The National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" (, ''Natsionalna muzikalna akademia „Pancho Vladigerov“''), also known under its former name, the Bulgarian State Conservatoire (Българска държавна консерватория, ''Balgarska darzhavna konservatoria''), is a university of music in

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, the capital of

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. Founded in 1921 through a royal decree of

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, it is named after influential Bulgarian composer

Pancho Vladigerov Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; ; 13 March 18998 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist. Vladigerov is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He ...

(1899–1978). Two buildings house the academy. It offers 30 programmes divided into three faculties: the Faculty of Theory, Composition and Conducting; the Instrumental Faculty; and the Vocal Faculty.

Notable graduates

* Albert Cohen * Victor Chuchkov *

Ghena Dimitrova Ghena Dimitrova (, 6 May 1941 – 11 June 2005) 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 Turandot in a career spanning four decades. Early ...

Yulia Gurkovska Yulia Grigorova Gurkovska (1945–2001), was a Bulgarian sailor and sound editor and, for a few years, the chief of staff of the country's President Zhelyu Zhelev. Biography Yulia (sometimes spelled Julia and sometimes shortened to Ju) was born ...

* Milen E. Ivanov *

Raina Kabaivanska Raina Yakimova Kabaivanska (; born 15 December 1934) 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. Biograph ...

* Ramiz Kovaçi *

Kiril Manolov Kiril Manolov ( Bulgarian: ) is a Bulgarian operatic baritone with an international career performing leading roles in the opera houses and opera festivals in Europe,US and Japan. He is particularly known for his portrayal of the title role in Ver ...

* Grigor Palikarov *

Alexander Raichev Alexander Raichev () (11 April 1922 – 28 October 2003) was a Bulgarian music educator and composer. Raichev was born in Lom, Bulgaria, and studied with Pancho Vladigerov at the State Musical Academy in Sofia where he graduated in 1947. He t ...

* Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean *

Stefan Remenkov Stefan Nikolov Remenkov ( Bulgarian: Стефан Николов Ременков) (born 30 April 1923, Silistra - 30 October 1988, Sofia) was a Bulgarian composer and pianist. Biography Remenkov comes from a family of teachers. His father Ni ...

Slavi Trifonov Stanislav Todorov Trifonov (; born 18 October 1966), known as Slavi Trifonov (), is a Bulgarian TV host, tambourine and viola player, singer and politician. Trifonov is mainly active in the traditional Bulgarian folklore music genres, but he h ...

Girma Yifrashewa Girma Yifrashewa (born 1967) is an Ethiopian classical pianist and composer. He is director of the Ashenafi Kebede Performing Arts Centre of the Addis Ababa University. Early life and education Girma Yifrashewa was born in Addis Ababa in 1967. In ...

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External links

Official website
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