cello
Boris Nedialkov
Boris Nedialkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra on 1 January 2022. Born in Sofia, he started playing the cello when he was six years old. At a young age, the Bulgarian won several competitions, including the 2007 Young Virtuosos international competition in Sofia and the 2008 Silvio Omizzolo competition in Padua. In 2009, he made the final round of the David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary. Nedialkov studied with Michael Flaksman at the Musikhochschule Mannheim from 2009 to 2014, when he also served as principal cellist of the Mannheimer Philharmoniker. With that orchestra and others, including the Heilbronner Sinfonie Orchester, he also gave solo performances.
With his bachelor’s degree in hand, the cellist went on to continue his studies with Jelena Očić at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2014. The same year, he was a finalist in the National Cello Competition of the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. Nedialkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy in the 2015–16 season.
He obtained his master’s degree in 2018 and temporarily joined the Munich Radio Orchestra. A year later, he was made a member of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
Alongside his job as an orchestral musician, Nedialkov plays a great deal of chamber music. In recent years, he has performed very often with the trio Besemer, Tsai and Nedialkov, together with violinist Elise Besemer – now his Concertgebouw Orchestra colleague – and violist Shih-Hsien Tsai.
Boris Nedialkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra on 1 January 2022. Born in Sofia, he started playing the cello when he was six years old. At a young age, the Bulgarian won several competitions, including the 2007 Young Virtuosos international competition in Sofia and the 2008 Silvio Omizzolo competition in Padua. In 2009, he made the final round of the David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary. Nedialkov studied with Michael Flaksman at the Musikhochschule Mannheim from 2009 to 2014, when he also served as principal cellist of the Mannheimer Philharmoniker. With that orchestra and others, including the Heilbronner Sinfonie Orchester, he also gave solo performances.
With his bachelor’s degree in hand, the cellist went on to continue his studies with Jelena Očić at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2014. The same year, he was a finalist in the National Cello Competition of the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. Nedialkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy in the 2015–16 season.
He obtained his master’s degree in 2018 and temporarily joined the Munich Radio Orchestra. A year later, he was made a member of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
Alongside his job as an orchestral musician, Nedialkov plays a great deal of chamber music. In recent years, he has performed very often with the trio Besemer, Tsai and Nedialkov, together with violinist Elise Besemer – now his Concertgebouw Orchestra colleague – and violist Shih-Hsien Tsai.
Boris Nedialkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra on 1 January 2022. Born in Sofia, he started playing the cello when he was six years old. At a young age, the Bulgarian won several competitions, including the 2007 Young Virtuosos international competition in Sofia and the 2008 Silvio Omizzolo competition in Padua. In 2009, he made the final round of the David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary. Nedialkov studied with Michael Flaksman at the Musikhochschule Mannheim from 2009 to 2014, when he also served as principal cellist of the Mannheimer Philharmoniker. With that orchestra and others, including the Heilbronner Sinfonie Orchester, he also gave solo performances.
With his bachelor’s degree in hand, the cellist went on to continue his studies with Jelena Očić at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2014. The same year, he was a finalist in the National Cello Competition of the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. Nedialkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy in the 2015–16 season.
He obtained his master’s degree in 2018 and temporarily joined the Munich Radio Orchestra. A year later, he was made a member of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
Alongside his job as an orchestral musician, Nedialkov plays a great deal of chamber music. In recent years, he has performed very often with the trio Besemer, Tsai and Nedialkov, together with violinist Elise Besemer – now his Concertgebouw Orchestra colleague – and violist Shih-Hsien Tsai.