Vladislava started singing at the age of 10. Her first school was the musical school in Dobrich after which she moved to Sofia and graduated Folk Singing and Music Pedagogy in The Sofia University.
Through the years of studying and developing as a musician Vladislava worked with the biggest Bulgarian traditional folklore choirs: "The Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria" and "The Great Bulgarian Voices" choirs and did several tours around Europe: Monte Negro, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Hungary as well as Israel.
Vladislava, together with Nevena Petrova, created the etno-pop duo "Omnia", which was declared as the best Bulgarian duo for the year 2004.
Vladislava also participated as a leading vocal in a project together with famous jazz musicians from "Eric Trufas Quartet".
Together with Nevena Petrova, Nikolai Ivanov (OM) and Emil Biliarski (Korai Orom) Vladislava participated in the creation of an etno project "Trigrad". This project has participated in the Sziget festival and Ambient festival.
During 2007 she recorded music for Bulgarian-American movie production "Razmeni"/Trade routes: Lost in the exchange"
She also participate as a guest musician in numerous projects and concerts with various band and musicians.
Since 2006 Vladislava sings in the Bulgarian world band Irfan. Irfan’s music is strongly influenced by the sacred and folk music traditions of Bulgaria, the Balkans, Persia, Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as by the musical and spiritual heritage of Byzantium and Medieval Europe, yet it retains its own original sound. The musicians use traditional (Bulgarian, Balkan, Oriental, Persian, Indian) and medieval European instruments and vocal techniques from the same regions and historical periods, skilfully woven into a delicate electronic sound. Irfan is also known for its extensive use of a choir of strong male vocals in addition to the ethereal and mystic female vocals with an assortment of traditional and medieval string, wind and percussive instruments including the oud, saz, santoor, viola da gamba, tambura, duduk, darbouka, daf, bendir, zarb and riq.
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TORTUGA BAR - STORM EP (VIERSIEBEN RECORDS/FINETUNES) OUT NOW!
This online EP release (5 Tracks & Artwork) is not just an appetizer for the album which follows on June 26 - among the album versions of "Storm" (feat. Evan Dando) and "Feel the Love" it contains a remix of "Storm", made by labelmates Monocular, the track "Cavallo Pazzo (Song For Mondo Fumatore To Sing)" feat. Werner Kureinski, former member of Aheads and "Do It Right", a nice version of the Daniel Johnston song performed by Tortuga Bar and Navel.