Dobrin Dimitrov Vekilov (born May 7, 1966) (
Bulgarian Cyrillic
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The Cyrillic alphabet was originally developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 9th – 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School.
It has been used in First Bu ...
: Добрин Димитров Векилов), best known by his
stage name
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Doni (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Дони), is a
Bulgarian
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
singer, composer and actor.
Biography
Prior to turning to singing, Doni started his education as a
pharmacist
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but his passion for music prevailed. He began studying music in 1988 and started his professional music career in the 1990s as a member of the bands "Atlas" and "Medikus". Doni subsequently formed one of the most successful musical duos in Bulgaria with Momchil Kolev or simply Momchil.
Vekilov has worked together in a musical capacity with and is married to Antoaneta Dobreva, better known by her stage name Neti, and they have a daughter.
In his career so far, Vekilov has made 500 songs, composing more than 250 of them, while the number of those for which he has been the text writer exceeds 300.
Doni is
vegetarian as well as a
tibetan
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* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
buddhist .
He has from time to time been active in Bulgarian politics.
References
External links
Official website
1967 births
Living people
20th-century Bulgarian male singers
Bulgarian pop singers
Bulgarian composers
Musicians from Sofia
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