Orlin Aleksandrov Goranov is a Bulgarian pop, opera singer and TV presenter. Since the 1980s, he established himself as one of the most successful performers on the Bulgarian stage.

Biography

Orlin Goranov is born on 8 August 1957 in

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, "Third Prize" of "Intertalant" in

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], Grand Prize "Golden Orpheus", etc. He graduated from the Faculty of Music of the Bulgarian State Conservatory in 1990 in the class of Konstanza Vachkova. Since 1989, he has been a soloist of the Plovdiv Opera. He has had permanent engagements at the Friedrichstadtpalace in

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since 1994. He has played the tenor parts in many Italian operas: La Traviata, The Troubadour, Aida, Rigoletto and Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, La Boheme and Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini and others. At that time, he maintained his popularity in Bulgaria mainly through his duet with Kristina Dimitrova, with whom he released several albums. Performed concert tours in the

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, etc. In 2010, he starred in the film "Mission London" as the President, one of the main characters. Orlin Goranov is also involved in public activities. In 2009, he became a member of the Knights Templar Order. In 2017, she started a concert tour "I love Bulgarian music" (in Bulgarian: "Обичам българската музика") together with her colleague Margarita Hranova, accompanied by the Pleven Philharmonic and State Opera - Burgas. The idea and script is by Yulia Manukyan, as well as Levon Manukyan (conductor), Daniel Zhelev (percussion) and Ivo Dukov (piano). They realize over 50 concerts throughout the country. Music for it was written by Zornitsa Popova, Toncho Rusev, Maurice Alajem, Maria Neikova, Stefan Diomov, Alexander Yosifov, Alexander Brzytsov, Kristiyan Boyadjiev, Vili Kazasyan, Ivan Peev, Atanas Kosev and many others. From 7 September 2020 to September 2024, he was host of the Bulgarian TV show ''Posledniyat Pecheli'' (), which airs on

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. He was replaced by Bulgarian actor .

Career

Music career

Goranov started his career as a singer in the Bulgarian choir "Бодра смяна".

Movie career

Goranov appeared in the Bulgarian movie '' Mission London''.

Albums

* ''Към една жена'' (To a woman) (1983) * ''Orlin Goranov'' (1985) * ''Ти и аз'' (You and me) (2000), with Kristina Dimitrova

Awards

* Youth Pop Song Competition,

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in 1978 – first place * Schlager Festival in Dresden in 1981 – first place * Intertalant in 1981,

– third place *

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, Bulgaria 1984 – first place

References

Biography of Orlin Goranov

Discography of Orlin Goranov
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