Elena Koleva is a jazz vocalist and a voice faculty at Berklee College of Music. She has been an active performer in Boston area at jazz venues such as: Berklee Performance Center, Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Jordan Hall, The Lilypad in collaboration with artists like Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Moses, Austin McMahon, Charles Overtone, John Lockwood, Greg Loughman, Gene Perla, Mike Tucker and many others.

Elena  Koleva will appear as a guest vocalist for the newly formed Jazz Trio of Plamen Karadonev - a group with unique instrumentation and hailing from diverse musical backgrounds. It envisions another form of a piano trio that performs original compositions and arrangements influenced by styles such as world music, jazz, drum n bass, ECM, and third stream.