Prof. Alexander Yosifov passed away

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The honorary citizen of Stara Zagora prof. Alexander Yosifov
The composer Alexander Yosifov died at the age of 76. He was elected Honorary Citizen of Stara Zagora by a decision of the Municipal Council of the town on 29.09.2000.
He was a long-time professor at the National Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" and at the New Bulgarian University, with great merits in the field of music education. President and co-founder of the Viennese Club at the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Sofia, in which capacity he is an active supporter of the idea of bringing the Bulgarian artistic environment into the best of the Austrian cultural tradition.
Prof. Yosifov is the author of more than a thousand musical works, as well as the winner of dozens of prizes in composition competitions around the world and at home, including a two-time winner of the Golden Orpheus Award. The composer's children's operas are particularly popular among the public, with over 10 of them being performed in all opera houses in Bulgaria. He is a long-time chairman of the Initiative Committee for the organization of the Festival of Opera and Ballet Art in Stara Zagora. Last year, the Stara Zagora State Opera celebrated the 75th anniversary of his birth with his opera for children "Pinocchio".
The memorial service will take place on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of St. Seventy in Sofia.