Rada Ovcharova, born in Sofia, Bulgaria started her violin studies at the age of six. She has won top prizes in competitions including the International ‘Young Music Talents’ in Sofia, Bulgaria and has performed as a soloist with the National Youth Orchestra Sofia and the Delft Symphony Orchestra.
She holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from the Conservatory of Amsterdam and her teachers have included Thomas Brandis, Phillipe Graffin, Istvan Parkanyi, and György Pauk. Rada Ovcharova currently studies with Gordan Nikolic at the Conservatory of Music in Rotterdam where she will complete her Master of Music studies in 2010. She performs regularly in Bulgaria and in the Netherlands and plays on an Andreas Gisalberti violin from 1791.
