Born in 2002 in Antwerp, Belgium, Syon Najman comes from an international family. He started playing the cello at the age of six in the class of Daniela Cherpokova at the National Music School in Sofia, Bulgaria. Later he further specialized with prof. Romain Garioud at the Conservatory of L’Haÿ-les-Roses in Paris, France. Currently he is a student of prof. Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University of the Arts. In the season 2026/2027 he will be part of the class of prof. Anne Gastinel in the “Jaroussky” Academy.
 

Over the years he attended masterclasses with cellists, such as Stefan Popov, Miklós Perényi, Raphael Wallfisch, LászloFenyö, Michel Strauss, Jerôme Pernoo, Troels Svane, Maximilian Hornung, François Guye, Kirill Rodin etc.
 

Syon is a first prize winner of numerous national and international competitions, such as the Concertino Praha Competition and Karl Davidov International Cello Competition. He is also a laureate of the David Popper International Cello Competition, Cantus Firmus Musical Competition, Young Virtuosos International Competition,etc. He has been nominated as Young Musician of the Year by the Bulgarian National Radio and is a scholar of the StoyanKambarev Foundation, Paul Hindemith Society in Berlin and Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
 

He has played as a soloist in the Philharmonie Berlin, “Dvorak” Hall in Rudolfinum Prague, “Bulgaria” Hall in Sofia, etc. with renowned orchestras such as: Czech National Radio Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Sinfonietta 92 Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra, Sliven Philharmonic Orchestra, Vratsa Philharmonic Orchestra and Varna State Opera Orchestra, and he has performed at festivals in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Finland.
 

Chamber music seamlessly became part of Syon’s musical life. As part of Trio “Infinito” he performs successfully throughout Europe and as part of “Varyon” String Quartet he won 1st prizes in Japan and Germany. Syon highly estimates his performances with renowned musicians such as Giuliano Mazzoccante, Elena Bashkirova, Boris Garlitsky, Franziska Hölsher, Giovanni Gnocchi, Kyril Zlotnikov, Marko Ylönen, Alexander Zemtsov, Roland Glassl and others. He is part of the chamber music program of “Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz”.
 

Syon plays an Italian cello from the Galiano family (Naples – 1790) kindly provided by the Villa Musica“Rheinland-Pfalz” Foundation.