Elitsa Todorova
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Elitsa Todorova (born 2 September 1977) is a Bulgaria
n folk
singer and professional percussionist.
It is sung in the first Bulgarian UNESCO - Paris, 2008.
It is sung in the first Bulgarian UNITED NATIONS, New York 2011.
It is Bulgarian, which was the first song dedicated to world peace 2011.
She is the youngest star with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Bulgaria 2010.
She is the youngest musician in Bulgaria awarded the honorary title of National Leaders follower 2011.
It is the only woman in the world created and patented the cosmic tree of height 2.10 and engaged in a dance of 1300 costumes of Bulgarians in the Olympic stadium in Berlin 2011.
It is Elitsa Todorova, the woman who sings and plays with rhythm and love, positivity and sprayed always wishes "Do you walk on water!"
Elitsa is born in VARNA! She has worked with a number of noted choirs, ensembles and musicians (Bulgarian and foreign) and has participated in concerts in a number of countries. She has also been awarded several prizes.
In 2003 Elitsa Todorova began working with Bulgaria
's most popular and renowned drummer and percussionist Stoyan Yankoulov
. The unique Todorova-Yankulov duo rapidly turned into a phenomenon. Their high professionalism and perfectionism underlies all their performances.
On 25 February 2007, Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov's song Water
won the Bulgarian National Television
's public contest and was selected as the song to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007. The song advanced from the semi-final to become Bulgaria's first ever participation in a final. In the final Elitsa and Stoyan finished in 5th place. Her performance, which involved percussion, prompted the nickname Mrs. Drums.
, specializing in folk singing and the "Dobri Hristov" school of music in Varna
, specializing in percussion. She then graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of music in Sofia
, majoring in percussion.
, Theodosii Spassov, Antonii Donchev, Jivko Petrov, Vesselin Vesselinov, Rossen Zahariev, Michail Yossifov, Vasko Vassilev, Arabel von
Karajan, Anatoly Vapirov, Roushi Vidinliev, Rui Junior, Pamela Nicolson, Okhai Temiz, Yamar Tiyam, Nikos Тouliatos, William Pluma, Habib Shamandy, Ivan Shopov DJ Cooh, Hristo Yotzov the Bulgarian National Radio
orchestra, Classic FM Radio orchestra and many others.
, Koidjiro Matsura of UNESCO
, and before the PACE
ministers. She took part in perhaps 2005's most significant cultural event: the launching of cultural corridors for South-East Europe.
Awards:
Elitsa Todorova has been awarded
with the following awards:
2010 December: WALK OF FAME in Bulgaria / Golden star for E.Todorova & S.Yankoulov
2009 May: Special Eco award for song "Earth" the green song of Bulgaria
2008 April: BG Radio Music Awards: Special award, golden statuette: BG
Ambassador of the Bulgarian culture across the world
2008 April: Golden statuette for Bulgarian song for 2007 - "Water"
2008 April: Golden statuette for Bulgarian duet
2007 December: GRAZIA magazine's award "Woman of the year in category Music"
2007 October : Crystal Lyre Award in category Pop and Rock Music
2007 June: Statuette for the best video of the song "Water" - MAD TV Greece in Athens
2007 June: Statuette "Orpheus"–Smolian city
2007 May: An award of honour from the Bulgarian Parliament and from the Ministry of Environment and Water
of Bulgaria.
2005: Statuette "Golden Phenomenon"- for phenomenal achievements in the area of singing and instrumental arts and for
the presentation of the Bulgarian culture across the world.
2005: Crystal Lyre Award in category Jazz
2005: Award from the Republic of Austria for the big contribution to the popularization of the Bulgarian jazz music in Austria,
in accordance with the European program "Step across the border"
Since February 2007 Elitsa Todorova has become an official representative of the
Eco-campaign „Let's plant a tree"! Keep the Eearth clean and green.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
singer and professional percussionist.
Career
It is the first Bulgarian who led Bulgaria to the 5th position in the world in Eurovision 2007 with the song "Water" with Stoyan Yankulov.It is sung in the first Bulgarian UNESCO - Paris, 2008.
It is sung in the first Bulgarian UNITED NATIONS, New York 2011.
It is Bulgarian, which was the first song dedicated to world peace 2011.
She is the youngest star with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Bulgaria 2010.
She is the youngest musician in Bulgaria awarded the honorary title of National Leaders follower 2011.
It is the only woman in the world created and patented the cosmic tree of height 2.10 and engaged in a dance of 1300 costumes of Bulgarians in the Olympic stadium in Berlin 2011.
It is Elitsa Todorova, the woman who sings and plays with rhythm and love, positivity and sprayed always wishes "Do you walk on water!"
Elitsa is born in VARNA! She has worked with a number of noted choirs, ensembles and musicians (Bulgarian and foreign) and has participated in concerts in a number of countries. She has also been awarded several prizes.
In 2003 Elitsa Todorova began working with Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
's most popular and renowned drummer and percussionist Stoyan Yankoulov
Stoyan Yankoulov
Stoyan Yankoulov , known as Stundji , is one of Bulgaria's most popular and renowned drummers and percussionists...
