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Conductor Bogidar Avramov

EASTERN SIERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Bogidar Avramov, Music Director and Conductor

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, the son of a prominent violinist, Maestro Avramov is Professor Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University where he was director of the instrumental program. He currently conducts the Beverly Hills Symphony. From the beginning of the Sierra Summer Festival and as founder of the Eastern Sierra Symphony Orchestra, he has brought professional symphonic music to Mammoth Lakes for 31 years.

Known simply as "Bogidar" to everyone in the Eastern Sierra, he enjoys great respect as a musician, conductor and true gentleman. American composer Roy Harris recognized these qualities when he said: "He is an excellent conductor whose enthusiasm is contagious. His musicians respond warmly to him and grow with his discipline." The Los Angeles Times hailed Maestro Avramov as "a leader of uncommon sensitivity and authority".