Viktor Benev, born in 1990 in Sofia, is a bulgarian percussion player and composer. Born right after the fall of the Berlin wall and the major political changes in Bulgaria he became part of a generation of musicians exposed to a great variety of musical genres from an early age. His music seeks to incorporate this rich compound of influences. Having a classical and further on, a jazz music education, made composed music material and improvisation coexist in his composition in a natural manner. Viktor currently works in the domain of the electro-acoustic music. He associates sound design, field recording and computer generated music with live performance. He released his first album Crystal sound in march 2018 with the eponym project, which he develops with the artist Bilyana Furnadzhieva.
Viktor's currently working on his upcoming solo electronica album, which will be released in 2019.