What is Kamen Tchanev?
[[File:Kamen Chanev (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Kamen Tchanev''' ({{lang-bg|Камен Чанев}}) (27 August 1964 &ndash; 26 November 2020) was a [[Bulgaria]]n [[opera|operatic]] [[tenor]]. He was born in [[Sliven]], [[Bulgaria]]. He won the [[Jussi Björling]] International Competition for Tenors in 1994. Tchanev made recordings for the [[Bulgarian National Radio]], [[RAI]]-2, Italy and in 1999 he recorded with [[Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Nayden Todorov]] conducting a CD production for the American label MMO.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.musicminusone.com/italian-tenor-arias-with-orchestra-p-701.html|title= Italian Tenor Arias with Orchestra|publisher= Music Minus One|access-date= 26 July 2010|archive-date= 5 September 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090905081510/http://www.musicminusone.com/italian-tenor-arias-with-orchestra-p-701.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> His career began in 1993. Tchanev died on 26 November 2020 in [[Stara Zagora]], [[Bulgaria]] from [[COVID-19]], aged 56.<ref>[https://sofiaglobe.com/2020/11/26/bulgarian-international-opera-star-kamen-chanev-dies-of-covid-19/ Bulgarian international opera star Kamen Chanev dies of Covid-19]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchanev, Kamen}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Bulgarian singers]] [[Category:Tenors]] [[Category:Stage actors]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria]] {{actor-stub}}