LUBOMIR GEORGIEV, Associate Professor of Cello, joined the FSU faculty in Fall 1993, following his position as principal cellist in the Sacramento Symphony. Mr. Georgiev graduated from the Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia and received the Artist Diploma from Indiana University, where he was a student of Janos Starker. While in Bulgaria, he was soloist and principal cellist with the Sofia Philharmonic for nine years and appeared as guest artist with major orchestras and numerous Bulgarian radio recordings.

Georgiev has won national and international awards and competitions in the CIS (former USSR), Germany and Italy, followed by solo and recital engagements in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Mr. Georgiev is also an accomplished composer. His string quartet, Musica Multiplici Mentes, won first prize in the Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Dresden, Germany, in 1981. The "Valentino Bucchi" Prize of Rome, Italy, was awarded to his Double Bass Concerto in 1986. Mr. Georgiev is a frequent guest performer at festivals in Bear Valley, CA, Desert Foothills, AZ, and Varna, Bulgaria, and currently serves as principal cellist with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.