“The Sentimental Swingers” is a Jazz trio from Bulgaria,that formed in 2012.The group has consisted of vocalist Preslava Krasteva,pianist Jivko Bratanov and contrabassist Nikolai Kardjilov.The band’s musical style has been characterized as jazz,swing,smooth jazz,lounge.In 2012 The band made an appearance on the International Bansko Jazz festival as one of the support groups for the world famous British,acid jazz band “Incognito”. The band’s lead singer Preslava Krasteva,is a well-known jazz,RnB and soul performer in Bulgaria,who took part in the Bulgarian X factor contest in 2015.As a distinguished,remarkably talented performing artist,Preslava took participation in various singing competitions, winning 1st place at the international music contest”New Music”, 1st place atthe international music contest “The Crown of Tarnovgrad”,Grand Prix at the ART STARS competition, with a special award of producing a song and a video clip, 1st place at the”Sarandev” contest, 1st place at the national TV show “Hit minus one”, 2nd place with a song produced from “Lasteri music”, and numerous participations in concerts on Bulgarian National Radio in collaboration with the “Big Band of the Bulgarian National Radio”and currently working as a recording artist and a songwriter. Jivko Bratanov , an intense, masterful pianist, graduated from Academy of Musical and Dance Arts in Plovdiv, where he studied composition. A highly experienced and talented musician, with the ability of casting a musical spell over the audience. He is currently working as an accompanist ,piano teacher and composer.Nikolai Kardjilov(contrabass) who graduated from The National Academy of Music –Prof.Pancho Vladgerov in Sofia(Bulgaria) is also famous for his unique style and sound on the bass. Employment History and Proffesional Music Performance: -Colorline cruises (MS Magic,MS Fantasy) -Royal Caribbean -Costa Concordia -Piano bar New York(Sofia,Bulgaria) -Piano bar Faces(Plovdiv,Bulgaria) -Varna Jazz Festival -A to Z Jazz(Sofia,Jazz music festival) -Bansko Jazz festiva