Ivan Pehlivanov is an accordionist who spent his whole life in the service of Bulgaria and his native art and culture. He has been a music teacher for many years, as well as a poet, who has published several collections of poems, and his story reveals his family relationship with priest Nikola Belchov, the main driver of the Koprivshtitsa rebel group in 1876.
The story is part of the "Plovdiv stories from yesterday and today" project within the "HERITAGE" program of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture.
The story is part of the "Plovdiv stories from yesterday and today" project within the "HERITAGE" program of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture.
Name
Ivan Dimitrov Pehlivanov
Name in native alphabet
Иван Пехливанов
Date of birth
08.12.1942
Country of birth
Bulgaria
City/Town/Village of birth
Yambol
Age documented
80
Nationality
Bulgarian
Ethnicity
Bulgarian
Religion
-
Gender
male
Occupation
music teacher
Location