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Born on the 13-th of January, 1983 to a family of self-taught wedding musicians, Vladimir was inspired by the sounds of the accordion since early childhood. Even at one-and-a-half years old he “played” his little accordion alongside his father at a wedding.
At the age of seven he started taking accordion lessons with the nationally recognized pedagogue Nadejda Nicheva in Kazanluk, Bulgaria. At his later stages of musical development he studied with Peter Marinov, who is a professor in the National Music Academy, Hristina Danova, who is a worldwide recognized accordion artist; and Nedelcho Dimitrov, who is a laureate of national and international accordion festivals and competitions.
At the age of thirteen he participated in an accordion competition in Vladivostok, Russia and placed fourth. At the age of fifteen he placed first in the International Competition for Accordion and Guitar in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria; received fourth place in the World Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy; placed second in the national accordion competition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where he received a special award for virtuosic performance of folk music. During his senior year in high school he received a first award in the national competition for variety music and jazz on accordion in Novi Pazar, Bulgaria.
During 2002 he joined the Duquesne University Tamburitzans and for the four years when he was a student in the university he performed over three hundred and fifty shows with the ensemble. He also arranged music for some of the dances and as instrumental numbers on the shows, fulfilled the position of a combo leader and performed a solo piece on every show.
Vladimir is currently working on composing, arranging and recording a solo accordion album featuring folklore, jazz and some new experimental fusion styles.
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