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((Short description|Bulgarian composer, arranger, and jazz pianist (1937–2019)))
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'''Milcho Leviev''' (((lang-bg|Милчо Левиев)) ((IPA-bg|ˈmiɫtʃo lɛˈviɛf|)); December 19, 1937 – October 12, 2019)<ref name="Sofia">((Cite web|url=https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/10/13/milcho-leviev-bulgarian-jazz-great-dead-at-82/|title=Milcho Leviev, Bulgarian jazz great, dead at 81|website=Sofiaglobe.com|date=12 October 2019|access-date=July 29, 2021))</ref> was a Bulgarian composer, arranger, and [[Jazz piano|jazz pianist]]. Leviev was born in [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria,<ref name="LarkinJazz">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=256/7))</ref> into a Bulgarian Jewish family; his father was Izak Leviev and his brother was the artist [[Yoan Leviev]].<ref>((Cite web |last=staff |first=The Sofia Globe |date=2019-10-12 |title=Milcho Leviev, Bulgarian jazz great, dead at 81 |url=https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/10/13/milcho-leviev-bulgarian-jazz-great-dead-at-82/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=The Sofia Globe |language=en-US))</ref>

==Career==
Leviev graduated from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music<ref name="Harris">((cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Craig |title=Milcho Leviev |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/milcho-leviev-mn0000897581/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 7, 2018))</ref> in 1960, <ref name="AAJ">((cite web |title=Milcho Leviev |website=All About Jazz |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=8708 |date=2008-04-11 |access-date=2010-05-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217094134/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=8708 |archivedate=2009-12-17 ))</ref> majoring in composition under [[Pancho Vladigerov]] and in piano under [[Andrei Stoyanov]].<ref name=":0">((Cite web|last=Levy|first=Claire|date=2019-03-19|title=Leviev, Milcho|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-3000000171|access-date=2021-11-05|website=Grove Music Online|language=en|doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.3000000171|isbn=9781561592630 ))</ref> 

His professional development as a composer began at the Drama Theatre in [[Plovdiv]]. After Emil Georgiev left office, Leviev was appointed conductor of the [[Bulgarian National Radio]] big band (1962–66). His ideas were innovative in the orchestra; pieces like ''Studia'', ''Blues in 9'' or ''Anti-waltz'' combined folklore and jazz. He worked as soloist and conductor of the [[Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra|Sofia]] and [[Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1963-1968.<ref name=":0" /> In 1965, embracing the idea of the writer [[Radoy Ralin]], he founded Jazz Focus '65 with which he toured until 1970, achieving success for Bulgarian jazz and winning prizes at jazz festivals in [[Montreux]], Sofia, and [[Prague]]. In 1970, he left Bulgaria and moved to Los Angeles.<ref name="AAJ" /> He performed again in Bulgaria in the early 1980s.

Leviev worked as composer, arranger, and pianist for the [[Don Ellis]]<ref name="Harris" /> Orchestra (1970–1975) and the [[Billy Cobham]] Band (1971–77).<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He toured the U.S. and Europe and was music director for [[Lainie Kazan]] (1977–80). He gave concerts and recorded with [[John Klemmer]], [[Art Pepper]], and [[Roy Haynes]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Leviev toured Europe with Pepper (1980–82) and was one of the founders of the fusion band [[Free Flight (band)|Free Flight]].<ref name="Harris" />

In 1983, Leviev became music director of the Jazz Sessions at the Comeback Inn in Venice, California. He gave concerts in Japan with bassist [[Dave Holland]] (1983–86) and organized solo jazz recitals in Europe (1985–86). He taught jazz composition at the University of Southern California and given master classes at the [[New Bulgarian University]] in Sofia. He composed symphony and chamber works, big band, and jazz orchestra music.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> In the 1960s, he wrote film music.

Leviev died on 12 October 2019 in [[Thessaloniki]], Greece.<ref name="Sofia"/>

==Awards and honors==
As a student, he won second prize at the International Competition in Vienna for his Toccatina for piano. In 1987, he won the [[Drama-Logue Award]] for best music director given by the [[Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts]]. Some of his works were published by [[Dick Grove]] Publications and the Bulgarian publishing house Nauka I Izkustvo (up to 1968). He won a prize at the National Jazz Educational Congress, a Grammy Award for arrangement, and the Honorary Gold Medal of the Académie internationale des Arts in Paris (1995).<ref name="AAJ" /> He was awarded an honorary [[Doctor Honoris Causa]] by the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in [[Plovdiv]] (1995) and by the New Bulgarian University.

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Piano Lesson'' (Dobre, 1978)
* ''Blue Levis'' (Dobre, 1978)
* ''What's New'' (Atlas, 1980)
* ''Blues for the Fisherman'' (Mole Jazz, 1980)
* ''True Blues'' (Mole Jazz, 1981)
* ''Plays the Music of Irving Berlin'' (Discovery, 1982)
* ''Music for Big Band and Symphony Orchestra'' (Trend, 1983)
* ''Destination'' (Optimism, 1987)
* ''Bulgarian Piano Blues'' (MA, 1990)
* ''The Oracle'' with Dave Holland (Pan Music, 1992)
* ''Up & Down'' with Dave Holland (MA, 1993)
* ''Jive Sambas'' (Vartan Jazz, 1997)
* ''Man from Plovdiv'' (MA, 1999)
* ''Quiet Love'' with Vicky Almazidu (Ethnic Art, 2004)
* ''Multiple Personalities'' (Mighty Quinn, 2006)
* ''Quiet March'' (Perfect, 2015)

===As guest===
'''With [[Billy Cobham]]'''
* ''[[Total Eclipse (Billy Cobham album)|Total Eclipse]]'' (Atlantic, 1974)
* ''[[Shabazz (album)|Shabazz]]'' (Atlantic, 1975)
* ''[[A Funky Thide of Sings]]'' (Atlantic, 1975)

'''With [[Don Ellis]]'''
* ''[[Tears of Joy (album)|Tears of Joy]]'' (Columbia, 1971)
* ''[[Connection (Don Ellis album)|Connection]]'' (Columbia, 1972)
* ''[[Soaring (album)|Soaring]]'' (MPS, 1973)
* ''[[Haiku (Don Ellis album)|Haiku]]'' (MPS, 1974)

'''With [[Roy Haynes]]'''
* ''[[Thank You Thank You]]'' (Galaxy, 1977)
* ''[[Vistalite (album)|Vistalite]]'' (Galaxy, 1979)

'''With [[Gerald Wilson]]'''
* ''[[Jessica (Gerald Wilson album)|Jessica]]'' (Trend, 1983)
* ''[[Calafia (album)|Calafia]]'' (Trend, 1985)

'''With [[Dusan Bogdanovic]]'''
* ''Winter Tale'' (Doberman - Yppan, 2008)

'''With others'''
* [[Al Jarreau]], ''[[Breakin' Away (album)|Breakin' Away]]'' (Warner Bros., 1981)
* [[Arif Mardin]], ''[[Journey (Arif Mardin album)|Journey]]'' (Atlantic, 1974)
* [[Airto Moreira]], ''[[Virgin Land (album)|Virgin Land]]'' (Salvation, 1974)
* [[L. Subramaniam]], ''Fantasy without Limits'' (Trend, 1980)

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