Background
Badev was born in Prilep, Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia.
Badev was born in Prilep, Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia.
Studied music in Moscow and Saint St. Petersburg and was taught by, to mention a few, the great Russian composers Balakirev and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia. He died at Sofia, Bulgaria.