Violin Genius Steps on Sofia's Walk of Fame

Society | August 11, 2006, Friday // 00:00
Violin Genius Steps on Sofia's Walk of Fame Vasko Vassilev is pictured here during his performance with he Covent Garden soloists in Sofia, 16 April. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia News Agency)

Vasko Vassilev, a violin virtuoso of universal calibre, will soon become the sixth Bulgarian to receive a star on the Walk of Fame in Sofia.

The recognition will honour a successful career that turned a local star prodigy into the Royal Opera House creative director. The elegant violin player is expected to arrive for the red-carpet ceremony in front of the Arena movie theatre on August 15.

Vasko was born in Sofia in 1970. By the age of eight, he was already a star prodigy violinist and the star actor in an international awardwinning film. In his teens, he won top prizes in three major international violin competitions (Jacques Thibault; Carl Flesch and Paganini) and embarked on a worldwide solo performing career.

Since becoming the youngest and first ever concertmaster at the Royal Opera House, Vasko has continued to widen his artistic horizons. Aside from the classical arena, he has also enjoyed artistic collaborations in various capacities, not limited to violinplaying, with many musical names from other sectors such as Vanessa-Mae, Ronnie Wood, Sting, Paco Pena, Erasure, to name but a few.

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