Deniza Popova sings what she explores! She was born in Bulgaria and grew up in Northern Germany. In Berlin she studied singing at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music, then musicology, ethnomusicology and Bulgarian studies at the Humboldt University and Free University of Berlin. She wrote her doctoral thesis on authenticity, mediality and identity of "Bulgarian music". Since 2004 she has been working with the Russian-Ukrainian ensemble for authentic folk music POLYNUSHKA and since 2005 with DIAKRITOS, an ensemble exploring the musical dialogue between the Jewish-Christian-Muslim-Hindu faiths. In the Bulgarian church she practices the ancient Byzantine church music tradition. She is committed to communicative musical events and innovative ways. She teaches in combination of scientific and artistic work at universities, colleges and broadly-effective in music education in Germany and Bulgaria.

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