Riton (on
Bulgarian:Дует Ритон) is Bulgarian pop duet, one of the most popular duets in the country.
History
One of the most successful Bulgarian duets, Riton was founded in 1977 by Katya Mihaylova and Zdravko Jelyaskov. Katya and Zdravko are partners in the real life too. They met in the
National Academy of Music. Katya is a singer and plays
piano
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. Duet Riton started singing in
Sofia
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and on the
Black Sea
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. Their first name was "Studio 2"; later Luben Tsvetkov call them duet Riton. In 1978 Riton started their first tour in
Poland
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.
They starred in the Bulgarian ''
VIP Brother 2015''.
Discography
* Embrace Me (1982)
* Duet Riton (1984)
* Love-Match (1986)
* Going at random (1987)
* Dzhalma (1994)
* Hurt from love (1998)
* All night (2001)
* The way to You heart (2015)
Sources
Official webpage
References
{{Reflist
Bulgarian pop music groups