Veselin Anastasov Stoyanov (Веселин Анастасов Стоянов) (20 April 1902 in Shumen - 29 June 1969 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian composer.[1] In 1937 he began teaching and later became professor of music theory courses at the National Academy of Music (Bulgaria). Stoyanov raised the level of music theory teaching in Bulgaria. His students included Todor Popov, Dimitar Petkov, Stefan Remenkov, Alexander Tekeliev, Ivan Marinov and others.Three concertos for piano and orchestra (1942, 1953, 1966); Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Concertino for violin Two symphonies; symphonic suite grotesque Bai Ganyo; Festival Overture; symphonic poem Song of Blood; Rhapsody for symphony orchestra Operas: Kingdom of Women, Salambo Sly Peter 1958 ballet Pope Joanna cantatas songs
It's Stoyanov's First Symphony in B minor (1962). The recording itself dates back to the 1960s, on the Balkanton label, preformed by the Bulgarian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vasil Stefanov.
fan fact : he was beaten to death with kaval by his ex student, authorities did everything to hide it but the story leaked through the wife of a doctor who did the autopsy
