Stefan Ikonomov

Stefan Ikonomov (1937–1994) studied Composition with Professor Parashkev Hadjiev and Professor Pancho Vladigerov, as well as Piano with Katia Kazandjieva. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1960 majoring in Piano under Professor Viktor Merjanov and in Composition under Professor Messner and Professor Anatoliy Alexandrov. In 1961 he returned to Bulgaria and was appointed at the State Academy of Music as an Assistant Professor of Harmony. In 1964 he began teaching Score Reading and Playing, a subject he taught up to the end of his life. He was promoted Associate Professor (1988) and Full Professor (1994). He had a pronounced inclination towards instrumental music his work being impregnated with bright images and sound coloring. He wrote a ballet; works for symphony and string orchestra; chamber opuses; choral works; theatre music, etc. His works were broadcast on the radio, in concert and at festivals in Spain, Mexico, USA, France, Russia and Japan.