Elitca Todorova electrifies and subdues the public with her magnetic voice and virtuosic percussion performances. Stoyan Yankoulov is the most approved Bulgarian drummer and percussionist. Yankoulov and Todorova have presented Bulgarian cultural legacy for the presidents of Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Hungary, His Highness Prince Alber and Pope John Paul II. Elitca Todorova is born in 1977 in the city of Varna and has diplomas from the music schools in Varna and Kotel and the State Conservatory in Sofia. The attention of the public and the critics she focuses with her specific voice - strong, orotund, pure and robust as well as the rich ornamentation combined with mastery of the drums.
In 2003 Todorova started to work with the most approved bulgarian drummer - Stoyan Yankoulov and their duet becomes a musical phenomenon in astonishingly short term. In 2004 their debut album "Drumboy" was out.
Apart from her duet with Yankoulov, Elitca has worked with many other of the best Bulgarian and Balkan musicians like Teodossiy Spasov, Ivo Papazov, Antony Donchev, Jivko Petrov, Michail Yosifov, Vasko Vasilev, Okay Temiz, Yamar Thyam and many more. She was a soloist in the State music and dance "Ensemble Varna" and in chorus "Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria". She has also performed with the BNR (Bulgarian National Radio) Orchestra and the "Classic FM Radio" Orchestra...
In their repertoire the duet sing, play on tarambuka, drums, marakas, guiro and various other percussion instruments (including bells). They mix traditional folklore and jazz, drum'n'bass, ethno-motives, classics and they improvise spontaneously. They've made concerts all over the world with great success and they become indisputable favorites of the public wherever they go.
Elitca Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov
the unique executants of Bulgaria
