About Vasko Vasilev
Vasko Vassilev is a Bulgarian violinist and conductor. At the age of eight Vasilev gave his first public appearance and released his first record with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1994 Vasilev joined the Royal Opera House in London as its youngest ever concertmaster. In 1987 he was awarded second prize in the Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud Competition, and in 1989 he won second prize in the Paganini competition (the first prize was not awarded that year). Five years later he published an autobiography, Vasko @ 40, and in 2011 he became a judge on the Bulgarian reality television show X Factor.
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