Grigor Palikarov

It included more than 60 opera and ballet titles by Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Weber, Verdi, Wagner, Ponchielli, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Gounod, Delibes, Bizet, Borodin, Rimsky–Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiew, Orff, Bulgarian classical and contemporary composers etc.

Later on he continued with his academic career and nowadays Mr. Palikarov is a full-time Professor and PhD at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music, teaching opera and symphony conducting.

His symphonic activities were also widely developed in the last two decades, as Maestro Palikarov has been constantly holding the position of Managing and Artistic director of the Symphony orchestra – Pazardzhik (since 2005) and Chief-conductor of State Opera – Plovdiv (since 2024).

Grigor Palikarov has also built a significant career as an international guest-conductor, regularly leading orchestras in Italy, Poland, Spain, Slovenia, Mexico, Taiwan, China, Ukraine, Romania, Uruguay, the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, USA, Russia, etc.

Grigor Palikarov makes regular recordings of orchestral pieces, opera arias and ensembles as a guest conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra.