Valeri Dimchev Age: 38 Place of Birth: Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Education 1977 – 1982 Folk music school - Shiroka luka, BG 1984 - 1988 Music Academy - Plovdiv, BG tamboura player, teacher Professional experience 1992 – 2000 NHG music school - Blagoevgrad, BG tamboura teacher. 2001 - Tv channel "Pirin /Blagoevgrad/ Additional professional activities - released 6 albums with folk and original, composed music : 1992 Return ticket 1994 The tamboura 1998 I see a light 1998 Friends of the song - children songs2001

The Bulgarian Tamboura /American Recording Productions - USA/2001

Sooner...Later... /Volatile Records - Canada/V.Dimchev has composed the music for TV programs and movies for Bulgarian National TV

Many arrangements of Bulgarian folk songs for different singers
V.Dimchev has played with Bulgarian and International groups, players, singers:
Acoustic, ETNA, ENEKK, ORFEUS, Farmers market, Teodosii Spassov etc. Language English

Awards received
1994 Nomination for the best Europian Jazz group – Carlovy vari, Chechoslovakia with “Valeri Dimchev quartet”
1995 Golden antena for the soundtrack of the TV film “Haramijska zalba”
1996 Pirinfolk - 2 nd prize for arrangement
1999 Festival of the Macedonian song - the award of the audience for a composed song.