Biser Hristov Kirov (4 September 1942 – 6 November 2016) was a Bulgarian pop singer and tenor, who was called in the press the most popular Bulgarian in the
USSR
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. Kirov called Russia his creative homeland.
Biography
Kirov was born in
Sofia
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. His father was Hristo Kirov Ankole, pastor of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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(1914-1977). His mother was Ventsinosa Apostolova Kirova (1922-1989), a painter.
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In 1961, Kirov graduated with honors from high school in Sofia. He created ''Reflex'', one of the first Bulgarian rock bands. At the First International Festival of Youth Song in Sochi
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in 1967, Kirov finished third, the start of his broad career. He also worked a lot in television.
Awards and titles
* Gold medal and the title of Singer of the Year IX World Festival of Youth and Students (1968)
*1st prize Golden Orpheus
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of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1985)
* Honorary President of the Republic of Bulgaria sign (2008)
* Honorary Diploma of the Government of Moscow (2008)
* Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
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(2009) — for outstanding contribution to the development of Russian-Bulgarian cultural co-operation and many years of creative activityУказ Президента Российской Федерации от 10 ноября 2009 года № 1266 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации граждан Республики Болгарии»
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* (2012)
* Honorary Doctor of Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies
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(2012)
Personal life
He was married to Mitka Tsvetanova Kirova (born 1945), an engineer, a chemist-ecologist. They had two children and four grandchildren. Kirov died in Berlin
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, Germany on 6 November 2016.
References
External links
Официальный сайт Бисера Кирова
* Anna Arkhakova: Russia is a Bulgarian singer. (Biser Kirov About Time and About Oneself) Peasant Woman Magazine. — 2009. — No. 2. — p. 34-39. — ISSN 0130-2647
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1942 births
2016 deaths
People from Silistra
20th-century Bulgarian male singers
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation