAPOLITANO, SOFIJA'S TALENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY. IN 2008 AND 2013, SHE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL AWARD "FENIKS" FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC ARTS AND HUMANITARIAN WORK IN SKOPJE, MACEDONIA.

AT THE AGE OF 19, SOFIJA BECAME A FULL-TIME MEMBER OF THE MACEDONIAN OPERA AND BALLET, MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A PROLIFIC CAREER THAT TOOK HER TO STAGES ACROSS ITALY, GERMANY, CROATIA, ENGLAND, AND THE USA. HER EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS EARNED HER AN INVITATION TO PERFORM IN CARNEGIE HALL, A TESTAMENT TO HER STANDING AMONG GLOBAL MUSIC TALENTS.

SOFIJA HAS COLLABORATED WITH ESTEEMED MUSICIANS WORLDWIDE AND PERFORMED AS A SOLOIST WITH RENOWNED ORCHESTRAS, INCLUDING THE BULGARIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. HER REPERTOIRE INCLUDES MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES OF MOZART SYMPHONIES IN SOFIA AND VIDIN. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SOFIJA HAS HONED HER CRAFT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DISTINGUISHED MENTORS SUCH AS THOMAS RIEBL FROM THE MOZARTEUM ACADEMY IN SALZBURG, PITER SKEARVED FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY, RIVKA GOLANI, RICTOR NOREN, AND DAVID WALLACE.

ADDING TO HER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, SOFIJA HOLDS A GRADUATE PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA FROM THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE AND A DISTINGUISHED POST MASTER FELLOWSHIP FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC. SHE ALSO HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION AND AUTISM FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, SHOWCASING HER COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION.

BEYOND HER MUSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SOFIJA IS A MULTIFACETED ARTIST. SHE IS A PUBLISHED CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR AND COMPOSER, WITH HER RECENTLY RELEASED BOOK FOCUSING ON MUSIC EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY, AND DIFFERENT ABILITIES. THIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK AIMS TO PROVIDE CRUCIAL INSIGHT FOR EDUCATORS OF THE FUTURE, REFLECTING SOFIJA'S DEDICATION TO FOSTERING INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL ABILITIES. SOFIJA ZLATANOVA CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND IMPACT THE WORLD THROUGH HER ARTISTRY, DEDICATION TO EDUCATION, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF MUSIC.