Pancho Vladiguerov

Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) born in Zurich, studied music in Berlin Academy of Arts and later worked as a conductor and composer in Berlin's Deutches Theater in collaboration with the famous director Max Reinhardt. In 1928 he took part in the Festival of Bulgarian Music in Prague and performed at many concerts in Germany and France. After returning in Bulgaria Vladigerov taught piano and composition in the State Academy of Music in Sofia, which later came to hold his name.Winner of the Mendelssohn Prize (1920) and Gottfried von Herder awards (1968), Vladigerov is one of the first major Bulgarian composers whose music is recognized all over the world

Some of Vladiguerov's many works include: opera Tzar Kaloyan, (1946) one ballet, many symphonic works, among them: Bulgarian Suite," (1927) Vardar Bulgarian Rhapsody, (1928) Seven Bulgarian Symphonic Dances, (1931) five concertos for piano and orchestra, two concertos for violin and orchestra, numerous chamber works, piano music, inlcuding Shoumen - miniatures (1934), Episodes (1941), Aquarelles (1942), Suite (1954), and many others.