About
Milen Slavov is a Bulgarian-American award-winning musician-composer-producer. He first played the piano accordion at 7 years old and was already performing publicly at eight. By 16 he was composing and arranging music; by 24 - producing. Since then, he’s developed a personal style that combines traditional Bulgarian/Balkan musical idioms with classical and jazz. Milen emigrated to the USA in 1997. In 2000, the US government granted him permanent residency as an “Artist of Extraordinary Ability”.
Zhivka Papancheva is a beloved Bulgarian folk singer form the Strandzha region. She started singing from an early age, and graduated from the boarding music school “Filip Kutev” in Kotel. Papancheva has recorded more than 30 songs for the “Golden Fund” of the Bulgarian National Radio. Some of her hits include “Siten Duzhd”, “Kitka ot Strandzha”, “Petur Kulelo Dyalashe”, and more. Zhivka Papancheva emigrated to the United States in 2000.
Milen Slavov is a Bulgarian-American award-winning musician-composer-producer. He first played the piano accordion at 7 years old and was already performing publicly at eight. By 16 he was composing and arranging music; by 24 - producing. Since then, he’s developed a personal style that combines traditional Bulgarian/Balkan musical idioms with classical and jazz. Milen emigrated to the USA in 1997. In 2000, the US government granted him permanent residency as an “Artist of Extraordinary Ability”.
Zhivka Papancheva is a beloved Bulgarian folk singer form the Strandzha region. She started singing from an early age, and graduated from the boarding music school “Filip Kutev” in Kotel. Papancheva has recorded more than 30 songs for the “Golden Fund” of the Bulgarian National Radio. Some of her hits include “Siten Duzhd”, “Kitka ot Strandzha”, “Petur Kulelo Dyalashe”, and more. Zhivka Papancheva emigrated to the United States in 2000.