Filip Kutev ( bg, Филип Кутев), often

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Philip Koutev (13 June 1903 – 27 November 1982), was a

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and founder, with his wife Maria Kuteva, in 1951, of Bulgaria's first professional, state supported ensemble, the State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance, also known as the Filip Kutev Ensemble. With his ensemble he pioneered a style of arranging folk songs by fusing folk elements with western classical forms and harmonies, and established a new Bulgarian choral tradition. His choir was one of four who appeared on the album ''

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares ''Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares'' (translated as "The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices") is a compilation album of modern arrangements of Bulgarian folk songs featuring, among others, the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir, with s ...

, Volume Two'', which won a

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in 1989. He was born in

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Honours

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is named after Filip Kutev.

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* (in Bulgarian) 1903 births 1982 deaths Bulgarian composers Bulgarian folklorists Bulgarian musicologists People from Aytos 20th-century composers 20th-century musicologists {{Bulgaria-composer-stub