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Hristina Blagoeva is a flutist native of Bulgaria. She is currently on the faculty of Southeast New Mexico College. She has established a career as a soloist, chamber musician, and performer of contemporary music. Recent New York City performances have included a sold out recital at Carnegie Hall, as well as at Le Poisson Rouge celebrating Philip Glass, with the composer in attendance. Other recent performances include presenting Joan Tower’s Rising for flute and string quartet at Carnegie Hall as well with the composer in attendance. Hristina has joined Prof. Carol Wincenc in two duo recitals in NYC. She has performed with large ensembles in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, and National Sawdust. In 2022 Hristina presented a tour of performances and masterclasses at the University of Texas at Tyler, Texas Lutheran University and University of Texas at San Antonio with a program of contemporary music and poetry reflecting on the experiences of the pandemic. Ms. Blagoeva has presented solo recitals at the Bulgarian Consulate in NYC, and at the embassy of Bulgaria in Washington D.C. as part of the European Month of Culture and the Bulgarian Music Society Music Series. 

An avid contemporary music performer, Hristina has commissioned and premiered multiple solo flute and chamber works, including works for her flute and percussion ensemble Iktus Duo. Iktus Duo was the 2014 Ackerman Chamber Music Competition winner and has appeared at Harvard University, Bates College as well as universities in Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Iktus Duo was featured on the nationally syndicated radio show Relevant Tones, a program dedicated to contemporary music on WFMT Chicago, IL. Hristina has performed at numerous contemporary music festivals including the Queens New Music Festival NYC (2016-19),  Multicultural Sonic Evolution Festival NYC (2016-17), Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival in Portland and Seattle (2018), New Music for Strings Festival in Aarhus, Denmark and NYC (2016-17), Versipel New Music Festival in New Orleans (2015), and the Pine Mountain Music Festival in Michigan (2019). Hristina has commissioned and premiered works by composers from Bulgaria, Canada, USA, Japan, Greece, Brazil, and others. Championing music by diverse composers, Hristina has worked with organizations such as the New York Women Composers, Association for the Promotion of New Music, RAM (Random Access Music), ACM (Access Contemporary Music), and recently performed with Valerie Coleman on the Texas premiere of her work Bostonian Scenes for flute quartet.

Hristina was the winner of first prizes for solo flute and chamber music with Blagoeva-Massicotte Duo in the 2017 “Musical Fireworks in Baden-Württemberg” International Music Competition in Germany.  In 2015 she was a second prize winner of the Gershwin International Music Competition in NYC, and a semi-finalist of the Concert Artist Guild Music Competition and the Astral Artist Music Competition.

In 2013, Ms. Blagoeva was selected as an Artist in Residence at the Central Greenough Artist in Residence Program in Geraldton, Australia. As part of her residency she led masterclasses in local high schools and colleges, and was featured on the WAFM radio station. She concluded the residency with a recital at the Queens Park Theater in Geraldton, Australia.

Ms. Blagoeva has given lecture recitals, workshops and performances at the Upper Midwest Flute Fair, Texas Flute Festival, Florida Flute Association Convention, Wisconsin Flute Festival,  Oklahoma Flute Society Flute Fair, the Flute Society of Kentucky Flute Festival, Austin Flute Festival, the Greater Philadelphia Flute Fair,  and the Mid-South Flute Fair. Other notable appearances have included at the New York Flute Fair, the New Jersey Flute Fair, and the 2021 and 2016 National Flute Association Conventions. As a researcher Ms. Blagoeva has presented on the relationship between music and narrative in diverse repertoire including in Carl Reinecke’s Undine Sonata for flute and piano and George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae (through its integration of extended techniques), She has also presented on the collaborative process between flute and piano utilizing Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata for flute and piano Op. 94 as a case study. Additionally Ms. Blagoeva has given lectures on music and film, including Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

As a dedicated educator Hristina has taught at Eastern New Mexico University, Webb Institute, The Long Island Conservatory of Music, as a teaching assistant at Stony Brook University, University of Houston, and University of Texas at Austin, and maintains a private flute studio.

Hristina completed her BM at Louisiana State University, MM at the University of Texas at Austin, and DMA at Stony Brook University in May 2018. She has studied with Dr. Katherine Kemler, Marianne Gedigian, Aralee Dorough, and Carol Wincenc.