Stilian Kirov

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Stilian Kirov
Born (1984-01-24) January 24, 1984 (age 40)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Education
OccupationOrchestra conductor

Stilian Kirov (born January 24, 1984) is a conductor and music director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, [1] Symphony in C (orchestra) [2] in New Jersey, and the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in California. [3] He was previously associate conductor for the Seattle Symphony and Memphis Symphony. [4]

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Education

Kirov was born on January 24, 1984, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Kirov is a graduate of the Juilliard School in orchestral conducting, where he was a student of James DePreist, and holds a master's degree in conducting from the École Normale de Musique de Paris. [1]

Engagements

Engagement highlights for Kirov include guest performances with the symphonies of Chautauqua, [5] Kalamazoo, [6] South Bend, [7] and West Virginia, [8] among others. He also appeared regularly as guest conductor with the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. [9]

Worldwide, he has appeared with the Minas Gerais Philharmonic, Leopolis Chamber Orchestra/Ukraine, Orchestra of Colors/Athens, Orchestre Colonne/Paris, Sofia Philharmonic, [10] State Hermitage Orchestra/St. Petersburg, Thüringen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St. Petersburg, and the Victoria Symphony/British Columbia.

During the 2013-14 season, Kirov was engaged as an assistant conductor to Bernard Haitink with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. [4] He was also engaged as a cover conductor for Stéphane Denève, the late Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Christoph von Dohnáyi. [11]

In 2017, Kirov was appointed Music Director for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. [12]

Awards

Kirov was awarded the 2018 Career Assistance Award of the Solti Foundation U.S. It is the third time he has received the award of the foundation. [13] [14] In addition, he was awarded first prize in the 2017 "Debut Berlin" Concert Competition. [15]

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