Malcolm Yuen
Programme Director
Associate Conductor, part of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of the Irish Chamber Ensemble, and Juror, Wiener Musikseminar.
Conor O'Boyle
Assistant Director of Enrolment
Film composer and music educator hailing from Northern Ireland
Christo Pavlov
Conducting Faculty
Music Director of the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra, Music and Record Producer, Orchestrator and Score Supervisor at the European Academy of Fine Arts and ERO
Niki Petrov
Conducting Faculty
Accomplished Bulgarian Studio and Classical Conductor, Orchestrator, Score Supervisor and Classical Percussionist.
Bernhard Kerres
Career Development and Promotion
Former Artistic Director and CEO of the Wiener Konzerthaus, founder of HELLO STAGE.
Volena Apostolova
Administrative Assistant
Bulgarian Singer, Songwriter and Actress
Andy Berryman
Conducting Faculty
Musical Director UAE National Symphony Orchestra, Wingates Band, Conductor at Berrytones Big Band Grafschaft Bentheim e.V.
Jörn Marcussen-Wulff
Conducting / Jazz Faculty
Faculty at Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar and the HMTM Hannover, Artistic Director of "Fette Hupe" Big Band and the Hamburg State Youth JO
Vincent de Kort
Conducting Faculty
Dutch Conductor know for his conducting style, in high demand with the world's leading opera houses.
Grigor Palikarov
Conducting Faculty
Conductor of the National Opera and Ballet, Sofia, the Symphony Orchestra-Pazardzhik, and the "Classic FM" Symphony Orchestra.
Walt Straiton
Conducting Faculty
American Conductor & Music Executive (Yamaha, Conn-Selmer); Performances with Chuck Mangione, Chris Botti, Bob James, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich
Bahman Saless
Conducting Faculty
Founder of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra and Co-Founder of the International Conducting Institute (ICI)
Nayden Todorov
Conducting Faculty
Music Director of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra the much-lauded Thracia Summer International Music Festival
Debbie Smith
Recording, Mixing & Editing
Studio Engineer and Lecturer in Recording, Mixing & Editing. Works in the recording studios of Dublin, Sofia and Los Angeles with, among others,
Vlad Boyadjiev
Recording, Mixing & Editing
Studio Engineer with over 600 international movie credits, including films by Disney, Universal, & Warner Bros.
Mihail Yossifov
Jazz Faculty
One of the most successful Bulgarian Jazz Trumpeters in the industry, leader of the Big Band
Master of Fine Arts in Conducting
Master of Fine Arts in Classical, Studio, Contemporary Conducting & Related Recording Technologies. 54 credits.
Conducting Summer Program
A 3-week fully immersive summer program for modern conductors in the foothills of the Balkan mountains. 8 hours of podium time. 6 credits.