Nayden Todorov (
Bulgarian: Найден Тодоров; born
Plovdiv 1974) is a Bulgarian conductor.
Biography
Todorov was born on 8 April 1974 in
Plovdiv. In 1993 he graduated from the Dobrin Petkov National School of Music in Plovdiv in the piano class of Darina Kantardzhieva and trumpet class of Lilia Kovacheva-Toporcheva. As a student he founded the Plovdiv Youth Orchestra. In 1996/1997, he was invited by the
Leonard Bernstein Foundation (
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
) for a specialization in
Israel
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, where he worked with Mendy Rodan, conductor of the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is an Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert venue ...
.
Since 1997 Todorov has been the musical director of the Thracian Summer international festival. In 1998-1999, he became the permanent conductor of the North Israel Symphony Orchestra in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
.
The same year he was invited to be the Artistic Advisor of the Los Angeles International Chamber Music Festival.
In 2001 he made his debut with the
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
The Sofia Philharmonic ( Bulgarian: Софийска филхармония) was founded in 1928. The current music director is Nayden Todorov.
Sofia Philharmonic includes the National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Choir "Svetos ...
, and from the 2004/2005 season he became its permanent guest conductor. From 2005 to 2017 he was the director of the State Opera in
Ruse.
In 2017 Todorov was elected director of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then he has broadened the repertoire of the orchestra and brought a new calibre of soloists and guest conductors to work with it.
Recordings
Todorov has made several hundred recordings for the
Music Minus One
Music Minus One (MMO) is a music production and recording company in Westchester, New York. Their recordings are meant to be accompanied by the listener on whichever instrument (or voice type) is excluded from the recording, as an aid to practice, ...
(MMO) label. He has also recorded for the DanaCord,
Hungaroton
Hungaroton is the oldest record and music publisher company in Hungary.
Hungaroton was founded in 1951, when its only competitors in the Hungarian music market were record labels like Melodiya, Supraphon and from other socialist countries. Prev ...
, and
Naxos
Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best ab ...
labels.
Education
*Dobrin Petkov Music High-School
*Vienna Music Seminar
*Vienna Music University
*Jerusalem Rubin Academy
*New Bulgarian University
Teachers
*Prof. Lilia Kovacheva-Toporcheva
*Prof. Krastju Marev
*Prof. Alexander Vladigerov
*Prof.
Karl Österreicher
*Prof. Uros Lajovic
*Prof. Günter Theuring
*Prof. Peter Richter
*Prof. Mendi Rodan
Scholarships
*1993 – 1995 Borghese Foundation
*1995 – 1997 St. St. Cyrill and Metody Foundation
*1995 – 1997 Rotary International, Vienna
*1996 – 1998 George Wachter Foundation, Switzerland
References
External links
Nayden Todorov Personal website*
Allmusic.com: Nayden Todorov - Credits
1974 births
Living people
Bulgarian classical musicians
Bulgarian classical pianists
Bulgarian composers
Bulgarian conductors (music)
Orchestra leaders
Musicians from Plovdiv
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century classical pianists
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