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''' Nadya Toncheva is a Bulgarian jazz, blues, pop and rock singer, pianist, arranger and vocal pedagogue. '''

She was born on 24 July 1961 in the town of Kazanlak, Bulgaria. She graduated from the Secondary Music School in Stara Zagora and the Music Academy in Plovdiv.

She started her career as a vocalist in the first Bulgarian "a cappella"jazz formation "Trayana"."Trayana" performs many concerts in Bulgaria and abroad, participates in TV and radio broadcasts. The band is included in the concerts of the famous British band "The Swingle Singers" during their tour in Bulgaria in the early 90's. The repertoire of Trayana includes original compositions and arrangements of musical works that combine elements of Bulgarian folklore and jazz. Nadia Toncheva has made arrangements for some of the band's songs. Her vocal adaptation of the symphonic piece "Ruchenitsa" by the great Bulgarian composer Petko Staynov is included in the music books and enters the repertoire of many choral teams in the country and abroad and is republished in the USA and Canada.

Nadya has performed in Switzerland, France, Norway, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco and Canary Islands. At the traditional royal court celebrations in Morocco she shared the stage with the megastar Prince. In recent years Nadya Toncheva has been actively present at the Bulgarian concert and club jazz scene. She works with the best Bulgarian jazz musicians and presents a variety of music projects: "Nadya sings Piaf" (includes the most popular songs of the great French singer), "Gypsy Jazz Project" (including popular jazz-standards in the style of Jango Reinhard), "Latin jazz project", "Tribute to Billy Holiday", "Tribute to Ella". Nadya is known as the Bulgarian Ella Fitzgerald. She has a remarkable timbre an enviable 4 octaves diapason.

She is the artistic director of "Jazz Fest Kazanlak" and "National Youth Jazz Stage - Stara Zagora".

In 2016 she received state honors "Golden Age-Star" for contribution to Bulgarian culture.


 * Nadya Toncheva has two released albums - "Around Midnight" (2001) and "Black Coffeе" (2017) and three LP albums, as a vocalist in Trayana group.