Tosko Iliev

Tosko Iliev was born on September 1st, 1895 in Parvomaj (Bulgaria). After finishing his law studies in Sofia, he went to Vienna in order to study voice now. Before becoming a soloist, he was a choirmaster; as late as 1934, he had his debut in Stara Zagora (in "Gergana" by Atanasov), where he was to remain throughout his career (which ended in 1943) and longer, since he was also that theatre's manager from 1946 to 1954.

Picture source: University of Pittsburgh

I wish to thank Vladimir Efimenko for the recording.