"Awakening"

Biography
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Vladimir Simeonov Velichkov
Vladimir Velichkov completed his secondary education at Panayot Pipkov National University of Pleven in 1988.
Higher education at AMTII "Asen Diamandiev", Plovdiv, specialty "Kaval and conducting of folk ensembles" in 1996.
From 1996-2013 he taught kaval and chamber ensembles at the Music Academy.
Since 2015 taught at the Paisii Hilendarski Polytechnic, chamber ensembles and theoretical disciplines.
He completed his master's degree at Veliko Tarnovo University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" with a specialty in "ART Management", as an excellent graduate with a diploma and a gold medal.
From 2020 teaches kaval, chamber ensembles and orchestra at Panayot Pipkov National University, Pleven
In 2021 defends a doctoral degree on the topic - "The art of kavala - tradition and modernity"
From 2021 He also teaches at the Neophyt Rilski Secondary School in Blagoevgrad.
From 2021, he leads a master class on kaval of the International Folklore Academy "Preparing Talents for Success" in the city of Tsarevo
His pupils and students have been awarded prestigious scholarships by the Ministry of Culture for children with outstanding gifts and talents and winners of prizes from international and national competitions. Invited to participate in numerous television and radio shows and concerts on BNT and BNR.
- Achievements, concerts, publications:
- 2024 - The album "Awakening" wins the award of the "ACADEMY" - Los Angeles for Album in the category "Best World Beat Album"
- 2023 Proposed Grammy nomination by "Ethnocloud" in the category: "Contemporary Instrumental Album" for the 24th Grammy. Los Angeles
- 2023 He produced and released an author's solo album "Awakening", in which he combines and demonstrates traditional and modern technical techniques in playing the kaval.
- 2017-2023 his compositions and performances are repeatedly in the first places in the largest ethnic music platform in the world "Ethnocloud", based in Toronto - Canada, in competition between 166 countries and over 90,000 groups and participants. 38 times in the top 40 for the world.
- 2020 until now leads a class in kaval at NUI "Panayot Pipkov" His students take first place in all national and international competitions and are winners of Grand Prix and gold medals. There have been concerts in BNR, television shows on BNT and numerous interviews for BNR. His students win annual scholarships and targeted awards.
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- 2020-2021 scientific publications on:
- "Modern techniques in playing the kaval",
- "Historical look at the appearance, device and development of the kaval instrument",
- "Position and breathing as basic elements in playing the kaval"
- 2020 concert of the Ancient Theater of the performance "Spirit of Bulgaria" broadcast worldwide by TV "Nova Sport" with an audience of 13,000,000 people.
- 2019 opens the European Capital of Culture Plovdiv 2019 with the "Zharava" formation created by him in "Kapana" 12.01.- 12 o'clock. The German national television "ARD" made a special report about the "Zharava" formation broadcast on the same day.
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- 2019 composed music for the performance "Budna Perushtitsa" dedicated to 143 years since the April Uprising
- 2018 recorded music for the film "Rhodope Reflections"
- 2018 01.10. Concert in the "Bulgaria" hall on the occasion of the day of music with a piece specially written for him with the "Sofia Philharmonic" by the composer Hristo Petkov - son of the patron of the NUI "Dobrin Petkov", Plovdiv
- 2016-2017 Composed and recorded music for the trailers of the films "Levski", "Silent Angel"
- 2016 Composed and recorded the music for the film about the development of sheep breeding in Bulgaria - "Nostalgia for the Future"
- 2015 his composition "Samodivski son" won the Grand Prize of the BNR from the annual "Singing" ranking
- 2015 Conducted the first online seminar of its kind in the world on "The Art of Kabbalah, Tradition and Modernity". Riders from Bulgaria, USA, Australia, Canada, Poland, Turkey, Serbia, Macedonia are participating. The project was implemented with the support of the management of PU "Paisiy Hilendarski"
- In 2014, his composition "Samodiva" contributed to an award at the "Miss Bulgaria USA" beauty contest in New York, broadcast live on BTV.
- 2013 was invited by the director Andrey Chertov to participate in the film about the guitarist Ognyan Videv "One Rainy Day", in which Milcho Leviev, Ivo Papazov, Maya Novoselska and others take part. The film won the "Plovdiv" award at the "Golden Riton" festival
- In 2006, he published an author's collection-textbook "Pieces for harpsichord and piano" and several of his compositions were included in the matriculation exam for bachelors and masters.
- Since 1998 until now he is the soloist of the most popular folk orchestra in Bulgaria "KANARITE", with which he has released 25 albums and many concerts in Bulgaria and around the world.
- After his virtuoso performance at the "New Bulgarian Music" forum in 1992 to the music of G. Genchev, Neshka Robeva (then coach of the national team in rhythmic gymnastics) used the recording as music for the ensemble combination of the Olympics in Atlanta 96 - they won gold medals.
- At the "New Bulgarian Music" forum in 1995, he was awarded a special award