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The First Ever Online Music Course For Kaval Players
The first online music course for beginner kaval players is now available on my website. You can check it out HERE. I worked on the course for the ...
Fingering Chart – Bulgarian Kaval in D by Zhivko Vasilev
Many people ask me about a fingering chart for the Bulgarian Kaval. I researched a lot about that topic offline – books about the kaval and online...
Zhivko Vasilev and Sofia Soloists
Zhivko Vasilev and Sofia Soloists Date: 14.11.2024 Time: 7:00 p.m Location: Cinema Lumiere (Hall 11 of the NDK) Tickets: https://www.eventim.bg/…...
First Prize – Composition Award – Zhivko Vasilev
The composition competition organised by Palms Music and the National Academy of Music – “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia has taken place in Octover 20...
Arifa and Zhivko Vasilev in The Netherlands
Arifa got together once again after a big world tour in 2022. This time the concerts were in the Netherlands. In the beginning of December 2022 th...
Zhivko Vasilev Quintet @ Sofia Live Club
On March 17, 2022, Zhivko Vassilev, together with his quintet, will present his captivating original music, for the first time on the stage of Sofi...
How to take good care of your Kaval?
That’s a question that I get quite often both from my students and other kaval enthusiasts. I looked online, and to be honest, I didn’t find anythi...
Range and Registers of the Bulgarian Kaval in D
The Bulgarian Kaval in D As you probably know already, the kavals can be different in length and their name comes from the note, produced when all ...
“PLACES” – Zhivko Vasilev & Chamber Ensemble “Sofia Soloists”, Conducted by Plamen Djouroff
“Places” is the new album of Zhivko Vasilev. Its official presentation will be at the Central Military Club – SofiaAddress: 7 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd...
5 Key Advantages of Online Music Lessons
In the past year we all faced a global crisis that completely changed our lives. Social distancing required us to think up a way to keep our activi...
How to breath Efficiently when playing the Kaval
Breathing Anatomy Our bodies have been practicing the skill of breathing since the day you were born. That’s the reason we sometimes take this func...
Producing a sound on the Kaval
Embouchure Let’s first start with the term Embouchure. What does it mean? It is the way in which a player applies their mouth to the mouthpi...
The new Album of Zhivko Vasilev
“Places” is the latest and the first entirely instrumental album of Zhivko Vasilev. It consists of 10 original compositions, all written and arrang...
The new Album of Zhivko Vasilev
“Places” is the latest and the first entirely instrumental album of Zhivko Vasilev. It consists of 10 original compositions, all written and arrang...
History of the Bulgarian Kaval
The Kaval is an end-blown flute and it’s one of the oldest folk instruments in Europe, that’s why its exact origins are not known. It is known, tho...
Devil’s holes
Artwork by Jelena Minic “The last hole on the kaval”… You’ve probably heard that phrase before or maybe you haven’t. Well, it is a popular sayi...
Gyul Devoykya – Tutorial
Hello everyone! In this article I’m going to present to you a really nice Bulgarian Folk Song – “Gyul Devoykya”. This song is a pretty famous song ...
Transcribing jazz solos and Playing them on the kaval
Being able to play jazz on the Bulgarian kaval has always been one of my goals. I do realise how abstract the word “jazz” has become in the last fe...
Zhivko Vasilev at the X World Flutes Festival – Mendoza, Argentina
Zhivko Vasilev is going to take part in one of the most prestigious flute festivals in the world – X World Flutes Festival 2018 – Mendoza, Argentin...
Zhivko Vasilev joined the Snow Owl band again for Jazz Al Parque festival in Bogota, Colombia.
Zhivko received a special invitation from the Colombian Grammy Nominee – Juan Garcia Herreros – The Snow Owl to join his band for the International...
The song "Nine Foxes" by Zhivko Vasilev and Zheni Krincheva won a prestigious competition
The song “Devet lisicheta”, with music and arrangement by Zhivko Vasilev and lyrics by Lilyana Stefanova, is a children’s song No. 1 in the nationa...
Concert of Zhivko Vasilev and his band in Poland
Zhivko Vasilev and the band Outhentic will give their first concert in Poland at the invitation of the BKI Warsaw. The concert will take place with...
Ethno-jazz with Zhivko Vasilev and Outhentic in Berlin
Zhivko Vasilev's band presented the tracks from his first ethno jazz album to the Bulgarian community in the German capital 2017 started with a ban...
Zhivko Vasilev composes music for Huawei
The newest composition of the young musician has become a part of the new commercial video of Huawei. The video has a really interesting story and ...
Great success on the YesToday CD presentation at SLC
On 03.11.2016 around 20:00. Sofia Live Club was literally bursting at the seams, because that was when the premiere of the first album of the band ...
Bulgarain kaval in a Latin Jazz Album
Grammy-nominated Colombian bass guitar guru Juan Garcia-Herreros, aka The Snow Owl, recently released his new Latin-Jazz album “The Blue Road”. Gue...