Biography
In 1994 Ludmil Angelov was unanimosly awarded First Prize at World Piano Masters International Competition of Monte-Carlo. Marking a turning point in his career, this prize enabled the young pianist to perform at some of the most important concert halls of Europe, enjoying both audience and critical success.
Ludmil Angelov was born in Varna, Bulgaria , into a family of well-known musicians of Bulgarian and Greek descent. He started taking piano lessons at the age of six and soon made his debut in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities. Graduated with an Honours Degree from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music, where studied with eminent pianist and pedagogue Konstantin Stankovich, who studied himself with Andrey Stoyanov and collaborated with great Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov.
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Ludmil Angelov has won prizes and distinctions at many international competitions, including "S. Obretenov" (Bulgaria, 1972), "Virtuosi di Musica per Pianoforte" (Czechoslovakia, 1973), "Senigallia" (Italy, 1976), "F.Chopin" (Poland, 1985), "Palm Beach" (USA,1990), "World Piano Masters" (Monte-Carlo, 1994), and Piano Masters Tour (France and Monte-Carlo, 1997).
Having embarked upon an international career, he has been to all European countries, USA, South America, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, appearing in recitals, chamber music concerts and as a soloist with many major orchestras, including the Covent Garden Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Sinfonieorchester, Schleswig-Holstein Sinfonieorchester, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Russian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Flemish Radio Orchestra, European Masters Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre Lamoureux, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTV Española, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Athens State Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic, Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc. conducted by L..Foster, J. DePreist, J.-B. Pommier, G. Pehlivanian, M. Andreae, F..Glushchenko, J. Pons, P. Halffter, E. García Asensio, G. Schneider, Y..Sado, D. Jaeger, P. Bride, R. Raytchev, V. Ghiaurov, E. Tabakov, M..Natchev, N. Gum, G. Rinkevicius, J..Salwarowski, N. Diadura, etc.
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