Alexander Mihaylov

Alexander Mihailov (1948 - 2019) was born in Novohopersk, Russia. He finished the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Music School in Saint Petersburg in 1970, majoring in Composition under the eminent Russian composer Valery Gavrilin and Piano under Associate Professor Andrei Kondratev, who is a disciple of the world famous pianist Henrih Neigaus. In the same year, he entered the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which he graduated in 1975 majoring in Composition under Professor Vladislav Uspensky. In 1990, he made his Ph.D. dissertation in the area of the musical folklore at the Institute of Music at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. From 1978 to 1990, he worked as an editor at the Foreign Countries Musical Exchange Office at the Bulgarian National Radio and since 2005 – in the Cultural Office of the Russian Culture and Information Center in Sofia. Alexander Michailov composed operas, symphonic music, chamber and choral works, film, theatrical and popular music. He has many recordings for the Bulgarian National Radio, as well as published audio cassettes and CDs. The composer takes part in Bulgarian new music festivals with his works.