Dessislava Stefanova

Dessislava Stefanova is a Bulgarian soprano singer and folk choir director. She was named Bulgarian Woman of the Year (Българка на годината) 2017. Born in Stara Zagora, by age six Stefanova was training in western classical music, and singing with children's folk music and dance ensemble Zagorche. On moving to Sofia to study linguistics at Sofia University, she was offered a place in the Filip Kutev National Folk Music and Dance Ensemble, and sang professionally with them for three years, until she moved to the United Kingdom in 2000.