Alexander Raichev

Alexander Raichev () (11 April 1922 – 28 October 2003) was a Bulgarian music educator and composer. Biography Raichev was born in Lom, Bulgaria, and studied with Pancho Vladigerov at the State Musical Academy in Sofia where he graduated in 1947. He then studied with Zoltán Kodály and Janos Ferencsik at the Budapest Conservatory from 1949-50. After completing his studies, he taught at the Bulgarian State Conservatory, serving as Rector from 1970 to 1978. Notable students include Rosica Petkova. In 1969 Vasheto prisatvie (Your Presence) was the earliest Bulgarian radio opera to be broadcast. Selected works *1937: Suite for chamber orchestra *1943: Largo and Scherzo for string orchestra *1945: Symphonic Suite for orchestra *1947: Piano Concerto (lost) *1949–50: Symphony No.1: Symphony/Cantata “He Shall Not Die” for chorus and orchestra *1949–50 “Pioneers Suite” for female chorus and orchestra *1953: Ballet “Haidouk Song” (and two Ballet Suites, 1954 and 1955) *1953 Oratorio “Dimitrov still Lives” for soloist, narrator, male chorus and orchestra *1954: Oratorio “Friendship” for bass, chorus and orchestra *1954: Sonata-Poem for Violin and Orchestra *1955: Suite for chamber orchestra *19