Lidia Stankulova has enjoyed a million notes over the years, but the most important one of her life was not hers – in fact it wasn’t even a musical note. It was made of paper and stuck to a classroom door when Lidia was 11. It was from a harp teacher looking for new students. Lidia already had a gift for music – growing up in Sofia with the emotive melodies of Bulgarian folk, learning piano at 5 and being accepted by the National Music School at 7. But from the day she saw that note, it was always about the harp. What she hadn’t been expecting from the Middle East was a bizarre musical home- coming – instantly discovering an eerie similarity between Arabic music and the Bulgarian folk songs of her childhood. And given this new source of inspiration, it’s here Lidia has finally stayed put – exploring the local sounds in-depth and becoming the finest Arabic harpist in the region. The multicultural music scene in Dubai formed a diversity of sound in her own music. Hope you will enjoy it and will find something closer to your heart, because surely Lidia's music is coming from her soul.