Alexander Mutafchiyski

Mutafchiyski appeared with Studio Concertante in Sofia in 2000 alongside Rumen Dobrev, Victor Chuchkov, Miroslava Jordanova and Petya Ivanova. He also appeared in Die Csárdásfürstin in Bansko in 2015. Born in Varna in 1972, he graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music in the classes of Lilia Stefanova and Pavel Gerdjikov, and made his stage debut in 1996 at the Varna opera in Così fan tutte. From 1997 he was a soloist of the Stefan Makedonski State Music Theatre in Sofia, and in that year he took first prize at the first Mimi Balkanska competition for young operetta and musical performers. He works as a stage director as well, his productions including the musical Byagstvo and Asen Karastoyanov's Bulgarians of Olden Times. Crystal Lyre awards came in 2003 and 2012, and the Golden Pen in 2015.