Mihail Shishkov

Mihail Shishkov was born in Sofia in 1973. He studied piano at the “L. Pipkov” Secondary School of Music in Sofia.

He later studied acting for puppet theatre at NATFIZ “Kr. Sarafov” under Prof. Dora Ruskova, graduating with a master’s degree in 1995.

Since 1995, he has worked as a composer, arranger, concert performer and studio musician on projects, concerts and recordings with many prominent Bulgarian artists. He plays piano, guitar, pedal steel guitar, double bass, harmonica, mandolin and percussion, among other instruments.

He has composed music for more than 70 puppet and drama productions. In 2018, he was nominated for an ASKEER theatre award for his music for “Moderato Cantabile”, directed by Stiliyan Petrov.

In 2020, he received the IKAR award for original music from the Union of Artists in Bulgaria for the Vazrazhdane Theatre production of “For a phenomenon of electricity” by A. P. Chekhov, directed by Stiliyan Petrov.