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Renowned Harpist and Opera Singer Iliana Selimska Passes Away at 57

The famous harpist and opera singer Iliana Selimska passed away at the age of 57 after a serious illness, BNR reported.

Iliana Selimska has been a soloist in the Symphony Orchestra of the BNR for more than 30 years. She is among the most loved and sought-after performers of the harp, having joint performances with the largest contemporary Bulgarian and foreign orchestras.

She participated in tours in Europe, in South Korea, Bahrain, Dubai and the island of Martinique.

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Iliana Selimska graduated from the National Music Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” in the harp class of Prof. Malina Hristova and opera singing in the class of Assoc. Liliana Zablenska. Subsequently, she improved in the harp master class of Prof. Claudia Antonelli and in opera singing in the classes of Raina Kabaivanska and Gena Dimitrova.

She worked for the foreign recording companies SIF 309, Sud Ovest records and Fame”s, with which she recorded film music by composers such as Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Patrick Doyle.

He is a member of the orchestra for the conducting master classes at the Kidzana Academy in Siena, Italy, under the direction of conductors Gianluigi Gelmetti and Yuri Aronovich.

He also regularly participates in opera productions and concerts at the Opera Open international festival on the stage of the Ancient Theater in Plovdiv with names such as Jose Kura and Alexandrina Pendachanska.

In 2019, she participated in a concert on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Women’s Union of the Council of Europe with works by French composers Germaine Teifer and Henriette Rainier. For the first time in Bulgaria he performs “Northern Triptych” by Oleg Galakhov. Subsequently, he recorded these works for the fund of the Bulgarian National Radio.

He repeatedly participated in the international music festivals “Sofia Music Weeks”, “March Music Days”, “Varna Summer”, “Apolonia”, “Toledo Music Festival” and others.

Delilah is the stage with performers such as Monserrat Cabaye, Raina Kabaivanska, Gena Dimitrova, Sonia Yoncheva, Nikola Guselev, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Yuri Bashmet, Sarah Chang, Boris Belkin, Svetlin Rusev, Lyudmil Angelov.

Iliana Selimska is the daughter of the famous opera singer Asen Selimska and the pianist Belina Selimska. She is the wife of the actor Plemen Manasiev.

2024-02-19 18:06:50


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