Zefira Valova

Violinist Zefira Valova is a prominent historically oriented performer in her native Bulgaria and beyond. She is a founder of the Sofia Baroque Arts Festival. During the 2000s decade, Valova was concertmaster of Bulgaria's Classic FM Radio Orchestra and the Sofia Festival Orchestra. She was concertmaster of Les Ambassadeurs from 2011 to 2015 and made some of her first recordings with that group; in 2013, she appeared on Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti per l'Orchestra di Dresda, Vol. 1. In 2015, Valova became concertmaster of Il Pomo d'Oro, and as of the early 2020s, she remained in that position. She has continued to appear on various recordings, sometimes conducting in addition to playing the violin; in that capacity, she backed countertenor Franco Fagioli on the 2020 album Veni Vidi Vinci. In 2022, Valova released her solo debut, playing and conducting Il Pomo d'Oro in an album of violin concertos.