阿貝娜．達奈洛娃 Albena Danailova

阿貝娜‧達奈洛娃出生於保加利亞索菲亞，父母分別為小提琴家和鋼琴家。達奈洛娃五歲時即在家鄉的音樂學院中由奈莉‧耶勒娃和朵拉‧伊凡諾娃啟蒙。高中畢業後，她進入德國羅斯托克音樂戲劇學院修習小提琴演奏，隨後在漢堡師從佩德魯‧蒙堤亞孥。達奈洛娃在伊達‧亨德爾及赫曼‧克雷伯斯等大師的教導下，於2001年取得學位；同年進入巴伐利亞國家歌劇院交響樂團擔任第二小提琴手，並於2003年晉升為第一小提琴分部首席、2006年成為樂團首席。達奈洛娃在倫敦愛樂的2003/04年樂季時也擔任相同職位，並在2008年9月1日起擔任維也納國立歌劇院管弦樂團樂團首席。

達奈洛娃獲獎無數，包括申塔爾修道院大賽亞軍、提博．瓦爾葛特別獎、莫斯科柴可夫斯基大賽第四名、古伊國際指揮大賽冠軍等。她除了是一位出色的樂團成員，同時也是傑出的獨奏家與室內樂演奏家。達奈洛娃經常在保加利亞、德國、日本、以色列及美國等地演出，並曾為德國廣播電台文化台、北德國電台、故鄉保加利亞的電視台與電台錄音。她過去七年以來擔任維也納弦樂四重奏首席。達奈洛娃以獨奏家身分與維也納愛樂、東京NHK交響樂團、讀賣日本交響樂團等合作，並與著名指揮大師小澤征爾、喬治‧普雷特、安德里斯‧尼爾森斯及約瑟斯‧羅培茲‧柯布斯。

達奈洛娃演奏的是史特拉底瓦里“Ex-Haemmerle”小提琴，由奧地利國家銀行出借。

Albena Danailova was born in Sofia as the daughter of a violinist and a pianist. At the age of five she began her musical education with Nely Jeleva and Dora Ivanova at the music school and academy in her home city. After graduation from high school, she studied violin performance at the College of Music and Theater in Rostock and in Hamburg with Petru Munteanu. She finished her degree in 2001, having augmented her studies by masterclasses with Ida Haendel, Herman Krebbers and others. In the same year she received an engagement as second violinist  in the Bavarian State Orchestra, advancing in 2003 to section leader of the first violins and in 2006 to first concertmaster. In this same position, she also served in the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2003/04 season. On September 1, 2008, she became the concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

The prize winner of numerous competitions (2nd Prize "Kloster Schöntal", Tibor Varga-Special Prize", semi-finalist at the Moscow "Tchaikovsky Competition", First Prize "Vittorio Gui", etc.) has, in addition to her work as an orchestral musician, established an equally successful career as soloist and chamber musician. Albena Danailova appears regularly in Bulgaria, Deutschland, Japan ,Israel, and the USA, among others. She has made recordings for Deutschlandradio Kultur, the North German Radio, as well as for television and radio in her home country, and, since seven years, as leader of the renowned "Ensemble Wien" . As soloist she performed with the Vienna Philharmonic, NHKOrchestra Tokyo, Yomiuri Orchestra , under famous conductors like Seiji Ozawa, Georges Prêtre, Andris  Nelsons, Jesus Lopez Cobos..

Albena Danailova plays a Stradivarius “Ex-Haemmerle” from the collection of the Austrian National Bank .