Eduard Sarafyan

Eduard Sarafyan was born on 15th of August 1975 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the period of 1981- 1984 he was studying piano with Prof. Dr. Tsanka Andreeva and Yulia Girginova at The National School of Music and Dance - Dobrin Petkov in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the period of 1984- 1994 he was studying clarinet with a prominent teacher in the field Dimitar Boyanov at The National School of Music and Dance- Dobrin Petkov.
In the period of 1994-1999 he was student of Prof. Petko Radev at The Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music – Sofia, Bulgaria.
In the period of 1999-2002 he was teaching clarinet at The National School of Music and Dance - Dobrin Petkov in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Since 2002 until now Eduard is the head clarinet teacher at The Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts – Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Eduard took part in numerous clarinet recordings and also has been part of opera tours and many official concerts of Plovdiv Philharmonic and State Opera Plovdiv.
Eduard has been a doctoral degree student under an individual education programme at The Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts since 2013. The topic of his studies is "Formation and building of the clarinet embouchure".

Honors and awards:

• 1st Prize at The National Competition for French works in Plovdiv, Bulgaria , 1998.
• 2nd Prize at The National Competition for French works in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1997.
• 1st Prize at The Svetoslav Obretenov Competition for Bulgarian works, Provadia, Bulgaria, 1996.
• 2nd Prize at The Academic Competition of The Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music – Sofia, Bulgaria, 1995.
• 1st Prize at The Academic Competition of Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts – Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1994.
• 1st Prize at "Young musical talents" competition in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1994.
• 1st Prize at The National Competition for Young Performers of Czech and Slovak music in Varna, Bulgaria, 1993.
• 1st Prize at The Young Artistic Competition in Targovishte, Bulgaria, 1987.