Ralitsa Tcholakova

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Ralitsa Tcholakova is a Canadian violinist with Bulgarian roots. She holds a Masters Degree from the State Academy of Music in Bulgaria and a Diploma from the Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna. She has been a Long Term Artist in Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. During her residency at The Banff Centre, she was involved in more than 25 concerts including Chamber Music performances with Lawrence Lesser and Gilbert Kelish. "Her performance is characterized by a strong presence of spirit and soul, tireless musical imagination and genuine passion." (20. 04.2005, Main - Echo)

She has an active international solo career and has performed as a soloist with orchestras and at chamber music series in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Russia, Slovenia, and Uruguay. Her concerts have been recorded for broadcast for CBC and other radio stations in Canada as well as for Bulgarian National radio and television.

Ralitsa is the recipient of numerous bursaries, scholarships, awards and grants such as Svetoslav Obretenov Bulgarian National Competition, Sarasota Kiwanis Club, Baden - Baden Lion's Club, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Austrian Ministry of Culture, FACTOR, Europe 2000 and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.

She is also a published author. Last year her essay “Footsteps to Eternity” about Mozart's life, was published in the first Anthology book in connection with the celebration of the composer's 250th birth anniversary in Bulgaria. The anthology “Mozart-Genius” is a project sponsored by the Austrian Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Most recently, the Canadian Embassy in Romania granted Ralitsa their entire 2006 budget for Bulgarian culture, in order to organize the first "Days of Canadian Culture" festival in Sofia, November 24-26, 2006.

Ralitsa is under the management of Marilyn Gilbert Artists Management Inc.

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