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Pancho Vladigerov

1899 - 1978

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Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; Bulgarian: Панчо Хараланов Владигеров [ˈpant͡ʃo xɐrɐˈɫanov vɫɐdiˈɡɛrof]; 13 March 1899 – 8 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist. Vladigerov is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He was one of the first to successfully combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music. Part of the so-called Second Generation Bulgarian Composers, he was among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pancho Vladigerov is the 530th most popular composer (up from 623rd in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 235th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 530 out of 1,451. Before him are Friedrich Wieck, Bernhard Crusell, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Orlando Gibbons, David Rose, and Frederick Delius. After him are Remo Giazotto, Franz Xaver Richter, Erwin Schulhoff, Terry Riley, Albert Ketèlbey, and Michael Kamen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 87. Before him are Ida Kamińska, Martin Luther King Sr., Lotte Reiniger, Veit Harlan, Adam Rainer, and Nikolay Voronov. After him are Michał Kalecki, Soraya Tarzi, Hans Swarowsky, Gustaf Gründgens, Andrija Artuković, and Richard Hauptmann. Among people deceased in 1978, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 75. Before him are Herbert Kappler, Pablo Dorado, Lilya Brik, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Wadie Haddad, and Viggo Brun. After him are Gaston Julia, Samuel Goudsmit, José Manuel Moreno, Burt Munro, Oscar Homolka, and Karl Lennart Oesch.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 207 out of 1,015. Before him are Köbi Kuhn (1943), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Billy Meier (1937), Edwin Fischer (1886), Pietro Lombardo (1435), and Louis Zutter (1865). After him are Jean Starobinski (1920), Guy Parmelin (1959), DJ BoBo (1968), Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou (1420), Ivan Rakitić (1988), and Bernard Tschumi (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 8. Before him are Ernest Bloch (1880), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Frank Martin (1890), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Grock (1880), and Joachim Raff (1822). After him are Ludwig Senfl (1486), Heinz Holliger (1939), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), and Othmar Schoeck (1886).

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