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crystal sound project was initiated by the visual artist bilyana furnadzhieva together with the composer and multi-instrumentalist viktor benev in 2017. as a natural continuity of both artists' eclectic artistic vision, it has since become an instance, through which a multitude of cultures, languages and art forms have found a channeling medium.
crystal sound project has worked with musicians, poets, visual artists and curators from finland, france, bulgaria, switzerland, iran, sweden, taiwan and canada. their discography is a testament of how people can connect and create a harmonious dialogue, in which the universal language of music can serve as a pacifying catalyst bringing forth a unique, human and coherent output, simultaneously preserving and promoting traditional music and poetry in a contemporary context.
crystal sound project has performed on acclaimed podiums such as the antique roman theater in plovdiv, château de vincennes, musée de minéralogie de mines, sofia live club, cac la traverse, galérie de crous, la générale nord-est, taking the risk of presenting unusual and non main-stream performances to a very diversified public conquering successfully peoples trust and applause.
since its debuts, crystal sound project has always had a mixed male/female line-up, thus promoting gender equality, regularly going to the extent of working with self-taught musicians or artists with no musical studies background democratizing the access to making music.
crystal sound project utilizes unique sound sculptures in porcelain, created by bilyana furnadzhieva, as well as musique concrète techniques, traits to have defined their signature visual and sonic identity.
crystal sound project's albums have been positively received by international publicists and music aficionados. the artists have had nominations for their music video productions related to the singles my lover's hands at the independent music awards (2020), and the screen at the paris lift-off film festival (2024).
