tr, *1925 GB
Musician / Composer of Classical, Folk and World
A.k.a. Николай Кауфман
Nikolay Yankov Kaufman (Bulgarian: Николай Янков Кауфман; b. 23 September 1925) is a Bulgarian musicologist, folklorist and composer, sometimes cited as Bulgaria's foremost scholar in his field.Kaufman was born in the Danubian town of Ruse to an Ashkenazi Jewish Bulgarian family. In 1952, he graduated in trumpet and music theory from the National Academy of Music in Sofia. From 1952 to 1988, he worked at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Music; he then moved to the Institute of Folkloristics. Since 1978, he has been a lecturer at the National Academy of Music; he was awarded a doctor's degree in 1973.
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Панорама На Българското Музикално Творчество | Nikolai Kaufman | Album |