# Mario Baltadjiev

Mario Baltajiev is a Bulgarian composer.

## Biography

He was born in 1971 in Yambol, Bulgaria in the family of opera singers. At the age of 6, he started playing the piano. He claims that he did not attend a music school, but rather likes to experiment. In the 1990s, he was a member of the group "Allegro", which performed mainly in clubs.
In 1998 started working as a sound engineer and producer at radio FM+ . Two years later, he received an invitation from Magardich Halvadzhiyan to work on the film " The Profit ", a BNT production .
After the film's success, he continued his work with Halvajian, composing music for Global Films' television shows.
In 2012, having already gained a lot of experience in the field of advertising, ballet and cinema, he composed the music for "Aladdin", a musical created in tandem with the librettist Ivan Angelov, which was staged at the Musical Theater in Sofia.
In 2015 Baltajiev produced the musical "The Ugly Duckling", which was presented on the stage of the Modern Theater.
In 2019 Mario was invited by Krasimir Vankov to compose music for the All Inclusive series. After that, he was invited to work on the next Hidalgo Productions project - "Brothers".
In 2020, the director of "Radio Sofia" Iva Doichinova, invited the composer to create new signals for the radio's programs. After the successful launch of the new signals on the BNR airwaves, he was invited by the General Director of BNR, Andon Baltakov, to create a new signal for the Bulgarian National Radio in the spirit of modern trends, as well as new signals for the "Horizon" program. The new signal premiered in January 2021. For the first time in the history of BNR it was recorded by the symphony orchestra of the radio. The signal for the "Hristo Botev" program was also recorded by the symphony orchestra and launched in July of the same year.
In 2022 he was working on the fifth season of the hit series "Brothers".

## Projects

Radio :
| 1998 – 2000 | Radio FM+ - Melodies, Ads, Signals | sound director, producer |
| 2000 – 2002 | "The hour of ARA" - music radio show with host Toma Sprostranov | sound director, producer |
| 2003 | Radio FM+ - signals and melodies Euro Hot 30 – music ranking on radio FM+ with host Emil Kirilov | sound director, producer |
| 2004 – 2005 | "M-tel Box" - music radio show hosted by Marten and Tony Georgiev on radio FM+ | sound director, producer |
| 2007 and 2009 | Radio "Sofia" - main package of signals | composer, performer, sound engineer |
| 2018 | "Hristo Botev" program -signals for the morning block | composer, performer, sound engineer |
| 2020 | Radio "Sofia" - main package of signals | composer, performer, sound engineer |
| 2021 | "Horizon" program - main signal, signals for news and specialized shows | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2021 | Hristo Botev program - main signal, signals for the morning block | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2021 | Radio "Bulgaria" - main signals | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2022 | Radio "Bulgaria" - program in Turkish, main signals | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2023 | Radio "Focus" - main signals | composer, performer, sound director |
Shows :
| 2002 | "Sea of Love", BTV | composer, performer, sound engineer - background music |
| 2003 | "Russian Roulette", BNT | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2003 | "Masters of the Air", NOVA | composer, sound director |
| 2004 | "Zaloalozhi", BNT | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2005 | "You've Got Mail', NOVA | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2008 | "The Magnificent 6", BTV | composer |
| 2008 | "Clairists", BTV | composer, performer, sound director |
Serials :
| 2004 | "Sea Salt", NOVA | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2019 | All Inclusive, NOVA | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2020 – 2022 | "Brothers", NOVA | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2022 | "Tales of the Hut", NOVA NEWS | composer, performer, sound director |
TV Channels :
| 2009 | Ring TV – signal package | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2013 | Channel 3 – packet signals | composer, performer, sound director |
| 2017 | Max Sport – signal package | composer, performer, sound director |
Theater :
| 2012 | Aladdin, the musical | composer, arranger, producer | National Music Theater - Sofia |
| 2015 | "The ugly Duckling" | composer, arranger, producer | Modern theater |
| 2016 | Samodivi, a fairy tale | composer, arrangement | DT Targovishte |

## Sources

* ↑ BIO | mariobaltadjiev.com
* ↑ "Композиторът Марио Балтаджиев – автор на новия български мюзикъл "Аладин"". БНР. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
* ↑ "Алегро". Bulgarian Rock Archives.
* ↑ "Аладин". musictheatre.bg. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
* ↑ ""Грозното пате"". БНТ. 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
* ↑ "Лятото идва по-рано с новия сериал на NOVA - "Аll Inclusive"". БГ Радио. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
* ↑ "Братя". Нова телевизия. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
* ↑ "Програмите "Хоризонт" и "Христо Ботев" на БНР честват 50-годишен юбилей". БНР. 2021-01-04.