Award winning composer,arranger, performer( pianist, keyboardist, conductor) and educator of classical and jazz music. Doctor Honoris Causa, the New Bulgarian University, 1998. Order Stara Planina – 1997 Presidential Award, Bulgaria. La Meda“le dР Тђor de lР ТђAcademie Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, and Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Music and Dance, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1995.