Shania Twain - I Aint No Quitter

IKONOMOV Boyan Georgiev [p. 1 (14) IX 1900, Nikopol, Pleven district] - Bulgarian composer. In his youth, he played the violin with T. Torchanov. In 1920-26 he took lessons in music theory from N. Atanasov. In 1928-32 he studied in Paris at the “Schola Cantorum” in the composition class of G. de Lioncourt and V. d'Andy (from 1931), counterpoint - A. Bertlin, also improved in playing the violin. After completing his education, he continued to study composition with N. Boulanger and A. Roussel; in the summer of 1934 he attended F. Weingartner's conducting courses in Basel. In 1935, he founded and led (until 1937) the Paris male choir Bolg. emigrants; conducted by symph. concerts at the World Exhibition in Paris (1937), in other cities in France, as well as in Vienna and Rome, promoting the Bolg. to the music. Since 1938 lives in Bulgaria; in 1937-48 muses. Head of Sofia Radio, in 1948-56 - Bolg. cinema centerin 1956-57 head of the symphonic department. Orchestras of the Ministry of Culture, in 1957-60 deputy. ch. Sophia Radio Editor. As a composer, I. most successfully works in the field of orchestral and chamber instrumental. music.