Portrait

Martin Stoyanov is a bulgarian clarinetist and chamber musician, born in Burgas in 1989. He began his musical education at the state music high school in his hometown. He studied at the Music Academy in Sofia under the guidance of Professor Petko Radev( Teatro alla Scala Orchestra in Milan). Throughout his career, Martin Stoyanov has received numerous awards and scholarships and has performed concerts in Germany, the United States, Bulgaria, Austria, France, the Czech Republic and many more. He has made recordings as a soloist and chamber musician for the Bulgarian National Radio, SWR, and Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

In 2008, Martin Stoyanov served as the principal clarinettist of the San Diego Youth Philharmonic. Since 2013, he has been studying at the University of Music Mainz in Germany under the guidance of Professor Felix Löffler, and he graduated with distinction in his concert performance degree in March 2023. He has been a long-time recipient of the Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship) and in 2021, he organized digital concert formats for the program’s sponsors. In 2015, he founded his ensemble “Fantastique” and since then, he has presented diverse chamber music programs in the Rhein-Main area alongside numerous international musicians.

Apart from his artistic activities, Martin Stoyanov is also interested in musicology and has already begun researching for his doctoral thesis. Since 2022, he has been a clarinet lecturer at the University of Music Mainz. He has received important artistic influences from Professor Luigi Magistrelli (Milan), Professor Ralph Manno (HfMT Cologne), and Jochen Tschabrun (hr-Sinfonieorchester).