Mirela Yabandzhieva

Mirela Yabandzhieva graduated from “Emiliyan Stanev” Secondary School in Veliko Tarnovo, specialising in Classical Singing under Maria Kasabova.

She continued her studies at the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Singing in 2015, studying in the class of Professor Ivanka Ninova. In 2016, she obtained a Master’s degree in Classical Singing under the same professor, and in 2019 she completed a second Master’s degree in Music Education.

She has participated in numerous masterclasses and specialist training programmes. In 2011, she attended a classical singing masterclass with Elena Filipova, followed by one with Anna Tomowa-Sintow in 2014. In 2015, she completed a practical placement at the “Stefan Makedonski” National Musical and Ballet Centre under Mariyana Arsenova. In 2016, she undertook further specialist training at the Boris Christoff Academy in Rome with Anna Vandi and Valentina Marafa.

She received First Prize at the Art Stars competition in Varna in 2015 and First Prize at the Lake Pearls competition in Struga in 2016.

Since 2019, she has been a member of the ensemble of the Musical Dramatic Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov” in Veliko Tarnovo.

Roles at the Musical Dramatic Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov”

• Sylva in The Csárdás Princess by Emmerich Kálmán
• Arsena in The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss II
• Lilyana in Bulgarians of Old Times by Asen Karastoyanov
• Suzanne in The Circus Princess by Emmerich Kálmán
• Flora in La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
• Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
• Mi in The Land of Smiles by Franz Lehár
• Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Mánya in Countess Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán
• Papagena in the musical comedy Bai Ganyo Goes European by M. Dyakov