Hasan & Ibrahim
| Hasan and Ibrahim Ignatov | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hasan Ignatov Ibrahim Ignatov |
| Born |
15 December 2003 Shumen, Bulgaria |
| Genres | Classic |
| Occupation(s) | Pianists |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Associated acts | Krisia Todorova |
| Website | http://hassan-ibrahim-ignatovi.com |
Hasan and Ibrahim Ignatov (Bulgarian: Хасан Игнатов и Ибрахим Игнатов, born 15 December 2003 in Shumen, Bulgaria) are twin pianists of Bulgarian and Turkish descent. Along with Krisia Todorova, they represented Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta with the song "Planet of the Children". Like Todorova, Hasan and Ibrahim also gained popularity throughout Bulgaria through their participation in Slavi's Show on bTV. They released their first collection of own compositions at the age of 11.
The twin brothers Hasan and Ibrahim Ignatov were born on 15 December 2003 in Shumen, Bulgaria, to a family of musicians. Their father is Denis Ignatov of Bulgarian descent and their mother is Sebile Kyazimova of Turkish descent. They have two older twin sisters, Merlin and Nermin Ignatova (born 1997). At the age of five they both received their first musical guidance from their father and began studying piano professionally in September 2011 with music teacher Marinela Marinova. Now they continue their studying with piano pedagogue Maria Gineva from the Varna Music School.
Hasan and Ibrahim are interested in classical music and the works of famous European and international composers. They want to become world-renowned pianists and conductors, as well as bring their home town to the attention of Bulgarian and international music lovers.
Young pianists Hasan and Ibrahim Ignatovi have received over 50 awards from different competitions for pianists from several domestic and overseas competitions - Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonia, Austria and Russia. For the short period of two years and seven months musical career, the piano virtuosos Ignatov Brothers have won many prestigious national and international competitions, not just as a duo, but individually as well. Some of those competitions include: the 9th International Competition "Franz Schubert"; 7th International piano Competition "Liszt-Bartok-Ligetti";" 4th National Competition "Dimitar Nenov"; International Competition for German and Austrian music; National Competition "Pancho Vladigerov"; 10th International Competition "Young Virtuosos"; International Piano Competition "VIVAPIANO" 2014; 2nd International Competition for Young Pianists" Andrei Stoyanov"; 24th National Competition for Singers and Instrumentalists" Svetoslav Obretenov"; International Competition Young Musicians "Ohrid Pearls" (Ohrid, Macedonia); 12th International Rotary Music Competition (Moscow, Russia) and many others. At the age of eight they are among the most successful children of foundation "Dimitar Berbatov". At the age of nine they participate in the International Music Festival "Varna Summer" 2013. At the age of 10 they participate in The Award Ceremony of "Successful Children of Bulgaria" of Foundation "Dimitar Berbatov" in the TV show "Slavi's Show" where they are noticed and selected to participate in "Junior Eurovision 2014" to represent Bulgaria along with Krisia Todorova. In the summer Hasan and Ibrahim took master class of prof. Maria Prinz(Austria), later in September they performed their first concert with Shumen Symphony Orchestra.
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