Dr. Vesselin Todorov
Harrington Lecturer in Viola
Email: vtodorov@wtamu.edu
Professional Profile
Mr. Todorov holds a Master of Music degree and an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music. In 2008 and 2010 he led the viola section of the Yale Philharmonia in concerts at Carnegie Hall, and performed in Weill Recital Hall with Peter Frankl. Among his most influential mentors are violinists Kevork Mardirossian, Ifrah Neaman and Camilla Wicks, violists Jesse Levine and Ettore Causa, and the members of the Tokyo String Quartet.
Research and Creative Activity
Bulgarian-born violist, is a winner and prizewinner of national competitions in both violin and viola in his native country. He has served as principal violist of the Baton Rouge and Greater Bridgeport Symphonies, and held the Christopher and Evelyn Getman Chair at the New Haven Symphony. A versatile performer, he has also been an associate concertmaster of the Baton Rouge Symphony and a violin section member of a number of professional orchestras across the US.