Margarita Kalcheva was born in Pleven, Bulgaria. She began her musical training in double bass class at High school of Music with Irina Petrova. As a student of Prof.Todor Toshev she received the B.M. degree in Preformance from National Academy of Music
She has attended masterclasses with Prof.Victor Chuchkov and Michel Veillon. Margarita became a prinsipal double bassist of the National Radio Orchestra of Bulgaria since 1998 as well with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa -Japan since 2009. She maintains an international profile and career in a variety of roles as a soloist,chamber and orchestral double bassist all over the world. Her repertoire includes Bottesini,Dittersdorf ,Kusevitzki,Tschaikovski,Goleminov,Tabakov. She made numerous records and first performances including solo concert in Japan (2012),Variations Rokoko-Tschaikovski, Concert for doublebass – M. Goleminov, “Breavissimo”, E.Morricone.