Viktor Benev
Viktor Benev, born in 1990 in Sofia, is a bulgarian percussion player and composer. Born right after the fall of the Berlin wall and the major political changes in Bulgaria he became part of a generation of musicians exposed to a great variety of musical genres from an early age. His music seeks to incorporate this rich compound of influences. Having a classical and further on, a jazz music education, makes composed music material and improvisation naturally coexist in his compositions. Viktor currently works in the domain of the electroacoustic music. He associates sound design, field recording and computer generated music with live performance.
Viktor is involved in the collaborative Crystal sound project together with the visual artist bilyana furnadzhieva, founded in 2016. Sculptures in porcelain interact with musical ideas to create an immersive audio-visual space. The project creates a common ground for experimentation between various cultures, languages and art forms.