DORINA MARKOFF-MCNULTY  (violin) » 

Biography

• 2010 - Assistant Leader - RPCO - STING Symphonicity
• 2009 - Guest Principal Second Violin - BBC Concert Orchestra
• 2009 - First Violin No 5 (trial) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• 2008 - First and Second Violin - BBC SO ( Trial)
• 2007 - Guest Principal Second Violin - BBC SSO
• 2006 - Guest Principal Second Violin - Opera Australia
• 2006 - Guest Principal Second Violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra
• 2005 - Guest Principal Second Violin - Sydney Symphony, Australia
• 2005 - Leader of the Festival Orchestra of Academia Chigiana, Italy
• 2004 - 2007 - Leader of the National Opera House - Bulgaria
• 2003 - 2007 - Leader of the SIF 309 Orchestra - Bulgaria
• 2000 - 2001 - Assistant Leader Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Italy

Festivals:

Academia Chigiana Siena, Italy; The Festival of the Two Worlds - Spoleto, Italy; Tours, France; Mozart Academy, Mala Wies, Poland; Salon of the Arts - National Palace of Culture, Sofia; New World Symphony -Miami, USA.

Languages

English, Italian, French, Russian, Bulgarian

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, English Festival Orchestra, English National Ballet, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanley Hall Opera. Shows: Oliver, Phantom of The Opera. Sessions: Cool Music Ltd, Isobel Griffiths.

Dorina's orchestral work also includes Sao Paulo Symphony, Brazil (First violin tutti, 1997 - 1998), Sofia Philharmony (First violin tutti, 1995 - 1996), New Symphony Orchestra (second violin section leader).

Education
Dorina's schooling took place at National School of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria (1979 - 1992). Dorina's graduate studies took place at

• 1997 / 2000 – Master of Music, UCLA (USA)-the studio of Mark Kaplan (full scholarship)
• 1996 / 1997 – Artist Diploma, National Academy of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1992 / 1996 –Bachelor of Music, National Academy of Music, the studio of Ginka Gichkova

Prizes and Awards

• Mimi Alpert Feldman Award
• Robert Bernstain Award
• The Getti Award
• UCLA Concerto Competition Winner -1999
• Brahms Competition -Second Prize - 1994

Teachers: Ginka Gitchkova, Svetlana Bezrodnaia, Mark Kaplan.

Masterclasses: Svetlana Bezrodnaja, Alberto Lissy, Georgeo Multianu, Boris Belkin, Gregory Zhislin, Pnina Zalzman, Aurelle Nicolet, Alexander Zatz , Stojka Milanova amongst others.

Dorina joined Morgensterns in February 2007

Dorina's web profile was last updated 19th May 2012