1980
Antoaneta Emanuilova is born in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the age of seven she moves with her family to Germany.
1992
After playing piano for five years, she decides at the age of ten to study cello. She soon becomes a three-time first prize winner at Jugend Musiziert.
1999
After receiving her Abitur, she studies with Wolfgang Boettcher and Jens Peter Maintz in Berlin and with Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School in New York, also receiving scholarships from the Villa Musica, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, and the Landessammlung Baden-Württemberg.
2004
In the following years, Emanuilova is the recipient of numerous awards, among them a first prize at the Domenico Gabrielli competition in Berlin and the Grand Prix of the international “Music and Earth” competition.
She regularly performs as a soloist, and her extensive chamber music activities include collaborations with musicians such as Thomas Brandis, Jörg Widmann, Nils Mönkemeyer, Anna Prohaska, Lauma Skride, and the Kuss Quartet.
2007
As her first professional engagement, she wins a principal position in the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne.
2012
Emanuilova leaves the orchestra to devote herself to making music in smaller ensembles, and the following year becomes a member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Oberon Trio. The Trio performs in the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Philharmonie in Cologne, often collaborating with partners such as Ian Bostridge, Tabea Zimmermann, and Christoph Prégardien. The Oberon Trio’s recordings are praised by critics and recommended by media outlets such as NDR Kultur, hr2, RBB Kultur, and mdr figaro.
Antoaneta Emanuilova often performs as guest principal cellist with orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra, SWR Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, which performs on historical instruments. Since 2012, she has performed regularly as guest principal cellist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer. She was also a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Claudio Abbado.
2014
Emanuilova is invited to establish her own cello class at the Rostock University of Music and Drama, a position she still holds today. Many of her Rostock students have gone on to successful careers.
2020
The forced interruption of the Covid years provides an opportunity to become more deeply acquainted with audio and visual production techniques as well as historical performance practice.
2021
The video production of Bach’s Suite No. 3 and a series of concerts featuring the two Brahms sonatas are realised on historical instruments.
2022
The duo CD “Momentum” (on the genuin label) with late works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Schumann is a contemplation of fundamental questions of existence.
The Oberon Trio curates its own festival for the first time in November 2022, the “Triogipfel” in Berlin. The festival will take place every two years.