Neva Krasteva
Encyclopedia
Neva Krasteva is a Bulgarian organist, musicologist and composer. She was born in Sofia
, Bulgaria
, and graduated from Moscow
State Music Academy in Music Studies and Organ. She continued her studies in Prague
and Zurich
, studying with Yuri Holopov for musicology and Leonid Royzman and Iri Reinberger for organ.
After completing her education, Krasteva taught organ at the National Academy of Music in Bulgaria and became head of the organ classes at New Bulgarian University. She also works as a lecturer at the National Academy of Music. Krasteva has published a number of professional articles.
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...
, 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...
, and graduated from Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
State Music Academy in Music Studies and Organ. She continued her studies in Prague
Prague
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and Zurich
Zürich
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, studying with Yuri Holopov for musicology and Leonid Royzman and Iri Reinberger for organ.
After completing her education, Krasteva taught organ at the National Academy of Music in Bulgaria and became head of the organ classes at New Bulgarian University. She also works as a lecturer at the National Academy of Music. Krasteva has published a number of professional articles.
Works
Krasteva composes mostly solo and orchestra works for organ and choir. Selected works include:- Рефлекси (Reflexi) (Text: after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
- Старата икона (Starata ikona) (Text: Ivan Minchov Vazov)
- Върхът (Varhat) (Text: Ivan Minchov Vazov)