Nili "Nelly" Markova Rangelova (born 1958) is a Bulgarian pop singer from the town of
Montana.
Biography
Nelly Rangelova was born in Mihaylovgrad (now Montana) on September 15, 1958. She began her creative career in 1978 with the
Burgas Orchestra as a backing vocalist. In 1983 she graduated from the Variety Department of the
Bulgarian State Conservatory
The National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov"'' ( bg, Национална музикална академия „Панчо Владигеров“, ''Natsionalna muzikalna akademia „Pancho Vladigerov“''), ''also known under its for ...
in the class of Tsvetana Vazvazova.
During her creative career she has recorded over 500 songs and won many awards, including the Grand Prize of the Golden Orpheus Festival in the International Competition for Performers in 1982. The same year she won the Grand Prize of the Niuela Festival in Independence, Kansas, USA.
From 25 to 28 May 1983 she participated in the 18th edition of the international festival of popular song "
Bratislava Lyre" in
Czechoslovakia and won the Silver Lyre Award for the performance of the song "Until" (lyrics:
Mikhail Belchev, music and arrangement:
Alexander Brazitsov) in the competition for foreign performers. For her performance of the same song she won the Second Prize of the 21st edition of the International Song Festival in Sopot (Poland), held from 15 to 17 August next year, and also performed a Bulgarian cover of the Polish song Żyj kolorowo ("Live in color") from the repertoire of Eva Bem. That same year, her first studio album was released, titled after the singer, which included, in addition to "How Long", her most famous song, "Inexplicable Things", widely known as "My Verse".
In 1987, Nelly Rangelova was among the top ten performers in the Blues category at the Nashville Competition with the song "You and the Last Rain." She is also a laureate of the festivals "Siofok" - Hungary and "Villach" - Austria.
Nelly Rangelova has performed as a soloist in bands such as the Big Band of the
Bulgarian National Radio, "Silver Stars" and "Akaga". She also sings as a guest musician with the FSB,
Rositsa Kirilova Rositsa may refer to:
* Rositsa (Belarus), a village in the Vitebsk Region (Belarus)
Bulgaria
* Rositsa (river), a Bulgarian river
* Rositsa, Dobrich Province
* Rositsa, Targovishte Province
* Rositsa, Veliko Tarnovo Province
Given name
* Rosits ...
,
Biser Kirov
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. Kirov called Russia his creative homeland.
Biography
Kirov was born in Sofia. Hi ...
and
Orlin Goranov. She has also made 5 television films.
Music for her was written by
Zornitsa Popova,
Alexander Brazitzov,
Angel Zaberski,
Maria Ganeva,
Maurice Aladjem Maurice may refer to:
People
* Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr
* Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
*Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...
,
Toncho Rusev,
Boris Chakarov
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
*:''See'': List of people with given name Boris
* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
,
Dimitar Getov Dimitar ( bg, Димитър; Macedonian: Димитар) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is widely found in Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Dimitar is derived from Saint Demetrius (280–306), alternate form of Demetrius. Containing the ...
and others.
In 2021 she participated in the festival "Burgas and the Sea" with the song "The Siren That ...", with music and arrangement by
Svetoslav Loboshki Svetoslav is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Svetoslav of Croatia (before 997 - 1000), king of Croatia
* Svetoslav Dyakov (born 1984), Bulgarian football midfielder
* Svetoslav Georgiev (born 1977), Bulgarian football player
* ...
and lyrics by
Ivan Tenev
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulga ...
. In the same year with
Vesko Eshkenazi she recorded the song "
Tango of Life
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combi ...
" to the music of
Ivan Krastev
Ivan Krastev ( bg, Иван Кръстев, born 1965 in Lukovit, Bulgaria), is a Political Scientist, political scientist, the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, permanent fellow at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom M ...
, lyrics by
Gina Dundova-Pancheva
Gina or GINA or ''variation'' may refer to:
Gina
Gina may refer to:
* Gina (given name), multiple individuals
* Gina (Canaan), a town in ancient Canaan
* Arihant (Jainism), also called gina, a term for a human who has conquered his or her inne ...
and arrangement and mastering by
Krassimir Iliev.
[Nelly Rangelova and Vesko Eshkenazi with the premiere of their new song "Tango of Life" , btv, "Before noon", September 9, 2021.] She is also very famous for her song Boom - Boom.
Discography
Studio Albums
*1983 - "Nelly Rangelova" (LP, Balkanton - WTA 1461)
*1986 - "Good day I'll tell you" (LP, Balkanton - WTA 12248)
*1994 - "Only You" (CD and MS, Riva Sound - RSCD 3023)
*1998 - "Self-Portrait" (CD and MS, Riva Sound - RSCD 3043)
*2000 - "Taste of Honey" (CD, Riva Sound - RSCD 3075)
*2002 - Surprise (Hot Country Duets Vol.1...) (CD, CMP Studio)
*2004 - "Split" (CD, Danaya International)
*2008 - Diamonds (2 CDs, Danaya International)
Concert Albums
*2013 - "Acoustic" (CD, Nelly Rangelova)
Compilations
*1993 - "The Best of Nelly" (MC, Mega Sofia)
Singles
*1990 - "Cry for Proximity" - duet small record with Rositsa Kirilova (SP, Balkanton - VTK 3971)
References
1958 births
Living people
21st-century Bulgarian singers
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