Pancho Vladigerov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pancho Vladigerov

Bulgarian musician

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1899

Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1978

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, university teacher, choreographer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; Bulgarian: ????? ????????? ?????????? ['pant??o x?r?'?anov v??di'g?rof]; 13 March 1899 – 8 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist. Vladigerov is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time.
He was one of the first to successfully combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music.
Part of the so-called Second Generation Bulgarian Composers, he was among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers.
Vladigerov marked the beginning of a number of genres in Bulgarian music, including the violin sonata and the piano trio.
He was also a very respected pedagogue; his students include practically all notable Bulgarian composers of the next generation, such as Alexander Raichev, Alexander Yossifov, Stefan Remenkov, and many others, as well as the pianist Alexis Weissenberg.