ALEXANDER RAYTCHEV

Alexander Raytchev was born on 15^th of March 1975 in Sofia. Since a child, he becomes his first piano and composition lessons. 1982 – 1993 Alexander Raytchev is student of professor Mariana Shikova in the “Ljubomir Pipkov” Music High-School in Sofia. 1993 - 1997 he is student in the Bulgarian State Music Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia under professor Jovcho Krushev and in the State Music Academy in Trossingen under professor Johannes van Beek. Currently he is student of professor Arie Vardi in the Music Academy in Hanover. Alexander Raytchev won first prize in the National Competition for Composers and Instrumentalists’89 in Provadia, Bulgaria and first prize of the International Piano Competition’90 in Shiponokeze, Japan. He is member of the music association “Korespondention” in Baden-Baden, Germany. CD recording of Rahmaninoff's third piano concerto with Plovdiv Philharmonic under Nayden Todorov; also concerts in Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Germany and Italy.