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Ivan Spasov
Professor Ivan Spasov (1934-1996) was a Bulgarian composer and conductor. Spasov graduated the Bulgarian state conservatory with composition in the class of Pancho Vladigerov and choral conducting with G.Dimitrov. He continued his education at the Warsaw conservatory studying composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and conducting with St.Vislotski. He was the conductor of the Plovdiv philharmonic and the Pazardzhik philharmonic orchestras. He founded the festival "Winter music nights" in Pazardzhik. He was also the director of the Academy of music, dance and fine arts in Plovdiv from 1989 to his death in 1996. Spasov wrote more than 240 compositions. In many of his works he fused the contemporary avantgarde style with Bulgarian folk music.