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Alexandra Ivanova

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Alexandra Ivanova is a pluricultural pianist and composer, born in Austria with Bulgarian roots, and having called France, the Middle East and the Gulf her home. She was classically trained at the piano as a child and is primarily self-taught in jazz, performing with her jazz trios since the age of 16, before she found a mentor in autodidact Tarek Yamani at a later stage. Alexandra’s interest lies in polyrhythms, Bulgarian and Maqam- based music in conversation with jazz harmony and Afrocuban claves which is most evident in her debut album “Beauty in Chaos” featured in the series of the German magazine Jazz thing Next Generation vol. 99.

She has toured Saudi Arabia with her trio and furthermore performed her music in the UAE, Austria, Germany France, the UK, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Iceland, most notably at Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2020. Alexandra has earned scholarships from the Berlin Senate 2022 and the German Music Fund 2021 for her composition work and research. Beyond her music, Alexandra is a hyperpolyglot and holds a Master's degree from the Paris Institute for Political Sciences (Sciences Po Paris).