Angel Dobrev

Angel Dobrev (b. 1957) graduated from the National School of Bulgarian Folk Music in the town of Kotel in 1976 majoring in gadulka. In 1982, he graduated from the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv with Musical Pedagogy. In 2000, he took part in the master class under the German composer Paul Dieter and Bojidar Spassov. During 1973-2004, he leads different gadulka schools and teaches in Bulgaria and abroad. Since 1982 he works as a musician in the Orchestra of Folk Music at the Bulgarian National Television and since 2000 as a part-time lecturer at the Sofia University ”St. Kliment Ohridski”. He is a founder, composer and leader of the groups Folk Orchestra for authentic music and Ethnos Group for World Music. He took part in folk festivals, workshops and ethno projects in many European countries. Angel Dobrev works in different genres. He has composed more than 200 compositions and arrangements for the Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian National Television, some of them are published in Bulgaria as well as abroad. The Riva Sound label made CD named Zebrovitza and this CD includes his selected compositions from the Bulgarian National Radio Fund. In 2018, his Concert play Dialogues for solo drum and symphony orchestra with soloist Stoyan Yankulov-Stundji (drum) won the third prize of the jury and the Audience award at the 18th Contest for writing a symphonic work at 7/8.