'Together with a fellow student I founded the Kamerorkest van het Noorden'

Teodora Nedyalkova graduated in 2016 and she is working as a cellist, as artistic director of the Kamerorkest van het Noorden, as teaching assistant to main instrument teacher Jan Ype Nota, as cello teacher at various music schools and as a producer at Prince Claus Conservatoire for the classical department.

Her entrepreneurial skills led her to found various ensembles like the Canto Quartet, the Kahlo Piano Trio and the Nedyalkova/Lominadze Duo. Together with violinist Guillem Cabré Salagre she founded the Kamerorkest van het Noorden in 2016, a young and vibrant chamber music orchestra based in the city of Groningen. With Guillem and the Kamerorkest she recently created a successful project with the Dutch author Guus Kuijer, "Genesis - an new beginning", and "Satarsa" with Maxim Shalygin. 
You can read more about Teodora on her website.

Choosing the Master of Music

I decided to stay at the Prince Claus Conservatoire because it felt like a natural continuation of my Bachelor degree which I finished Cum Laude. One of the main reasons was my teacher Jan-Ype Nota. Another great benefit in my opinion is the way how the programme is built: it is very personal and it allows you to specialize in the field which is most interesting for your own professional future.

My research

In the fourth year of my Bachelor I discovered the Soviet composer Alfred Schnittke. Together with the Canto Quartet we were working on his String Quartet nr. 3 and I got really fascinated by his unique musical language that seemed so mystical and unknown to me. I decided to dedicate my artistic research to Schnittke's music and philosophy, and more specific to the alphabet of his polystylistic language. I connected this rather theoretical research to my business plan for a project called "The link between the ages", organizing and playing recitals dedicated to Alfred Schnittke. The performances served as a platform for exploring, researching and presenting my new ideas. 

Being a professional musician

Looking back, the programme offered me the freedom I needed to find myself, but whenever I needed guidance I found that too. I was quite sure of what I wanted, I could visit master classes or lectures, meet and even play with musicians who helped me understand the topic I chose to research. I grew as a person and as a musician, still being inspired by Schnittke. And in my final year of my master's I founded the Kamerorkest van het Noorden, together with Guillem Cabré Salagre, another master student. I'm proud of the development of the orchestra and the things we do.