Rossen Milanov () is a Bulgarian conductor. He is Music Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra & New Jersey's Symphony in C. He is also Principal Conductor of Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, in

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and the former Music Director of Bulgaria's New Symphony Orchestra. He is the Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

Life and career

Early life

Milanov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He studied

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and orchestral conducting at the Bulgarian National Academy of Music, and he earned his master's degree in oboe performance at

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. He studied conducting at The Curtis Institute of Music and

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, where he received the

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Memorial Scholarship.

Conducting career

From 1994–1999, Milanov was Conductor of The Juilliard School's Pre-College Orchestra. He acted as Music Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra from 1997–2001. He spent over 11 years with

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, first as Assistant Conductor from 2000–2003, then as Associate Conductor from 2003–2011, and finally as Artistic Director of the ensemble's summer home at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts from 2006–2010. Milanov was Chief Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2003-2008. In September 2014, Rossen Milanov was named the next Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, effective in the 2015-16 season and with a four-year contract. The following month, the Chautauqua Institution's Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra named Milanov its Music Director starting in the summer of 2015. From 2018, he is chief-conductor of RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra.

Awards

In 2005, Milanov was named Bulgaria's Musician of the Year. He has received the Bulgarian Ministry's Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Bulgarian Culture and the 2011 ASCAP award for his programming with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.

Collaborators and appearances

Milanov has collaborated with

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, Joshua Bell, Midori, and Christian Tetzlaff. He has conducted premieres by Richard Danielpour, Gabriel Prokofiev, and Nicholas Maw, as well as emerging composers through Symphony in C's annual Young Composer's Competition. He has appeared with such ensembles as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,

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, Orchestra of St. Luke's, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Orquesta Nacional de México,

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, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Milanov also works as a

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conductor and has collaborated with choreographers Mats Ek at Zurich Opera and

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's Royal Ballet, Sabrina Matthews and Nils Christe at Stockholm's Royal Ballet,

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and Andonis Foniadakis at the Geneva Opera, and

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Opera and vocal experience

Milanov has worked with

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companies including

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(in Shostakovich's ''Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk''), The Philadelphia Orchestra (in Puccini's ''La bohème''), and The Curtis Opera Theatre (in a recording of Dominick Argento's '' Postcard from Morocco'' for Albany Records) and Opera Columbus with Rigoletto.

Music education

Milanov is Music Director of the training orchestra Symphony in C and the New Symphony Orchestra in his home city of Sofia, Bulgaria. He appears regularly at

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for Link Up, a program by The Weill Music Institute.

Recordings

Milanov has recorded Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15, Brahms's Symphony No. 1, and

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's ''Sinfonia Concertante'' with The Philadelphia Orchestra – released as ''A Grand Celebration'' on the Gothic label in 2008. His work with

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n composer Alla Pavlova with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra was released on

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in 2006. He recently released a recording of Stravinsky's ''Petrushka'' and Manuel de Falla's ''El sombrero de tres picos'' with Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias on Classic Concert Records.

References

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