Boris Dinev graduated from National Music School- Sofia and enrolled into National Music Academy under the guidance of percussion professor Dobri Paliev.
Boris is a co-founder of the percussion quartet Polyrhythmia, which performed in several major festivals throughout Europe, Japan, Ex-USSR, Cuba, Tunisia, Algeria, USA etc. Polyrhythmia won the 3rd prize and was awarded the Audience Prize on the First International Percussion Competition in Luxembourg in 1989.
Boris performed as a soloist in Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Bulgarian Radio Orchestra, among others. He performed with Bulgaria’ s most popular jazz musicians, in various international music festivals, such as the Jazz Jamboree, Prague Jazz Fest, Sofia Jazz Meeting, Sibiu Jazz Fest, Havana Jazz Festival, etc. From 1981 to 1991, he worked as a professor at Bulgarian Music Academy’ s Jazz Department. Since 1991 Boris Dinev has been living in Luxembourg, lecturing at the Music School of Echternach and at the North Conservatory.
