Born in Dresden, Germany, Petkov was the son of a famous violin pedagogue, whose

students were leading musicians in Bulgaria and abroad. His mother, Tsvetana
Zografova, studied singing in Vienna, Austria. She was a soloist of the Bulgarian
Operetta Theatre, singing teacher and performer of chamber music.Since his earliest
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childhood Dobrin Petkov demonstrated indisputable musical talents. He was only 5

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years old when he started lessons with his father. He studied the violin with a
persistence and interest that were unusual for a child, and at the age of 8 he played
a sonata by Mozart before an audience. At 9 he had his first real concert in Sofia. At
11, he played Édouard Lalo's Symphonie espagnole with an orchestra. At 12, he
conducted two musical works of a Children's Theatrical School in Belgrade and in
Bulgaria, he also gave 20 violin concerts and one with Pancho Vladigerov in Belgrade.
In 1937 on the insistence of the British Ambassador in Sofia, H.E. Mr. Charles
Bentinck, a scholarship was granted for the first time to a Bulgarian to study violin and
conducting at the Royal College of Music in London. The war brought him back to
Bulgaria in 1939, where one after another followed high school, university,
mobilization, war, wounding... In 1946, after graduating the Musical Academy in
Sofia with honours, he started working in the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra as a
violinist and conductor-trainee. In September 1950 he was appointed in Ruse. He had
extremely intensive activity there, both as opera and symphony orchestra conductor.
As a pedagogue he constantly worked with each member of the orchestra and with
each singer. He was first violin in the then newly formed quartet and was several times
soloist in the regular concerts. There were young and fervent years, during which his
remarkable personality was built with incredible work, precision and love of art. During
the 5 years in Rousse he conducted 143 opera performances and more than 100
concerts.In 1956, he was appointed Chief Conductor in Plovdiv. In 1962, he was
invited to become Chief Conductor of the Sofia National Opera. He made Mozart's Don
Giovanni - a performance that is spoken about to this day. He was with the Sofia
Philharmonic Orchestra from 1963 till 1969, and together they had tours
in Beirut and Damascus, in Greece, Italy, France, the USSR, Germany etc. For ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
personal and ethical reasons, he resigned and remained only part-time professor of
conducting at the Musical Academy for four years. He had guest tours
in Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, USSR, the DDR etc. In Plovdiv he 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF
staged The Magic Flute in 1971.Maestro Petkov returned to Plovdiv for a second time
as Chief Conductor, and remained there until his last days in 1987. In addition to the DOBRIN PETKOV (1923-1987)
orchestra's very busy regular schedule, they had tours in the German Democratic
Republic, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Italy, USSR and elsewhere, always with great
enthusiasm and superlative critic reviews (Venezuela, Romania, Greece, Cuba etc.). In Special guests:
France they were invited in 1981 in the Théâtre du Châtelet together with the Chicago,
Lyon, Berlin and Boston philharmonic orchestras.In 1986 he made another opera in Katerina, Veneta and Dobrin Petkov
Plovdiv - Verdi's Otello - whose premiere won the admiration of music critics. He has
also conducted numerous educational concerts before schoolchildren, university
students, soldiers and ordinary people, as well as many concerts with young After the concert, we kindly ask you to leave the
musicians-beginners. He also conducted many works by Bulgarian and foreign concert hall in due course. You can meet the
composers for the first time, devoting special attention to the Bulgarian authors: "There
is always someone to take care of foreign composers. We should take care of ours." performers at the RCM foyer.
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Prelude Vassil Nachev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He has been living in
Romance London, UK, since 2012. At the age of 7, Vassil entered the central
Dream music school, NSMD" Dobrin Petkov," in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He
graduated from the Royal College of Music (BMus First Class
Finale Honours), and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London
(MPerf Distinction), under the guidance of some of the most regarded
P.I.TCHAIKOVSKY – “The Nutcracker” artists in piano school like Dina Parakhina, Dmitri Alexeev and Ronan
O'Hora. He is an award-winner of 10 international piano competitions
Overture in Europe and America, such as "Young Virtuosos",
March "Schumann-Brahms", "Carl Filtsch", "Citta di Moncalieri", "Marco
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Fortini", "Nikolay Rubinstein", "Eastern Music Festival", "FLAME",
Russian Dance "Enschede Piano Competition" and others. He has played at some of
the biggest concert venues, such as the JFK Centre for the
Arabian Dance Performing Arts in Washington (USA), Barbican Hall, Milton Court
Chinese Dance Concert Hall in the UK, House of Culture "Boris Hristov" etc. Vassil
Dance of the Reed Flutes teaches regularly and has his piano school in London.
Waltz of the Flowers
Inna Angelova was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She is also a former
student of NSMD "Dobrin Petkov". Inna has been living in Zurich,
***DOBRIN PETKOV TRIBUTE*** Switzerland since 2008, where she teaches at the Zurich
Conservatory of Music. She has won awards from numerous
international piano competitions and has received the prestigious title
P. VLADIGEROV – “BULGARIAN SUITE” of Steinway Artist. Inna completed two Distinction master degrees at
the University of Bern and Zurich, under the guidance of
March internationally renowned pianists such as Eckart Heiligers and
Song Thomas Herbut. As a concerto soloist, she has played with the Bern
Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Bern
Horovodna University of the Arts Orchestra, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra and
Ratcheniza many others. Inna has played in many prestigious concert halls, such
as Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Konzerttheater
Bern, Casino Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, and others. She is the
P.VLADIGEROV – Bilyna
founder of a very successful film music ensemble and regularly
from “Seven Bulgarian Symphonic Dances” performs with highly acclaimed musicians.