Iskrena Yordanova

Iskrena Yordanova completed her master’s degree in violin at the Sofia National Academy. Since 1996 she has been a member of the first violins of the OSP – São Carlos National Theatre. She is also dedicated to the historically informed practice of baroque and classical repertoire with original instruments. He has performed in recitals and collaborated with important early music groups, such as Ensemble Baroque de Limoges (Paris), Helianthus (Rome) and Il Giardino Armonico (Milan). Since 2004 she is concertmaster and founding member of the Divino Sospiro baroque orchestra. With this ensemble she regularly performs in concerts and festivals in Spain, France, Poland, Finland, Bulgaria, Italy, Malta and Japan. She has recorded CDs for the international labels Decca, Nichion, Dynamic, Arcana, Pan Classics and Glossa. She earned her PhD degree in musicology from the University of Évora and is a researcher at CESEM-UNL and a collaborator at CET-FLUL. Since 2014 she has been the scientific director of DS-CEMSP. She has organised 11 international musicology congresses at the Palace of Queluz. She has developed several projects dedicated to the 18th century musical heritage, such as the serenatas of the Palace of Queluz, published in critical editions by the IISM (Rome). She is the editor-in-chief of the Cadernos de Queluz series published by Hollitzer Verlag (Vienna). She has published book chapters for Olschki (Florence), Turchini (Naples) and Artemide (Rome).