Percussionist

"We drummers simply have this spirit of discovery," says young drummer Vivi Vassileva about herself and her drumming community. "We love discovering and combining new instruments and new sounds." What she means by this is evident in the piece "Frozen in Time" by Avner Dorman, which the Israeli composer once wrote for Vassileva's teacher, Martin Grubinger. In addition to countless drums, cymbals, and mallet instruments such as the wooden marimba, the metal vibraphone, and the glockenspiel, other instruments are used, including the African djembe, the Arabian darbuka, and several cencerros—a type of "tuned cowbell"—which can even be played as a melody instrument.

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Young German Philharmonic / Vivi Vassileva / Stanislav Kochanovsky

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Can discarded objects actually be made to sound? The renowned composer Gregor A. Mayrhofer explores this question in his Recycling Concerto. He wrote it for the virtuoso and energetic percussionist Vivi Vassileva, who received the Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in 2023.

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Oct 1, 2025

Young German Philharmonic / Vivi Vassileva / Stanislav Kochanovsky · Elbphilharmonie

Jul 7, 2025

Ensemble reflector / Vivi Vassileva / Vimbayi Kaziboni · Elbphilharmonie

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