Biography

Maestro Svilen Simeonov is an internationally renowned Bulgarian conductor, arranger, and recording artist with over thirty years of professional activity in symphonic, operatic, and recording practice. He is widely recognized for his artistic leadership, stylistic flexibility, and continuous contribution to orchestral performance and recorded music on an international level.
He has been the Chief Conductor of the Sofia Sinfonietta Orchestra (Bulgaria) since 2000, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Sofia Amadeus Orchestra since 1994, and Chief Conductor of the Vidin State Symphony Orchestra since 2001. Internationally, he holds long-standing artistic positions with the Niš Symphony Orchestra (Serbia) as Chief Conductor and the Oltenia Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania) as Chief Guest Conductor. He has collaborated with major opera and symphonic institutions, including the Operetta Bühne Vienna, the Teatro Lirico d'Europa, and the Strauss Festival Orchestra and Ballet.
Maestro Simeonov maintains an active presence in the recording industry, having released numerous commercial recordings – CDs and digital albums – with leading orchestras in Bulgaria and abroad. His discography includes a core repertoire of Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Brahms, Chopin, Vivaldi, and others, distributed internationally and available on major digital platforms such as Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube, contributing to the global dissemination of the European symphonic tradition.
As an arranger, he is the author of over 250 orchestral symphonic arrangements and orchestrations, many of which are regularly performed and recorded all over the world. His work as an arranger has been officially published and internationally distributed by Brotons & Mercadal (Spain), reflecting his enduring artistic relevance in the professional music and recording community.
His conducting engagements have taken place in leading concert halls around the world, including the Musikverein Vienna, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Tonhalle Zurich, Hercules Hall Munich, Victoria Hall Geneva, Smetana Hall Prague, Teatro Bibiena Mantua, Teatro del Liceu Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona, Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid, Megaron Athens, Bulgaria Hall, Theater Coliseum Lisbon, Casa de la music Porto, Sava Centre Belgrade, Stambaugh Auditorium, USA. As well as performances in Cyprus, Malta, the Canary Islands, Martinique, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.
Maestro Simeonov has conducted more than 50 symphony, opera, and operetta orchestras in Europe, North America, and Latin America. In addition to his performing and recording career, Maestro Simeonov is an experienced teacher and mentor, having taught conducting at major academic institutions in Europe and the United States and led international conducting master classes and professional seminars. He has also been a member of the jury of international conducting competitions: "Nino Rota", "Serge Koussevitzky", "Robert Canetti", Orchestral Conducting Competition Bucharest, and others, contributing to professional standards and artistic recognition in the global music community. Maestro Svilen Simeonov is represented and managed by several music production companies, such as ABIRY Management England, BV Artists International USA, and Promoconcert Spain.
Education:
-National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov”, Sofia – Clarinet.
-Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts “Prof. Asen Diamandiev”, Plovdiv – Conducting.
-Vienna Summer Academy of Music – Advanced conducting studies.
Awards & Honors
• Crystal Necklace – Union of Music and Dance Performers in Bulgaria (2023)
• Golden Lyre Award – for outstanding artistic achievements (2007)
• Crystal Lyre Award – Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers (2001)