Ivaylo Dechkoff
Ivaylo Dechkoff (born 1973) graduated at the Music Academy in Sofia (Bulgaria) and the University Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria). He began playing music as a 6-year-old at the music school in Pleven (Bulgaria), afterwards he studied in Sofia and Salzburg with Boyan Letchev and Ruggiero Ricci. Ivaylo Dechkoff has participated in master classes by Mincho Minchev, Yfrah Neaman, Pierre Amoyal and Menahem Pressler. Since 1996, Ivaylo Dechkoff works as an orchestra musician with experience in Austria, Spain and Denmark. He also plays concerts as soloist and with chamber music ensembles in Austria, Spain, Denmark, Bulgaria, Germany and Italy.
Classically trained, but with a soul full of rock and blues, Ivaylo loves working in crossover projects. His acoustic and electric violins are to hear in the work of international artists such as Jimmy Roggers, Steffen Schackinger, Marky Ramone, Rosa López, Manuel Carrasco, Almadrava, Joanjo Bosk, Svendt Seegert and Jenny Thiele, among others.
Meet the ensemble
Julija Skipore (b. 1985) is a classically educated accordionist, graduated at The Jāzeps Vītols Academy of Music in Riga (Latvia) and The Syddansk Musikkonservatorium.
accordion and management
Aistė Juodagalvytė (b.1982, in Vilnius) has studied in M.K.Čiurlionis school of art and Lithuania Music and Theater academy. She has finished her master degree and solo class degree in Odense, Denmark with professor Arne Balk-Møller.
violin
5 years of studies at the Music Academy in Gdansk and graduated with master. Graduated at the Conservatory in Malmö in Rafael Altino’s class.
viola
Heikki Takkula graduated from Sibelius Academy in Helsinki year 2011 with top honors. Later on he continued his studies in Denmark and played his debut concert spring 2015. Heikki Takkula plays a cello from Cremona 1830.
violoncello
Since 2011 Toms Timofejevs is working as principal assistant double bass in Odense Symphony orchestra. Before he had worked in The Latvian National Symphony orchestra, Sonderjylland’s Symphony orchestra and Danish Royal Opera orchestra.
double bass
