Stefan Nedyalkov
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With G. Rozhdestvenski
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With Ilya Moussin
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of "The Planets" from
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Education…

Born in Sofia on April 22nd 1966, the son of the well-known Bulgarian Choir conductor, composer and Professor at Sofia University, Hristo Nedyalkov, Stefan started learning to play the piano at the age of six. At the age of ten, he became a student at Sofia Musical School.

Upon graduation at musical secondary school, in 1987 Stefan enrolled as a regular student at the theoretical and composition faculty of the State Musical Academy in Sofia, where he studied choral conducting under Georgi Robev, composition under Parashkev Hadjiev and operatic and orchestral conducting under Vassil Kazandjiev. The latter discovered in Stefan a genuine talent for conducting and actively encouraged him in this field.

This talent was also observed by the well-known orchestral pedagogue Ilya Moussin of the Conservatory of St. Petersburg. In his Master Class in Sofia during the 1990 New Year Music Festival, Stefan Nedyalkov scored the highest grades, acquiring the right to conduct Beethoven’s 2nd Symphony in the final concert with the Bulgarian National Festival Orchestra.

Upon graduation at the State Musical Academy (January 1993), in May at the prestigious international festival “Sofia Music Weeks”, the critics of both press and radio acclaimed the highly professional performance of Stefan Nedyalkov, in which the young conductor distinguished himself in a performance with the Bulgarian National Radio “Sinfonietta” Orchestra.

After that, during the Bulgarian “Days of Japanese Culture” (October 6th - November 16th, 1993) he was invited to conduct Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Thaikovsky’s 5th Symphony with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra with the well-known Japanese violinist, Atsuko Temma as a soloist.

Postgraduate study…

Since October 1994, Stefan Nedyalkov specialized in conducting, by receiving a prestigious invitation to observe all rehearsals, concerts and recordings of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conducted by such distinguished conductors as R. Muti, W. Sawalish, L. Slatkin,
G. Rozhdestvenski, C. v Dohnanyi, K. Sanderling, J. Levine and
C. Dutoit.

In October 1996, Stefan furthered his specialization in operatic conducting at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, where he was invited by its music director - the famous conductor Bernard Haitink.

Competitions…

Stefan Nedyalkov successfully took part in three famous international conducting competitions. In 1994 he reached the final rounds of the Tokyo International Conducting Competition.
In 1995 he completed the preliminary rounds hosted by the London Symphony Orchestra, and became a finalist of the Leonard Bernstein International Conducting Competition. He was one of the first sixteen of 233 candidates from 42 countries who were selected to compete and conduct the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1997, again Stefan reached the final rounds of the International Conducting Competition in Besancon, France.


Professional experience…

Since October 1992, Stefan Nedyalkov was appointed as the Music Director of the Sliven Symphony Orchestra, where he spent two seasons.

Stefan Nedyalkov made his opera debut in 1996 to great acclaim, conducting Verdi’s Nabucco in Hanover and Hamburg with the “Teatro Musicale Internazionale”.

In September 1997, Stefan become an assistant professor of conducting at the “Pancho Vladigerov” State Music Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Stefan has recorded many of his programs for the Bulgarian National Radio. Many leading musicians including the violinists Mincho Minchev, Atsuko Temma, the pianists Nikola Evrov, Anton Dikov and Victor Chuchkov, Ingrid Yacobi, the Violin Duo Angel Stankov - Yossif Radionov, the singers Aleksandrina Milcheva and Roumyana Bareva, have performed as soloists at his concerts.
He has been a guest conductor to major Bulgarian orchestras such as the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra, the Bourgas Symphony orchestra, the Vartza Symphony Orchestra, the Sliven Symphony Orchestra and others.

Among the orchestras Stefan worked with, are the world famous Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Lille, the Tokyo Shinsei Symphony Orchestra, the Classical Chamber Orchestra of London, the Symphony Orchestra of the London Royal Academy of Music and the Mokpo Philharmonic Orchestra.

At present…

Since July 1999 Stefan Nedyalkov has been a music adviser in the City Hall of Kitakyushu, Japan, working with the Kitakyushu Symphony Orchestra, the Hibiki String Orchestra, and the Kitakyushu Junior Orchestra. He received that position after an impressive performance, in the Gala Concert of the Bulgarian “Days of Japanese Culture 1997”, conducting the Bulgarian National Musical Academy Symphony Orchestra. The concert was organized by Japanese Embassy in Sofia and attended by the Bulgarian President, and many diplomats of different countries.

Spreading his conducting talent around the world, Stefan Nedyalkov has had memorable performances in various countries such as England, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea and Bulgaria.