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Bodurov Trio
12+ albums
jazzpianobulgarianfolk-jazzbass
about
Dimitar Bodurov - piano Misho Ivanov - bass Jens Dueppe - drums & percussion Dimitar Bodurov was born on the 17th of September, 1979 in Bulgaria. Since he was 8, he has been constantly involved in music - singing in a choir, playing trombone, saxophone, piano and drums in the Music High school in Varna, Bulgaria. But his affinity for jazz and improvisation developed at home, picking up favourite melodies from the radio and records. Later, his passion for piano took over and he was admitted in Sofia Conservatory of Music with Major ‘jazz piano’ . In Sofia he performed as a leader or a sideman in various jazz clubs, at festivals, TV shows. Since 2000, Dimitar has been working and studying in the Netherlands. In 2002 he obtained bachelour diploma; and in April 2004 he graduated cum laude as a Master degree student in Rotterdam Conservatory in major ‘jazz piano’. Recently, in November 2006 he has graduated ‘jazz composition and arranging’ in the same school. Dimitar has been touring in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania. In 2002, he was awarded 3 jazz prizes: Erasmus Jazz Competition, Rotterdam; Leidse Stad Jazz Competition in Leiden, and Pim Jacobs Jazz Competition in Rotterdam. In July 2005, he participated the Solo Piano Jazz Competition in Montreux, Switzerland. And in January 2007 Dimitar won the Young Pianist Foundation Jazz Competition 2007. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may appl
