Bulgarian violist, Elitsa Bogdanova completed her studies at the National Music School in Sofia and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she developed a keen interest for historical performance. Elitsa is a member of the award-winning Consone Quartet, BBC New Generation Artists (2019-2021) and Borletti Buitoni Trust Fellowship recipients. The quartet is currently in the middle of recording a complete cycle of Felix Mendelssohn’s string quartets with the Scottish Label, Linn Records. Elitsa enjoys taking part in a variety of projects with chamber groups, orchestras and period instrument ensembles around the UK and abroad. She plays principal viola in La Serenissima and has guest-led the viola sections of Arcangelo, Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Florilegium, Irish Baroque Orchestra, La Nuova Musica, 12 Ensemble, United Strings of Europe and the London Contemporary Orchestra. She has also worked with the London Handel Orchestra, The English Concert, Solomon’s Knot, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and the Aurora Orchestra. As a session musician Elitsa has recorded for pop artists, television, advertisements and films, including ‘Suspiria’ by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, 'Midsommer' by Bobby Krlic, The Matrix Resurrections by Lana Wachowski and Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield.
