29 Notable alumni of
National Academy of Music "Pancho Vladigerov"
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The National Academy of Music "Pancho Vladigerov" is 875th in the world, 309th in Europe, and 5th in Bulgaria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from the National Academy of Music "Pancho Vladigerov" sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Raina Kabaivanska
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Raina Yakimova Kabaivanska OMRI is a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the leading lirico-spinto sopranos of her generation, particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini, although she sang a wide range of roles.
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Mihaela Fileva
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- singer
- Biography
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Mihaela Tinkova Fileva is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter and dancer. Her career started in 2005 when she won the Bulgarian National Television show – “Hit Minus One”. Her big breakthrough was in 2011 when she was a finalist in The X factor Bulgaria.
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Orlin Goranov
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Orlin Aleksandrov Goranov is a Bulgarian pop, opera singer and TV presenter. Since the 1980s, he established himself as one of the most successful performers on the Bulgarian stage.
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Vanya Kostova
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- singer
- Biography
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Vanya Kostova Kostova was a Bulgarian singer active from 1980 until 2021. Between 1981 and 1986 she was a member of Tonika SV. One of the songs won the television contest "Melody of the Year '81". Bulgarian television and radio broadcast the song repeatedly, making the band more popular. In 1982 the first album was released. Kostova became the solo singer of the band. In 1983 the second album was released. In 1986 she recorded her last song with Tonika SV and began her solo career releasing her first solo album in 1987. In 1991 she released her second album.
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Yordan Kamdzhalov
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- conductormusic director
- Biography
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Yordan Kamdzhalov is a Bulgarian conductor and music director.
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Ghena Dimitrova
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Ghena Dimitrova was a Bulgarian operatic soprano. Her voice was known for its power and upper extension, which she used to great effect in operatic roles such as Puccini's Turandot in a career spanning four decades.
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Albert Cohen
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- accordionistfilm actorstage actortelevision actorsinger
- Biography
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Albert Cohen was an Israeli actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and accordionist.
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Vesko Eschkenazy
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- violinist
- Biography
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Vesko Eschkenazy is a violinist who serves as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's concertmaster.
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Filip Kutev
- Occupations
- composermusicologist
- Biography
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Filip Kutev, often anglicized Philip Koutev (13 June 1903 – 27 November 1982), was a Bulgarian composer, arranger and founder, with his wife Maria Kuteva, in 1951, of Bulgaria's first professional, state supported ensemble, the State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance, also known as the Filip Kutev Ensemble. With his ensemble he pioneered a style of arranging folk songs by fusing folk elements with western classical forms and harmonies, and established a new Bulgarian choral tradition.
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Vili Kazasyan
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- composerconductorpianistmusic educator
- Biography
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Edmond Aram Kazasyan, best known as Vili Kazasyan (Bulgarian: Вили Казасян), (8 December 1934 – 12 July 2008) was a Bulgarian jazz musician, composer, conductor and pianist from Armenian descent. He is the father of singer Hilda Kazasyan.
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Elitsa Todorova
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- percussionistsingermusician
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Elitsa Todorova is a Bulgarian folk singer and professional percussionist. Todorova formed the duo Elitsa & Stoyan and they represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, and once again represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö. The drums, ""The Cosmic tree","The Olympic drums of Bulgaria", "Drum-Pyramid" are among the tools with which she has left an individual impact on ethno-music.
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Yıldız İbrahimova
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- singerjazz musician
- Biography
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Yıldız İbrahimova is a Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry. Besides jazz, she has also recorded Bulgarian, Turkish, Gypsy and Russian folk songs. She married Ali Dinçer, a Turkish politician, also born in Bulgaria and former mayor of Ankara, in 1993. Since then she has lived in Turkey. Her husband died in 2007.
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Darina Takova
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Darina Takova is a Bulgarian soprano and teacher.
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Veselin Stoyanov
- Enrolled in the National Academy of Music "Pancho Vladigerov"
- Studied in 1926
- Occupations
- composerpianistconductormusicologist
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Veselin Anastasov Stoyanov was a Bulgarian composer.
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Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
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- composer
- Biography
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Anna-Maria Yordanova Ravnopolska-Dean, Sofia, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian and American harpist, composer, pedagogue, musicologist and TV host.
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Lea Cohen
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- writermusicologistdiplomatpolitician
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Lea Cohen, also known as Lea Koen, is a Bulgarian novelist, musicologist, and diplomat. In the 1990s, she was Bulgaria's Ambassador to the European Union. She also served as the ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and NATO. Cohen studied music history at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She directed the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra from 1975 to 1979. She has written over 11 novels and books.
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Kamen Tchanev
- Occupations
- opera singer
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Kamen Tchanev / Kamen Chanev was a Bulgarian operatic tenor who enjoyed an international career.
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Svetla Vassileva
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- opera singer
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Svetla Vassileva is a Bulgarian opera singer (soprano).
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Rossen Milanov
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- conductor
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Rossen Milanov is a Bulgarian conductor. He is music director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra & New Jersey's Symphony in C. He is also principal conductor of Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, in Spain and the former music director of Bulgaria's New Symphony Orchestra. He is the music director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
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Ventsislav Yankov
- Occupations
- pianist
- Biography
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Ventsislav Yankov was a Bulgarian pianist and pedagogue. He was born in Sofia on 24 March 1926. Trained in Berlin, he settled in France in 1946; three years later he won ex-aequo with Aldo Ciccolini the III Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud's Grand Prize. An intercontinental concert career ensued. Yankov was a professor emeritus at the Conservatoire of Paris, where he held a professorship (1977–1991). As of 2005, he was still active as a concert pianist in France. He was a recognized interpreter of the music of Frédéric Chopin. Yankov died in Paris on 8 January 2022, at the age of 95.
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Milen Ivanov
- Occupations
- singerchoir directorconductor
- Biography
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Milen Ivanov is a Bulgarian conductor and performer of folk songs.
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Svetla Protich
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- pianist
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Svetla Protich, is a Bulgarian classical pianist and professor of music born in 1939.
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Aron Aronov
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- opera singer
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Aron Sabat Aronov was a Bulgarian tenor and vocal pedagogue.
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Julia Tsenova
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- composerpianistjazz musicianmusic educator
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Julia Tsenova was a Bulgarian composer, pianist and musical pedagogue.
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Georgi Kornazov
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- composerjazz musician
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Georgi Kornazov is a Bulgarian jazz trombonist and composer, who lives in Paris, France.
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Stefan Remenkov
- Occupations
- composer
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Stefan Nikolov Remenkov was a Bulgarian composer and pianist.
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Mladen Stanev
- Occupations
- conductor
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Mladen Stanev is a Bulgarian conductor.
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Rayna Katsarova
- Occupations
- ethnomusicologist
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Rayna Katsarova was a Bulgarian ethnomusicologist.
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Konstantin Evtimov
- Occupations
- cellist
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Konstantin Evtimov is a Bulgarian cellist. He serves as a soloist with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Ardenza Trio.
