Ivo Donev - Пертито
Ivo Donev - Пертито

Ivo Donev

Ivo Donev - Пертито
Ivo Donev - Пертито

Ivaylo Donev was born on April 21, 1985 in the city of Varna. From an early age he showed interest in music, singing and artistry.

He inherited this talent from his mother, who sang to him incessantly.

Already at the age of 5, digging through his older sister’s tapes, he met his favorite artists Queen and Roxette and discovered his love for singing. At the age of 6, he is the attraction of every family event, performing songs of the great Freddie Mercury.

He began his primary education at the “Anton Strashimirov” elementary school, where his talent was noticed by the music teachers Mr. Pashov and Mrs. Kaneva.

As in the 4th grade, there is an argument between Ivailo’s mother and the music teacher, and the teacher is adamant that Ivailo must be part of the school’s music class.

Alas, Ivaylo is enrolled in a math class, but he doesn’t stop being a part of all the music and school holidays. Here follows the unpleasant moment for every adolescent boy when, due to the voice mutation, he has to stop performing on stage. Ivaylo was admitted to the Fifth Language High School “Ioan Exarch”, where in parallel with his studies he began to take piano lessons because he lacked music.

Ivaylo began to sing and play and thus again became part of the musical-artistic life of the “Ioan Exarch” high school, finding like-minded people and forming his first band. Numerous concerts and appearances followed, including participation in the hit TV show at the time on BNT, “Hit minus one”, in which Ivaylo ranked first.

After graduating from high school, he was lucky enough to meet Vasil Vasilev from rehearsal and recording studio 33, where he rehearsed with his school band. It was Vasko who recommended Ivo as the vocalist of the Trip Collective group. The singer’s first professional group, including some of the best musicians in Varna: Ventsislav Markov – bass, Chavdar Gochev – guitar, Zhivomir Nestorov, Biser Kazakov – piano, Ruhl Hollander – saxophone, Nadina Kaloyanova – vocals, Plamen Peev – drums. The group is distinguished by its characteristic musical style of soul, funk, r&b, disco and very quickly gained popularity and won the hearts of the Varna audience, turning the boys into one of the most desired bands for private events, parties, concerts and club performances. In this period, Ivaylo met Dj Ivo-but-not and together with him, Chavdar Gochev and Rool Hollander made one of the first Deep House Live Shows.

In 2007, Trip Collective decided to travel abroad, but Ivaylo decided to stay in Bulgaria and find his own way by taking part in Music Idol 1. Donev was one of the favorites of the jury, but unfortunately he fell ill at the stage before the majors concerts.

In 2008, he decided to try again and auditioned for the most successful season 2 of Music Idol.
There he reached the final stage of the show, still remembered for his performances of Purple Rain and Georgia on my mind. Numerous engagements and appearances follow. After the show, Ivaylo Donev and Dj Ivo-but-not formed the group DGTL Bulgar, which is a unique mix and collaboration between the DJ club world and live music. The group began hard work in a team of one of the best musicians in Bulgaria: Stoyan Royanov-Yaya, Stracimir Pavlov and the unique guitarist Hari Sarkisyan. Tsvetan and Kalin Momchilovi, Chavdar Gochev, Krasi Borisov, Valeri Tsenkov, Biser Kazakov have also been part of the group over the years. The group recorded more than 10 original tracks and remixes, but unfortunately did not manage to release them.

What else can we say about Ivaylo Donev?

After 2008, he began working hard on his solo repertoire, sharing that after Music Idol he had to work independently with instrumentals rather than musicians for the first time.
From then until today, Ivaylo has not stopped working with dedication and love for his audience, with his independent repertoire already exceeding 1000 songs, which makes him one of the most versatile and preferred Bulgarian performers.
What can you expect from it?
Everything!
He made one of the first club nights with only Bulgarian music together with DJ Uni (Dimitar Rachev).
Encouraged by the incredible interest of the audience, he makes a themed evening with the songs of “Ku-ku Band” and Slavi Trifonov.

Ivo’s repertoire also includes…

Latin themed night
Program with the best Italian hits
Romanian music
Greek and Balkan evening
House and Lounge program.
World and modern hits.
Cocktail and background music.
Russian hits.
DANCE, R&B, JAZZ, POP, ROCK, SOUL, FUNK,

DISCO, traditional Bulgarian folk and what not…

All this turns Ivo into a true musical chameleon, which makes him a preferred performer for every club, event and occasion.
Driven by the love of music, singing and musical desires of his audience, he does not stop developing and changing, proof of which is his appearance in the music show on Nova TV “The Stars in Us” in the image of Sir Elton John.
What more can we expect from Ivaylo Donev?
As he says…
Expect the unexpected,
Expect many more unforgettable musical evenings, smiles and dancing.
And may the music be with you!

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