Background
His father Nikolay Remenkov taught history and philosophy, and was a headteacher. His mother Angelina was a chemistry teacher.
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Stefan Remenkov
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He completed his high school education in Constanta, Romania where the family lived at the time. After the war he studied music graduating in 1950 from the Bulgarian State Conservatoire majoring in composition under Professor Pancho Vladigerov and Professor
Veselin Stoyanov.
And piano under Professor Dimitar Nenov.
Career
Remenkov comes from a family of teachers. He received piano lessons from an early age and began composing already in school. During World World War II he served as a soldier on the front with the Bulgarian army.
He taught Musical Forms at the Bulgarian State Conservatoire from 1950 - 1955 as assistant-lecturer to Professor
Veselin Stoyanov, then specialised for a year at the Moscow Conservatory under Aram Khachaturian. After that he lived and worked as a composer in Sofia, writing more than 86 compositions.
Most were published and many of Bulgaria"s top musicians, orchestras, and choirs performed them. Balkanton released over the years three long playing vinyl records (LP"s) with music by Stefan Remenkov, the last one in 1980.
Further recordings are in the archives of the Bulgarian National Radio, which broadcast them.
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Born
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Nationality
Bulgaria