He was born in Shumen – a town with long-standing traditions in theatre, music and literature. After graduating piano and composition from the Academy of Music and Performing Art in Vienna, he returned to Bulgaria in the 1930s to join the musical life of the capital city Sofia.
Veselin Stoyanov is among the founders of the Society of Bulgarian composers called “Contemporary music”, established in 1933. He lectured at the National Academy of Music, became professor of composition and musical forms in 1945, and was later dean of the theory faculty, and from 1956 until 1962 – rector of the Academy. Veselin Stoyanov has left us an array of different works – for symphony orchestra, instrumental concertos, operas, chamber and vocal works.
The conductor with Bulgarian roots, Italian upbringing and a German passport, Boian Videnoff – a talented and charming musician and manager with an enviable European career, was in Sofia in mid-March for two performances of "Madame..
95 years ago, on 2 April 1930, Bulgarian folk singer Stefka Sabotinova was born in the village of Rozov Kladenets in the Stara Zagora region, in the home of settlers from Aegean Thrace. It was from her grandmother, Dobra, a remarkable singer herself,..
Singer Ivelina Kolaksazova – IVE and the increasingly popular author, producer and performer Lyubomir Boyanov - Chaz have presented their new song "Byagam". It is a continuation of the story hinted at in their previous joint single ''Sinyoto v Ochite..
In 2025 Bulgaria's oldest opera house outside the capital, the Stara Zagora Opera, will celebrate its centenary with a series of remarkable projects...
Young actress and singer Violina Dotseva is ready with her new song “ Spomen ” (“Memory"). She wrote the lyrics and created the music..
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