Composer Angel Kotev was born in 1951 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated from the Prof. Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music with major “composition” with Prof. Alexander Raychev.
Mr. Kotev composes in various genres – Symphonic, Ballet, Chamber, Vocal, Film, Children’s and Electro – Acoustic music. Most of his symphonic compositions have been performed and recorded by the Symphonic Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio. The Ballet The Barrier (after the novel of Pavel Vejinov under the same title) was put on stage by Mrs. Margarita Arnaudova and the Arabesque Ballet Studio in 1983. It was on the stage for 4 seasons and had been defined in the Encyclopedia of Ballet as the first Bulgarian ballet on contemporary theme. On occasion of the 40th jubilee of the Arabesque Ballet Studio, Mr. Kotev was requested to compose The Enlightenment of the Stone, the plot of which was inspired by the Park of Sculptures – Gustav Vigeland in Oslo – Norway. It was put on stage in 2008 by Mrs. Boryana Sechanova and Mrs. Olesya Pantikina. Rhapsody No. 1 – “The Bulgarian Rhapsody”, was composed by the request of the American Conductor Jung Ho Pack.