Stefan Dimitrov Movies and Career Information

Stefan Dimitrov (b. 22 November 1939 - d. Sofia 13 August 2004 ) was a basso opera singer. Born in Burgas, situated on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, he was of Greek origin. He won four international singing competitions at the very beginning of his career: those in Toulouse, the "Erkel" in Budapest, the "s’Hertogenbosch" in the Netherlands, and the "Young Opera Singers" in Sofia. In 1965 Stefan Dimitrov met the piano accompanist and répétiteur, Malina Dimitrova, who graduated at this time and took her first steps in the opera accompanying field. They were later to be married. The couple had one son, Liuben, who graduated as as solo pianist and later become part of the Genova & Dimitrov piano duo. He graduated from the Central Master Studio of Singing of the Sofia State Music Academy under its founder and leader Prof. Christo Brumbarov, the teacher of singers such as Nicolai Ghiaurov, Nicolai Ghiuselev, Ghena Dimitrova and others. An invitation to pursue a post-graduate master's degree at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow followed. There Stefan sang under conductors such as B. Haikin, Y. Simonov (General Music Director of the Bolshoi at the time), M. Ermler, A. Lazarev, F. Mansurov