Vassil Kazandjiev

Vassil Kazandjiev, 91, died on July 28, 2026. Vassil Kazandjiev was known publicly as a Bulgarian composer. His work is representative of the 20th-century classical music and 21st-century classical music. At the age of 7 he started playing the guitar and two years later he learned to play the piano. At the age of 10 he started composing music. His first teachers of composition and conducting were Konstantin Iliev and Dobrin Petkov. In 1957 Kazandjiev graduated from the Bulgarian State Music Academy in the composition class of Professor Pancho Vladigerov and conducting with Professor Vladi Simeonov. Public biographical listings identify Kazandjiev as a Bulgarian composer. This public record remains centered on Kazandjiev's work as a Bulgarian composer and the documented milestones of that career.