. The unique Todorova-Yankulov duo rapidly turned into a phenomenon. Their high professionalism and perfectionism underlies all their performances.
On 25 February 2007, Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov's song Water
Water (Eurovision song)
"Water" was the Bulgarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Bulgarian by Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov. This was the first occasion on which the Bulgarian language was used on the Eurovision stage, previous Bulgarian entries being performed in English...
won the Bulgarian National Television
Bulgarian National Television
The Bulgarian National Television or BNT is the public broadcaster of Bulgaria. The company was founded in 1959 and began broadcasting on December 26 of the same year. It began broadcasting in color in 1970...
's public contest and was selected as the song to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
2007. The song advanced from the semi-final to become Bulgaria's first ever participation in a final. In the final Elitsa and Stoyan finished in 5th place. Her performance, which involved percussion, prompted the nickname Mrs. Drums.
Biography
Since her early childhood Elitsa has sung and played piano. She studied at the "Philip Koutev" school of music in KotelKotel, Bulgaria
Kotel is a town in central Bulgaria, part of Sliven Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Kotel Municipality. As of december 2009, the town has a population of 6,232 inhabitants....
, specializing in folk singing and the "Dobri Hristov" school of music in Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, specializing in percussion. She then graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of music in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, majoring in percussion.
Associated acts
Elitsa has been working with Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria Choir, "Varna Ensemble" and the musicians: Stoyan YankoulovStoyan Yankoulov
Stoyan Yankoulov , known as Stundji , is one of Bulgaria's most popular and renowned drummers and percussionists...
, Theodosii Spassov, Antonii Donchev, Jivko Petrov, Vesselin Vesselinov, Rossen Zahariev, Michail Yossifov, Vasko Vassilev, Arabel von
Karajan, Anatoly Vapirov, Roushi Vidinliev, Rui Junior, Pamela Nicolson, Okhai Temiz, Yamar Tiyam, Nikos Тouliatos, William Pluma, Habib Shamandy, Ivan Shopov DJ Cooh, Hristo Yotzov the Bulgarian National Radio
Bulgarian National Radio
Bulgarian National Radio is Bulgaria's national radio broadcasting organization. It operates two national and seven regional channels, as well as an international service – Radio Bulgaria – which broadcasts in 11 languages.-National:...
orchestra, Classic FM Radio orchestra and many others.
Style
Elitsa Todorova developed a percussions-playing style of her own, combining quick ostinate rhythms on the tarambuka with synchronized playing and singing. The result is a mosaic of unique vocal movements and impeccable musical improvisations. She plays traditional percussion instruments in a most non-traditional way. In her repertoire Elitsa plays instruments like the tarambuka, drums, maracas, claves, old silver coins, shepherd's chimes, horses' bells, a magical thunder-wand, guiro, chimes, but of all musical instruments the best, in her opinion, is the human voice.Philanthropy and other activities
Todorova has presented Bulgarian cultural heritage before the presidents of Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Hungary; before H.M. Prince AlbertPrince Albert
Prince Albert was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria.Prince Albert may also refer to:-Royalty:*Prince Albert Edward or Edward VII of the United Kingdom , son of Albert and Victoria...
, Koidjiro Matsura of UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
, and before the PACE
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which held its first session in Strasbourg on 10 August 1949, can be considered the oldest international parliamentary assembly with a pluralistic composition of democratically elected members of parliament established on the basis of an...
ministers. She took part in perhaps 2005's most significant cultural event: the launching of cultural corridors for South-East Europe.
Awards
Elitsa Todorova has been given the following awards:The Golden Phenomenon statuette for 2005, for her phenomenal achievements in the field of the singing and performing arts and for promoting Bulgarian culture around the world; A Honorary Diploma from the Republic of Austria's Embassy for her great contribution to popularizing Bulgarian Jazz music to Austria within the Step across the border 2005 European Program.Awards:
Elitsa Todorova has been awarded
with the following awards:
2010 December: WALK OF FAME in Bulgaria / Golden star for E.Todorova & S.Yankoulov
2009 May: Special Eco award for song "Earth" the green song of Bulgaria
2008 April: BG Radio Music Awards: Special award, golden statuette: BG
Ambassador of the Bulgarian culture across the world
2008 April: Golden statuette for Bulgarian song for 2007 - "Water"
2008 April: Golden statuette for Bulgarian duet
2007 December: GRAZIA magazine's award "Woman of the year in category Music"
2007 October : Crystal Lyre Award in category Pop and Rock Music
2007 June: Statuette for the best video of the song "Water" - MAD TV Greece in Athens
2007 June: Statuette "Orpheus"–Smolian city
2007 May: An award of honour from the Bulgarian Parliament and from the Ministry of Environment and Water
of Bulgaria.
2005: Statuette "Golden Phenomenon"- for phenomenal achievements in the area of singing and instrumental arts and for
the presentation of the Bulgarian culture across the world.
2005: Crystal Lyre Award in category Jazz
2005: Award from the Republic of Austria for the big contribution to the popularization of the Bulgarian jazz music in Austria,
in accordance with the European program "Step across the border"
Since February 2007 Elitsa Todorova has become an official representative of the
Eco-campaign „Let's plant a tree"! Keep the Eearth clean and green.