Pancho Vladigerov
International Piano Competition 2025
Jury Member
LUDMIL ANGELOV
Bulgaria
Born in Varna, Bulgaria, Ludmil Angelov graduated from the “Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music in Sofia. He has won prizes and diplomas at international competitions, including the Senigallia (Italy, 1976), Fryderyk Chopin (Poland, 1985), Palm Beach International Competition (USA, 1990), Piano Masters (Monte Carlo, 1994), and World Piano Masters Tour (France, 1997).
Ludmil Angelov has performed at major concert halls, including the Philharmonie in Berlin, Musikverein and Staatsoper in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Pleyel and Gaveau in Paris, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Lincoln Center in New York, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Herkulessaal in Munich, KKL in Lucerne, Zürich Opera, Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Brucknerhaus in Linz, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Auditori in Barcelona, Palau de la Música in Valencia, Athenaeum in Bucharest, the concert halls of the Moscow and Milan conservatories, the National Philharmonic Hall and Polish National Opera in Warsaw, KBS Hall in Seoul, among many others.
The music of Chopin has been a constant in his career. He has performed the complete solo piano works of Chopin in a cycle of twelve recitals.
He has also participated in some of the most significant Chopin festivals in Europe, including the “Chopin and His Europe” Festival in Warsaw. In 1999, he presented the complete works of Chopin in a cycle of recitals in Madrid and other cities in Spain; ten years later, in the 2009–10 season, he again performed the complete Chopin repertoire in Spain and Bulgaria. In 2000, his recording of Chopin’s *Rondos and Variations* was awarded a Grand Prix du Disque Chopin by the NIFC in Warsaw.
Ludmil Angelov has recorded for labels such as RCA, Danacord, Gega New, Pentatone, Non Profit Music, Toccata Classics, ARIA Classics, Hyperion, Vela Records, Virginia Records, and the label of the National Institute F. Chopin in Warsaw. In June 2015, he recorded the world premiere of the recently discovered early *Piano Concerto* by Moritz Moszkowski with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Hyperion.
He teaches at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, where he has been an Honorary Professor since 2013. He gives masterclasses worldwide and has served as a jury member at many international competitions, including the F. Chopin Competition in Warsaw (2010, 2015, and 2021). In November 2011, he was awarded the Gloria Artis medal by the Polish Ministry of Culture for his contributions to the international promotion of Polish music. In 2022, he received the highest award of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, the Golden Century, and in 2023, he was decorated by Felipe VI of Spain as an Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.