This is my tale.

The doors of the International Festival „ Emelia" open today at 8.30 pm. The Iranian violinist from Germany Pushan Mousavi Malvani will appear in the first part of the concert and the second half will be accompanied by the Bulgarian pianist Yoanna Kotlyarova. The famous pianist Voliotis Dinos Mastrogianis, artistic director, speaks of the three days fesgtival that the audience will enjoy until Sunday, May 5, at the „Nicholas and Eleni Porfirogenis " Foundation in Agria.

Mr. Mastrogianis referred to this year's festival: „ This year, I felt that the musical potential needed to perform the great musical plans of „Emelia " VII, as I had originally planned, was to organize a three-day musical event from 3-5 May and continue it in the last week of September. The four concerts that will be presented every day until Sunday evening, are on a level compared to the quality and originality of the еstablished previous concerts offered by „Emelia ". The other projects that I have planned require a lot of financial resources, as well as additional fees for musicians that can not be secured under the current financial situation. "

He then praised the excellent cooperation he had developed with the Porphyrogenis Foundation: „The Porphyrogenis Foundation, with its unprecedented chairman, Katerina Miltiadis Porfirogenis, continues with all her will and desire to be an organizer and undisputed supporter of „Emelia " in every form that each has year, the festival is established in the minds of all artists and audiences, such as the music in a dream that becomes reality. "

A brilliant three-day event featuring four concerts, will be enjoyed by the local audience between 3th and 5th of May. The concerts are organized by the „Nikolay and Eleni Porfirogenis " Public Foundation in Agria, within the framework of International Festival „Emelia " VII, whose initiator and artistic director is the famous pianist Voliotis Dinos Mastrogianis.
On Friday 3 May, at 8.30 pm, the renouned Iranian violinist from Germany Pushan Mousavi Malvany will perform in the first part of the solo violin concerts of N. Paganini, E. Isaie and J. S. Bach and in the second part of the piano the excellent Bulgarian pianist Yoanna Kotlyarova will play works for violin and piano by composers P. de Sarasate, Yannis Konstantinidis and M. Ravel.

I have been selected to participate at the PianoFest Masterclass in Belgium!
There were over 30 inscriptions, 12 candidates were selected. Professors are going to be professionals from Royal Conservatory of Brussels and finalists of Princess Elizabeth Competition, with more than 200 CD recorded in total.
It`s going to be such an incredible experience, that I will remember for decades.
I am looking forward to challenge myself!