Daniela Radkova
Daniela Radkova | |
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Levski, Bulgaria | |
Occupation | singer |
Ms Daniela Radkova-Aleksandrova (
Daniela Radkova was born in a family with strong musical traditions. Her mother – Liliana Zhivkova – is a librarian, and performer in amateur arts. Her father – Radko Yankov is known for his voice and dancing skills.
Daniela graduates the musical school in Kotel in 1990, and is accepted after a test exam at the Filip Kutev Ensemble, where she becomes a soloist.
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Radkova-Aleksandrova met Goran Bregovic in 1995 while recording music from the movie Underground. Since then, she has been a standard among the performers in his Weddings and Funerals Orchestra.
She sings solo vocals for Filip Kutev Ensemble's and Goran Bregovic's albums. She has also played a role in the Norwegian movie, Music for Weddings and Funerals. In 2010 she was awarded with the Bulgarian Medal of Honor.
Bregovic has said that she has unique vocal characteristics, and brings specific feelings to his songs, which make her a favorite among worldwide audiences.
Daniela Radkova-Aleksandrova is married and has one child.
References
- ^ Ludmila Radkova – the Bulgarian voice in Bregovic band 2011 interview for the Bulgarian Public Radio.
- ^ Let's discover the Bulgarians, who protect the spirit of the nation 2012 article (in Bulgarian).
- ^ Interview for Trud daily (2015, in Bulgarian)
- ^ Bregovic and Radkovi sisters balkanized New York interview for Sega daily (2008, in Bulgarian)
- ^ Bregovic and Radkovi sisters balkanized New York, again (2009, in Bulgarian)
- ^ Goran Bregovic and his orchestra make the impossible: New York is theirs again! 2008 Article by Veni Markovski (in English).
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