Gancho Ganchev

Leader and conductor of the Varna Children’s and Youth Opera, Conductor of the Varna Chamber Orchestra, Ganchev – Bend, Artistic Director of International May Choir Competition Prof. Georgi Dimitrov, Chief Expert Orchestras and Ensembles in the Directorate of Culture and Spiritual Development – Varna Municipality. He is a Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Choir Union.

He is one of the people who restore the traditions of the children’s opera in the city. He is conductor at the Varna Children’s and Youth Opera since 1993 and Chief Art Director since 1998. In 2004, under the auspices of the Directorate of Culture and Spiritual Development – Varna Municipality, he created the Varna Chamber Orchestra of professional musicians from the State Opera – Varna, which he still leads. With the orchestra he actively participates in the cultural life of the city. He has performed over 130 concerts with symphonic, opera, salon and modern music with world-famous Bulgarian and foreign artists /singers and instrumentalists/. In 2012 he creates and directs the Mixed Vocal Formation “EU-phoria” at Varna University of Economics.

Since 2002 – until now, he is also the Chief Expert Orchestras and Ensembles in the Directorate of Culture and Spiritual Development – Varna Municipality. He carries out cultural events included in the calendar of the directorate, takes care of the good interaction of the existing cultural institutions, musical groups and choral formations in the city with the municipal administration, participates in commissions for distribution of budget funds etc.

As Artistic Director of the International May Choir Competition Prof. Georgi Dimitrov he is responsible for the overall artistic and technical organization of his annual publications. He regulates the relations and is responsible for the membership of the Contest in the European Association, awarding the Grand Prix of Europe for choral singing.

He is a Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Choir Union.