In 1910, two years after his father's early death, Vladigerov and the rest of his family moved to Sofia, where Pancho started studying composition with Dobri Hristov, the most distinguished Bulgarian composer of his generation.
En 1910, dous anos despois da temperá morte do seu pai, Vladigerov e o resto da familia mudáronse a Sofía, onde Pancho comezou a estudar composición con Dobri Hristov, o compositor máis distinguido da súa xeración.