Respected and admired by audiences and musicians alike, Rossen Milanov is in his seventh season as Music Director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Recently appointed Chief Conductor of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in 2019, he is also the Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and recently completed a 7-year tenure as Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) in Spain.

Mr. Milanov has appeared with the Colorado, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Seattle, and Fort Worth Symphonies, the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Civic Orchestra in Chicago, and in Link-Up education projects with Carnegie Hall. Internationally, he has collaborated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de la Suisse Romand, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Aalborg, Latvian and Hungarian National Symphony Orchestras and the orchestras in Toronto, Vancouver, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic in South Africa, Mexico, Colombia, Sao Paolo, Belo Horizonte and New Zealand. In the Far East he has appeared with NHK, Sapporo, Tokyo, Singapore Symphonies, Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Malaysian and Hong Kong Philharmonics.

Mr. Milanov has had the privilege to collaborate with some of the world’s finest artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Midori and André Watts. During his 11-year tenure with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Milanov served as Associate Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orchestra’s summer home at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts. 

Mr. Milanov studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School and the Bulgarian National Academy of Music. In addition to his musical achievements, Mr. Milanov is a passionate chef and frequently dedicates his culinary talents to various charities.