Mira Iskarova

Bulgarian pianist and composer Mira Iskarova was born on April 14, 1978 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She began her studies at the Bourgas Music School, Bulgaria with Julia Nenova and Radka Chomakova, followed by the National Music Academy "Professor Pancho Vladigerov" in Sofia with Professor Marina Kapatsinskaya, where she graduated with a Master degree. Mira Iskarova has established a reputation as a pianist and composer of extraordinary breadth and versatility. Her repertoire is firmly centered on the great classics. She took part in various concerts and festivals not only as a soloist, but also as a part of Chamber Music Formation for Baroque Music; as well she is an acclaimed exponent of contemporary music. As a composer Mira Iskarova has made various works in the area of cinema and theatre music. Some of the movies and theatrical performances she composed music for, have taken part in many prestige Film Festivals as Sarajevo Film Festival ("Lady Zee", 2007), Shanghai Film Festival ("The Meat" - short, 2010, "Buffer Zone", 2015), Lucerne International Film Festival, (Salty and Sweet - short, 2011), Cannes Film Festival ("Elephant" - short, 2012), Golden Rose Film Festival ("Buffer Zone", 2014), Sofia Film Fest ("Ginka", 2015). Mira Iskarova works in a National Music Academy "Professor Pancho Vladigerov", Bulgaria as an opera singer's accompanist. She is the mother of Yavor Namliev. She is an author of following movies and theatrical performances: "Lyudmil Kirkov, the Boy turns Man" - documentary, directed by Stoycho Shishkov; "Dragon's Wing", short film, directed by Antonia Milcheva; "Green door", short film, directed by Violina Hristova; "Eminence", theater performance, directed by Dimitar Sardzhev in Theater Workshop "Sfumato"; "Gergana", documentary, directed by Dimitar Sardzhev; "Portrait of a Madonna" by T. Williams, theater performance, directed by Dimitar Sardzhev; "Red Cap" - Plovdiv Puppet Theater, directed by Miroslav Petkov; "Bloody wedding" by Lorca, theater performance, directed by Nikolai Mladenov; "Lazaritza" - theater performance, directed by Dimitar Sardvev and Krum Philipov ;"Glengarry Glen Ross", theater performance, directed by Plamen Markov; "Elephant" - short film, directed by Ognian Kostovski; "The Bouquet" ,short film, directed by Katya Trichkova; "Dial 9" - short film, directed by Maria Stoyanova; "The piano teacher" - theater performance, directed by Snezhina Petrova; "The Meat" - short film , directed by Sofia Stoicheva; "Chekhov by night" - theater performance based on Chekhov's plays, directed by Snezhina Petrova; "Reflections" - short film, directed by Veselka Kuncheva; "The Goat" - movie, director Georgi Djulgerov (working with Hristo Namliev); "Recollections About Sea Fishing" - four documentaries, 30 min, director Georgi Djulgerov (working with Hristo Namliev); "Lady Zee", - movie, director Georgi Djulgerov (working with Hristo Namliev) (Grand Prix "The Heart of Sarajevo" Award for Best Film at the 11. Sarajevo Film Festival, Audience Award - Toyota Canada Award for best international feature film at the New Montreal Film Fest, Grand Prix "Golden Aphrodite" and the FIPRESCI Award at the XIII International Film Festival "Love is Folly" in Varna town); "You are so pretty, my dear", director Georgi Djulgerov (working with Hristo Namliev); "Charlie" - theatrical performance, director Veselka Kuncheva.