Bulgarian bass Deyan Vatchkov was born 1979 in Sofiaand studied there at the Spanish school "Miguel de Cervantes". He then attended the Sofia Musical Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" and studied there with

Deyan Vatchkov later completed the Academy for Young Singers at La Scala studying with Leyla Gencer, Luigi Alva,Teresa Berganza and Luciana Serra.There he sang in a production of Verdi's early opera Oberto