Darena Popova has graduated at the State Academy of Music in Sofia (Bulgaria) with a major in Choir conducting. Since 1998, she is the conductor of Academic Choir “Angel Manolov” and since 2005 of the folklore formation “Chemerika”. Graduated in the class of prof. Vassil Arnaudov, in the-recent years Darena Popova is a laureate of a number of first prizes and gold medals, diplomas and honours from choir festivals and competitions in Cantonigros (Spain), Aalborg (Denmark), Bru

The Academic Choir Manolov (Sofia, Bulgaria) was founded in 1933 by Maestro Angel Manolov and it is one of the first students`choirs in Bulgaria. During its more than 80-years existence the Academic Choir has performed 4000+ concerts in Bulgaria and 350+ abroad. Since 1998, choir’s conductor is Darena Popova. Soprano: Adelina Georgieva, Anguelina Stoyanova, Daniela Sharankova, Denitsa Georgieva, Diana Docheva, Diana Ganevska, Dilyana Ganevska, Enita Enikova, Mariya Uzunova,