Georgi Kalaidzhiev was born in the city of Sliven in 1947 in a family of musicians. After his secondary education, he graduated with honors from the National Academy of Music in Sofia. This was followed by a two-year specialization in chamber music with the famous conductor and music teacher Vilmosh Tatrai at the Ferenc Liszt Conservatory in Budapest.
After completing his higher education, Georgi Kalaidjiev was accepted to work in the chamber orchestra for classical music “Sofia Soloists”. Thanks to his talent and diligence, he was recently elected concertmaster of the group.
Participated in many successful performances in Bulgaria and around the world. He gave concerts at Carnegie Hall (New York, USA), Royal Albert Hall (London, England), Sydney Opera House (Australia), in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. At the Bayreuth festival, on the occasion of the opening of the Wagner Festival, he played with Thomas Brandis and Prof. Sasha Gavrilov.
Since 1993 Georgi Kalaidzhiev live in Germany. He quickly became a concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the city of Giessen and in the amateur orchestra “Collegium Musikum” in Stadtalendorf. He began teaching children and students in Germany.
In 2009, together with his wife Maria Hauschild, they started the project “Music instead of the street”, intended for Roma children. They receive free instruments and training in solfège and music history. The project is financed by donations from Germany.
Until now, there are over 400 graduates of Kalaidzhiev. Many of them continue their studies at the national secondary music schools in Stara Zagora and Burgas, and then at the National Academy of Music in Sofia.
The video was shot by project “Panorama of Roma culture” under the “Cultural Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Cooperation” program, with the financial support of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEF) 2014-2021.