Biser Hristov Kirov (4 September 1942 – 6 November 2016) was a Bulgarian pop singer and tenor, who was called in the press the most popular Bulgarian in the
USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
. Kirov called Russia his creative homeland.
Biography
Kirov was born in
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
. His father was Hristo Kirov Ankole, pastor of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sa ...
(1914-1977). His mother was Ventsinosa Apostolova Kirova (1922-1989), a painter.
[России болгарский певец](_blank)
/ref>
In 1961, Kirov graduated with honors from high school in Sofia. He created ''Reflex'', one of the first Bulgarian rock bands. At the First International Festival of Youth Song in Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...
in 1967, Kirov finished third, the start of his broad career. He also worked a lot in television.
Awards and titles
* Gold medal and the title of Singer of the Year IX World Festival of Youth and Students (1968)
*1st prize Golden Orpheus
Golden Orpheus (, ''Zlatniyat Orfey'') was an international vocal competition and song contest, held annually from 1965 to 1999 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria.
The festival program included a Bulgarian song competition, an international vocal competi ...
(1970)Honored Artist
Merited Artist, Honored Artist, etc., is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union Republics, and autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern Bloc states, as well as in a number of post-Soviet states. In Russian language ...
of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1985)
* Honorary President of the Republic of Bulgaria sign (2008)
* Honorary Diploma of the Government of Moscow (2008)
* Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also known as Honored Artist of Russia, is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, d ...
(2009) — for outstanding contribution to the development of Russian-Bulgarian cultural co-operation and many years of creative activityУказ Президента Российской Федерации от 10 ноября 2009 года № 1266 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации граждан Республики Болгарии»
/ref>
* Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2012)
* Honorary Doctor of Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies (2012)
Personal life
He was married to Mitka Tsvetanova Kirova (born 1945), an engineer, a chemist-ecologist. They had two children and four grandchildren. Kirov died in Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
, Germany on 6 November 2016.
References
External links
Официальный сайт Бисера Кирова
* Anna Arkhakova: Russia is a Bulgarian singer. (Biser Kirov About Time and About Oneself) Peasant Woman Magazine. — 2009. — No. 2. — p. 34-39. — ISSN 0130-2647
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirov, Biser
1942 births
2016 deaths
People from Silistra
20th-century Bulgarian male singers
21st-century Bulgarian male singers
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
Bulgarian tenors