National Academy of Music (Bulgaria)

Music academy in Sofia

National Academy of Music

Националната музикална академия „Проф. Панчо Владигеров“

Type| Music academy
Established| 21 July 1921; 104 years ago (21 July 1921)
Location|

Sofia

Bulgaria

42°41′42″N 23°20′50″E﻿ / ﻿42.695°N 23.347222°E﻿ / 42.695; 23.347222
Website| nma.bg

The National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" (Bulgarian: Национална музикална академия „Панчо Владигеров“, Natsionalna muzikalna akademia „Pancho Vladigerov“), also known under its former name, the Bulgarian State Conservatoire (Българска държавна консерватория, Balgarska darzhavna konservatoria), is a university of music in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

Founded in 1921 through a royal decree of Tsar Boris III, it is named after influential Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978).

Two buildings house the academy. It offers 30 programmes divided into three faculties: the Faculty of Theory, Composition and Conducting; the Instrumental Faculty; and the Vocal Faculty.

## Notable graduates

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* Albert Cohen
* Victor Chuchkov
* Ghena Dimitrova
* Yulia Gurkovska
* Milen E. Ivanov
* Raina Kabaivanska
* Ramiz Kovaçi
* Kiril Manolov
* Grigor Palikarov
* Alexander Raichev
* Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
* Stefan Remenkov
* Slavi Trifonov
* Girma Yifrashewa
* Alexander Yossifov

## External links

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* Official website (in Bulgarian and English)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place

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