Nikolai Motov

Graduated with a Master's degree in Opera Singing at the State Music Academy "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov, in the class of prof. Ilka Popova, and subsequently became an assistant professor (2005), defended her doctoral degree (2014) and acquired the academic position of associate professor (2016).

He was awarded first prize at the Svetoslav Obretenov Competition, Grand Prize at the Parashkev Hadjiev Competition, Grand Prize and crystal plaque of the Union of Bulgarian Composers at the Lyubomir Pipkov Competition, and second prize at the Boris Hristov International Competition.

He debuted in Ruse with Mozart's Requiem (1998). In the period 2004-2006 he was a scholarship holder of the CEE Musiktheater Foundation at the Staatsoper Wien, where he specialised with prof. Olivera Miakowicz.

He has worked with Anna Tomova-Sintova, Alexandrina Milcheva, Elena Mosuk, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci and others. He has appeared on the stages of all major opera houses in the country and in Holland, Germany, Russia, South Korea, the festivals in Solothurn (Switzerland), Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and Europalia (Belgium).

Since 2016 she has been with the State Opera - Stara Zagora.

Opera repertoire:
Alfred ("La Traviata")
Count Almaviva ("The Barber of Seville")
Don Ottavio ("Don Giovanni")
Dorvil ("The Silken Ladder")
Ernesto ("Don Pasquale")
Lenski ("Eugene") Onegin")
Marcello ("Trajan in Thrace")
The Young Gypsy ("Aleko")
Nemorino ("Love Elixir")
Paris ("Belle Helene")
Tamino ("The Magic Flute")
Turidu ("Village Honour")

Cantata-oratorio repertoire:
Requiem ("Mozart")