Kristina Stefanova Sandulova (, born in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Dutch pianist of Bulgarian descent. She emigrated to the Netherlands in 2001. She lived in Vienna, Austria between 2009 and 2015, when she moved to Hamburg. She has an international concert career.
Sandulova is the daughter of the renowned Bulgarian composer Julia Tsenova.
Kristina Sandulova began her piano studies with her mother, the composer Julia Tsenova, having her first public performance at the age of six, at the National Palace of Culture (ÃÂÃÂÃÂ). She later studied at the National Academy of Music âÂÂPancho Vladigerovâ under the supervision of prof. Stella Dimitrova-Maistrova. In 2001 she received a grant from the âÂÂStichting Labberté-Hoedemaker Fondsâ in order to continue her studies in the Netherlands. There Sandulova studied with , Geoffrey Madge and Klára Würtz at the Prince Claus Conservatoire, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Conservatory of Utrecht, respectively.
Currently Sandulova resides in Vienna, Austria, and has an international concert career, having performed in the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Irelend, Bulgaria, Norway, Iceland, Japan and the United Kingdom. She is also the founder of the âÂÂJulia Tsenova Music & Arts TributeâÂÂ, a concert series dedicated to the memory of her mother, Julia Tsenova, which began as a joint initiative with artist-composer Joseph Johannes Visser.
Sandulova participated in numerous international festivals for contemporary music, including âÂÂppIANISSIMOâ in Sofia, Bulgaria and the âÂÂBuchkunstbiennaleâ in Horn, Austria. She has also delivered international piano master classes and lecture-recitals about Julia Tsenova, among others at the Koyo Conservatory in Kobe, Japan, the ReykjavÃÂk College of Music in Iceland and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Germany.
Sandulova has prizes at the following national and international competitions:
Sandulova has performed Bulgarian, Dutch and world premiere works of the following composers: