MARIMBA/PERCUSSION  

 

Born in Bulgaria, Tatiana Koleva lives and works at present in the Netherlands. Internationally renown as virtuoso solo and ensemble performer, she is passionately involved in the promotion of contemporary music and art forms all over the world. She has established herself as a leading percussionist specializing in marimba. Her performances leave the audience spellbound with intriguing rhythms and surprising musical developments.

In  addition  to  her  intensive  concert  activities  Mrs.  Koleva  is  becoming  a  very  respected  educator.  She  leads  regularly  master  classes  for  marimba/percussion  and  chamber  music  as  well  as  composer  workshops.  Currently  she  holds  teaching  positions  at  Codarts  Conservatorium,  Rotterdam  and  the  Conservatory  of  Groningen  -­‐  The  Netherlands.    

2009  marked  the  beginning  of  her  new  very  successful  project  “Youth  Percussion  Pool”,  an  education  and  performing  event  that  takes  place  annually,  including  master-­‐classes,  workshops  and  concerts  with  young  professionals.  In  the  beginning  of  2010  Tatiana  Koleva  received  the  prestigious  Prize  ‘Musician  of  the  Year  2009’  by  the  National  Radio  and  the  audience  of  Bulgaria.  Just  recentely  the  Youth  Percussion  Pool  was  awarded  “Ensemble  of  the  year  2012”  in  that  same  contest.  

Tatiana  Koleva  has  commissioned  a  number  of  compositions  specially  written  for  her  and  her  projects.  She  works  regularly  with  renown  composers  such  as  K.  de  Vries,  L.  Andriessen,  D.  Lang,  Y.  Kyriakides,  M.  Lanza,  Jacob  TV,  D.  Dramm,  Ts.  Minkin,  C.  Jost,  K.  Torstensson  to  name  a  few.  2012  marked  the  world  premieres  of  two  concertos:  by  the  young  Bulgarian  conductor/composer  Martin  Georgiev  and  a  Double  Concerto  by  percussionist/composer  Emmanuel  Sejourne  and  a  new  duo  for  flute  and  marimba  by  Peter  Klatzow.  

Ms.  Koleva  has  appeared  as  a  soloist  of  various  orchestras  and  regularly  performs  with  leading  ensembles  and  theatre  groups.  She  has  duos  with  the  organist  Jan  Hage,  flutist  Eleonore  Pamaijer  and  the  jazz  saxophonist  Rutger  van  Otterloo.  Next  to  her  activities  as  a  classical  musician  she  is  often  involved  in  cross-­‐genre  projects  with  improvised  jazz,  rock,  film  and  theatre  music.  One  of  the  very  successful  such  formation  is  the  contemporary  bluses  /  rock  band  Rubatong.  

Tatiana  Koleva  has  given  recitals,  master-­‐classes  and  clinics  throughout  Europe,  the  USA,  Japan,  Jordan,  Mexico  and  Canada.      

Tatiana  appears  on  various  recordings  of  NovaLinia  Records  (her  own  label),  as  well  as  on  Decca,  New  World  Records,  Attacca,  Unsounds,  Mode  Records,  Wergo,  Future  Classics,  Orgelpark  and  BVHAAST.  

 

 

From  the  press:  

"...  superb  percussionist...  brilliantly  played  performance  ...  explosive  energy..."  New  York  Times,  USA;    "...  exceptional  musician..."  Percussions  Magazine,  France;    "...  a  truly  remarkable  percussionist..."  Business  News  Radio,  NL;  "...  star-­‐percussionist..."  Volkskrant,  NL  

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