Georgi Miltiyadov

Ave Maria, the Christmas concert given by the Sofia Philharmonic on 27 December 2018, had Georgi Miltiyadov among its arrangers; its performers were the singer Lucy Diakovska and the actor Vlado Penev. Born in Burgas in 1998, Miltiyadov trained at the Pancho Vladigerov music school there and then at the National Academy of Music in Sofia, and from 2012 to 2018 he was pianist, arranger and singer with Collegium Musicum. His orchestral arrangements have been taken up by Bulgarian opera companies, symphony orchestras and choirs; he has conducted and played with the Pleven Philharmonic, issued the song album Tseluvka v noshtta in 2020, and received Bulgarian National Radio's young musician award in 2024.