Book of the Year 2026 Awards of the Musicologists Section of the Union of Bulgarian Composers for scholars from the Music Sector

 
At the regular meeting of the Musicologists Section of the Union of Bulgarian Composers on 9 October 2026, the annual Book of the Year Awards were presented for publications released in 2025. Two of the award-winning monographs were written by researchers from the Music Sector of the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
‘Asen Ovcharov and Bulgarian Popular Music’ by Assoc. Prof. Mihail Lukanov, PhD, from the Music Sector was honoured in the Monograph category, in the field of Music History (Lukanov, Mihail. Asen Ovcharov and Bulgarian Popular Music. Sofia: Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 136 p. ISBN 978-619-7619-55-3).
The special award went to Prof. Mariyana Buleva, DSc, an associate member of the Music Sector, for her monograph ‘On Music Theory: Specificity, Research Process, Methodology’ (Buleva, Mariyana. On Music Theory: Specificity, Research Process, Methodology. Sofia: Mars 09, 2025, 396 p. ISBN 978-954-2925-63-7).