Nikolo Kotzev

Bulgarian guitarist and composer, leader of Brazen Abbot and creator of the rock opera Nostradamus.

Kotzev assembled an international cast for the 2001 rock opera Nostradamus, including vocalists Joe Lynn Turner, Glenn Hughes, Doogie White and Jørn Lande, and musicians from the band Europe (Mic Michaeli, Ian Haugland, John Leven). The project features the Sofia Strings Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Nelko Kolarov.

The available review praises Nikolo Kotzev's rock opera Nostradamus as a symphonic, melodic masterpiece. It highlights production struggles overcome to release the 2001 project and the large international cast. Orchestration, vocal performances and dramatic narrative are repeatedly commended. The reviewer calls the double album "an absolute must-have."

For:Fans of AOR, hard rock, symphonic rock and rock operas.