Pancho Vladigerov
Pancho Haralanov Wladigerow (Bulgarian: Панчо Хараланов Владигеров, ISO 9: panco Haralanov Vladiguerov, also: Pantcho Vladigueroff, Pancho Wladigueroff, Pancio Vladigherov; Vladiguerov, Wladigeroff or Vladigeroff; born March 13, 1899 in Zurich, † September 8, 1978 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian composer, pianist and music professor.
Life
Wladigerow studied from 1912 in Berlin with Georg Schumann, Friedrich Gernsheim and Paul Juon. Twice, in 1918 and 1920, he won the Mendelssohn Prize. He worked at several theaters as conductor and pianist - including 1920-1932 for Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Due to the growing anti-Semitism, he left Germany and was from 1932 for forty years professor of piano and composition at the National Music Academy of Sofia, which today bears his name. Among his pupils was, inter alia, Alexis Weissenberg. His son, Aleksandar Vladiguerov (1933-1993), worked as a conductor and composer.
Wladigerow composed two operas and a ballet, two symphonies, a suite, a legend and two overtures for orchestra, Bulgarian and Romanian dances, a cello concerto, five piano - and three violin concertos, chamber music, piano works, works for two pianos, songs and folk song arrangements.
Recordings
- Colours of Bulgaria: Piano Pieces by Pancho Vladigerov - Dimiter Terziev, Arktos Recordings 2000, MP3 version, 2008
- Pancho Vladiguerov: Bulgarian Rhapsody Vardar, Dream Play Suite, Bulgarian Dances - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Horia Andreescu, Classic Production Osnabrück ( CPO) Records, 2007
- Pancho Vladiguerov: Chamber Music - Rudolf Leopold, Endre Hegedus, Katalin Hegedus, Raluca Stirbat, Édua Amarilla Zádory, Hungaroton, 2006
- Bulgarian Impressions: Vladiguerov - Complete Works for Piano Duo - Genova / Dimitrov, CPO Records, 2000
- Pancho Vladiguerov: Compositions - Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vladiguerov, Gega Records, 1999
- The Legacy of Pantcho Vladiguerov - Krassimira Jordan, pianist, Albany Records, 1998