Plamen Dzhurov

Plamen Dzhurov graduated from the Music Academy in Sofia with three specialties: piano - in the class of professor Mara Balsamova; conducting - in the class of professor Konstantin Iliev and Composition - in the class of professor Marin Goleminov. As a student he became a laureate of the national contest «St. Obretenov » and Chairman of the Cabinet of the young composer at Union of Bulgarian Composers. In 1976, he began working as a conductor of the Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra, where he worked for six years. During this period he carried out a series of premieres of Bulgarian and foreign composers (Kancheli, Plakidis, Tchaikovsky, Shahid) and works with many of the famous Bulgarian performers and famous foreigners. From this period began to export musical educational concert for young audiences - students. Part of these educational activities with different compositions was broadcast by national TV in 24 series - "Music time personalities." Then Professor Plamen Dzhurov worked in the system of Department "Music" as a Deputy and General Manager. Meanwhile he conducted Bulgarian and foreign orchestras, among them the Philharmonic in Mexico, symphony orchestras in Havana, Flensburg, Sarajevo, Algeria, Skopje and the Leningrad Philharmonic. Since 1988 he works continuously with the "Sofia Soloists". Every year dozens of concerts organized the ensemble in Sofia and the country discovers and develops new acoustic spaces for public concerts. Each concert was recorded and broadcast by Radio and a part of the concerts have been broadcast by Bulgarian National Television and abroad. In recent history, the composition has several direct broadcasts across Europe through the European Broadcasting Union. Along with "Sofia Soloists" he has conducted hundreds of concerts in over 30 countries in Europe, North America, Japan and Republic of Korea. Professor Plamen Dzhurov won a series of awards for composition and conducting. Among his numerous radio and television recordings (over 300) are a series of first performances of Bulgarian and foreign authors. Found up sound recording companies (the Denon,'s Victor, the ABC , Labal Records, etc.) are issued integrals of piano concertos by JS Bach, integrated view of literature for guitar and orchestra, others over 20 CD under the baton of Professor Dzhurov. He was accounting for a series premiere performances of foreign and Bulgarian composers and first events with an orchestra of young Bulgarian talents. Since 2009 professor Plamen Dzhurov in cooperation with Sofia Municipality is one of the active organizers of the International Composition Competition "Sofia" which were written over 140 new works. In his work as a composer he has focused primarily on instrumental genres. His works as Sonata for Piano (1975); Elegy for Orchestra (1980); Toccata for Orchestra (1982); Fantasia for Orchestra (1985); Four Ballads, Cadenza for saxophone and Violin (1994) were performed and recorded in several foreign countries. Plamen Dzhurov is professor of conducting at the Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" in Sofia. His students and graduate work in different cities of the world. Since 1990 he is founding a series nonprofit organizations related to Bulgarian musical heritage - foundation "Boris Hristov", "Pancho Vladigerov", "Petko Staynov", "Sofia Music Weeks", "International Ballet Competition» and « Musicautor ».Bil is also chairman of the Artistic Committee of the Program "Culture "of Sofia Municipality. Professor Plamen Dzhurov is an honorary citizen of Sofia.