Career
Born in Ruse on June 11, 1942, Kiselov"s mother was the director of the local opera. He moved to the United States to direct at the Yale School of Drama. He would go on to direct across the States and Canada and to join the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama faculty in 1992.
After retiring in 2008, he continued to direct in the United States, as well as Europe, basing himself in Estonia.
He died at the age of 70 on October 29, 2012 in Sofia.