Vivi Vassileva

Vivi Vassileva discovered her affinity to percussion on a beach in Bulgaria.

At the age of 13, she won the first price at the nationwide award “Jugend Musiziert”. Studying with Martin Grubinger in the following years she got international awards like two ARD-Special-Awards for outstanding performance as youngest participant in the semi finals. Further she appears as a soloist with Orchestras and her ensembles.With compositions by herself she was awarded the 1st Price of the “Kulturkreis Gasteig” 2016, followed by the “Bayerische Kunstfoerderpreis” 2017 and her debut at Berlin Philharmonie with her Percussion-Quartet.In 2019 Vivi played the world premiere of the Perussion-Concerto “Oraculum” written by the catalan composer Oriol Cruixent dedicated to her. 2020-2022 she was “Great Talent” at the “Konzerthaus” in ViennaIn February 2022 she premiered the “RECYCLING CONCERTO” by G.A. Mayrhofer also dedicated to her, under the baton of Alexander Liebreich with the Wuertt. Philharmonics Reutlingen in 5 performances. In February 2022, she debuted at the Essen Philharmonie highly acclaimed by the audience.As “Junge Wilde” in Dortmund 2022 until 2024 she will premiere a piece by Claas Krause written for her and her “Extasi-Ensemble”.

2022