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Rossen Gergov was born in 1981 in Bulgaria. At the age of 5 he began
to play the piano. In 1992 he won the 1st prize in "Concorso di Musica
per i Giovanni - Città di Stresa" in Italy. His fine musical talents
soon broadened to include the clarinet and composition,
but he found his true passion in conducting.

In 1996 he began his conducting studies with Michail Angelov.
Already in the following year he won the special prize for
"Conductor of the New Generation" at the "Young Musical Talents"
competition in Sofia. At the age of 18 he came to Vienna,
where he began his studies at the University of Music -in the
conducting class of Leopold Hager. Two years later his exceptional talent was recognised by Seiji Ozawa. The Maestro invited him
to the Tanglewood Music Festival -where Gergov received a
"Conducting Scholarship" from the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
In the following years Rossen became assistant and pupil
of Seiji Ozawa.

In 2004 Gergov was awarded a distinction at the conclusion
of his conducting studies. His diploma concert with the
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra -in the Golden Hall of Musikverein,
Vienna -was a triumph. The LIVE-recording of his ravishing
performance of Stravinsky's "Firebird"-suite, made by the recordist
Sébastien Chonion, won the 1st prize at the AES Recording
Competition in Barcelona. A number of international appearances
followed, including his Japan-debut in the Izumi Hall, Osaka,
projects with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, opening concert of
"Palais Niederösterreich" in Vienna with the Tonkünstler Orchestra,
Vienna, among others. Since then Gergov works as an
assistant-conductor of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna.

The conductor has recorded a new SACD with the
Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera, Sweden in June 2006,
with music from the american composer David Chesky for
"Chesky Records". The SACD was nominated for the
50th "Grammy" Awards 2008 in the category
"Classical Contemporary Composition".

Rossen Gergov is Laureate of the 1st International Conducting
Competition "Evgeny Svetlanov", which was organized with the
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg- in May 2007.

Gergov made a new recording with the Bamberg Symphony
Orchestra, assigned by the Bavarian Radio -in November 2007.
Other interesting projects brought him recenlty to the
Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra,
Innsbruck, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna- where the young conductor
had a tremendous success among the audience and the press.

Gergov has gained a rich experience on the field of opera.
At the age of 21 he was already working as a "Korrepetitor with
conducting duties" at the Theatre of Meiningen, Germany.
In summer 2007 he gave his debut at the renowned
Bregenz Festival- with the contemporary opera "Playing Away"
from Benedict Mason with a great success. In summer 2008
he will return to Bregenz as an assistant-conductor for "Tosca"
and he will make his debut with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
as well. In October 2008 he will conduct the premiere of the
chamber opera "Prinz, Held und Füchsin" by Akos Banlaky in
Jugendstiltheater, Vienna.

Future interesting projects bring the young conductor
to orchestras like Basel Symphony Orchestra,
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna- a.o.

Rossen Gergov has a very broad repertoire. His interests range
from the music of the Vienna Classic, through the romantic period
and onto the contemporary music.

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