Instructor
Mario Krastev
Content Creator, Musician, Writer
About me
Just like fire, I am passionate about the world in its numerous multifaceted expressions, experiences and understandings. Creativity and motivation run in my blood.
Just like air, I am open-minded, flexible, and a great connector. I breathe in intellectual challenges, and I breathe out fresh thoughts and ideas.
Just like water, I am highly adaptable. I take the form that I am given, yet my inner values and pursuits stay the same. I love exploring “open waters”, and I flow with ease and calmness through everything I’m doing.
Just like earth, I am grounded and stable; responsible and down-to-earth. I remember our roots, and I feel connected to our shared home, the Earth.
In my 17 years of experience in the creative industry, I have:
- received awards in competitions and festivals in Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, the Canary Islands, USA, Serbia, Moldova, Belarus, Poland, Portugal and England.
- played in the Russian series "Vangelia", the National Theater of Bulgaria, and in the professional Art Theatre of Sofia.
- sung in the National Opera and Ballet of Sofia: I was given a lead role (Feodor, son of Boris Godunov) in the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky, the lead role as a musical theatre actor in the musical “Les Misérables” and a role in the opera "Borislav" by Maestro Georgi Atanasov.
- participated in many TV commercials (e.g. a global commercial for Coca Cola with over 30.000.000 views).
- been a member of the Junior Jury of Bulgaria for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
- been a semi-finalist in the popular Serbian TV format for singers "Pinkove zvezdice" (2018) after 12 successful rounds.
- published four original songs - "Sabana", "Roses Die Too", “Fool 4 You” and “Colliding Stars”, with which I have won major awards at competitions in Portugal, the Canary Islands and Italy.
- published an esoteric book called “As above, so below” in Bulgarian.
Currently in my second year of studies towards a Bachelor’s degree in Media & Culture at the University of Amsterdam, I am also studying towards a Minor in Communication Science. I love learning, and I often sign up for additional courses (e.g. business, Western esotericism and quantum physics).
The horizon of my passions is constantly expanding, yet my personal goals stay the same: to reveal my creative, academic and professional potential in the creative industry; to inspire and to be inspired; to spread love and awareness, and to create new positive experiences for myself and for the others.