Dimitar Burov

Dimitar Burov comes from a musical family in Bulgaria where he began violin lessons at the age of six with his mother, a distinguished violin teacher. He attended the State Music School in Varna studying under Dimitar Raychev and, from 1984, the National State Conservatoire in Sofia where he studied violin with Professor Anton Hadjiatanassov and chamber music with Professor Zeni Zaharieva. During his studies there Dimitar gave many concerts and represented the Conservatoire in venues both at home and abroad, including visits to France, Germany, Hungary, Finland and Russia. He performed as a soloist with many of the major orchestras throughout the country and recorded for Sofia Radio. 

In 1988 Dimitar was awarded a full scholarship from the British Council to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Professor Yfrah Neaman. He completed the Advanced Solo Study Course in 1991 with distinction.

Since then Dimitar has established a busy career as a performer and a teacher. As a soloist and chamber musician he is in high demand and has performed in major venues and festivals throughout the UK and abroad, including Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, St. John’s Smith Square, St. James’s Piccadilly, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Windsor Music Festival, Chichester Music Festival, Varna Summer Festival, Istanbul Spring Festival and many others.

His international engagements have taken him to France, Germany, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey, Malaysia, Hong Kong and he regularly performs in his home country Bulgaria. He is particularly inspired by violinist and colleague Mincho Minchev with whom he sat as a member of the jury for the First Varna Summer Violin Competition and the Pancho Vladigerov International Competition.

Dimitar has collaborated with many fine musicians including pianists Zeny Zaharieva, Marta Deanova, Ian Brown, cellists Mat Lindstrom and Leonid Gorohov, violinists Jack Libeck, Krzysztof Smietana, Andrew Haveron and chamber groups like the Chillingirian String Quartet, Molto Musica Ensemble, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the London Mozart Piano Trio with whom he recorded the Shostakovich Piano Quintet. For the past 10 years he has also collaborated with pianist Mina Miletic performing throughout the UK.

As a teacher Dimitar has taught at Lancing College, North London Collegiate School and Purcell School (from 1994 to 1998). In 1998 he was appointed as a full time Head of Strings at Harrow School, a busy and dynamic position which occupies him teaching violin and viola, coaching chamber music and conducting a string orchestra. He has given master classes in Bulgaria, Malaysia, Turkey and Hong Kong.