Dreams

Born on the 13th of January, 1983 to a family of self-taught wedding musicians, Vladimir was inspired by the sounds of the accordion since early childhood. Even at one-and-a-half years old he quot;playedquot; his little accordion alongside his father at a wedding. At the age of seven he started taking accordion lessons with the nationally recognized pedagogue Nadejda Nicheva in Kazanluk, Bulgaria. At his later stages of musical development he studied with Professor Peter Marinov at the National Music Academy, internationally recognized accordion artist Hristina Danova, and Nedelcho Dimitrov, a laureate of national and international accordion festivals and competitions. At the age of thirteen Vladimir participated in an accordion competition in Vladivostok, Russia and placed fourth. Two years later he placed first in the International Competition for Accordion and Guitar in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria, and received fourth place in the World Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy. Since then Vladimir has been recognized at national and international accordion competitions including a first award recognition at the National Competition for Variety Music and Jazz on accordion in Novi Pazar, Bulgaria. In 2002, Vladimir joined the Duquesne University Tamburitzans in Pittsburgh, PA. For the four years he was a student at the university, he performed over three hundred and fifty shows with the ensemble, and arranged music for several of the dances and instrumental numbers on the shows. This album is a result of his recent work in several different music genres.