Pancho Vladigerov | |
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Панчо Харaланов Владигеров | |
.jpeg) Vladigerov in 1928 | |
| Born | 13 March 1899 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | 18 September 1978 (aged 79) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Resting place | Central Sofia Cemetery 42°42′45.3″N 023°19′58.5″E / 42.712583°N 23.332917°E |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Website | vladigerov |
Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; Bulgarian: Панчо Хараланов Владигеров [ˈpant͡ʃo xɐrɐˈɫanov vɫɐdiˈɡɛrof]; 13 March 1899 – 8 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist.[1]
Vladigerov is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He was one of the first to successfully combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music. Part of the so-called Second Generation Bulgarian Composers, he was among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers.[2] Vladigerov marked the beginning of a number of genres in Bulgarian music, including the violin sonata and the piano trio. He was also a very respected pedagogue; his students include practically all notable Bulgarian composers of the next generation, such as Alexander Raichev, Alexander Yossifov, Stefan Remenkov, and many others, as well as the pianist Alexis Weissenberg.
- ^ Hlebarov, Ivan (2001). "Vladigerov, Pancho (Haralanov)". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 26 (2nd ed.). Macmillan Publishers Limited. p. 850-851. ISBN 9781561592395.
- ^ Union of Bulgarian Composers