Alexander Raichev (Bulgarian: Александър Райчев) (11 April 1922 – 2003) was a Bulgarian music educator and composer.
Raichev was born in Lom, Bulgaria, and studied with Pancho Vladigerov at the State Musical Academy in Sofia where he graduated in 1947. He then studied with Zoltán Kodály and Janos Ferencsik at the Budapest Conservatory from 1949-50. After completing his studies, he taught at the Bulgarian State Conservatory, serving as Rector from 1970 to 1978. Notable students include Rosica Petkova.
In 1969 Vasheto prisatvie (Your Presence) was the earliest Bulgarian radio opera to be broadcast.
1937: Suite for chamber orchestra1943: Largo and Scherzo for string orchestra1945: Symphonic Suite for orchestra1947: Piano Concerto (lost)1949–50: Symphony No.1: Symphony/Cantata “He Shall Not Die” for chorus and orchestra1949–50 “Pioneers Suite” for female chorus and orchestra1953: Ballet “Haidouk Song” (and two Ballet Suites, 1954 and 1955)1953 Oratorio “Dimitrov still Lives” for soloist, narrator, male chorus and orchestra1954: Oratorio “Friendship” for bass, chorus and orchestra1954: Sonata-Poem for Violin and Orchestra1955: Suite for chamber orchestra1958: Symphony No.2 “The New Prometheus”1962: Four Miniatures for string orchestra1966: Symphony No.3 “Strivings”1966 Overture “Bright Day”1967: Oratorio “October 1950” for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra1968: Symphony No.4 for string orchestra1970: Symphonic Glorification “Lenin Generations” for orchestra1971: Overture “Bright Dawn”1972: Symphony No.5 for chamber orchestra1972: Symphonic Moments “Leipzig ‘33” for orchestra1974: Academic Overture1975: Festival Overture1978: Ballet “The Fountain of the White-legged Woman” (and Ballet Suite)1979: Cantata “Varna”1979: Concerto for Orchestra1983: Balkan Rhapsody for orchestra1983: Concert March No.1 for wind orchestra1984: March for wind orchestra1985: Concert March No.2 for wind orchestra1986: Jubilee Overture1986: Overture “Eulogy”1986: Ballad for the Unknown Soldier for bass and wind orchestra1987: “Thoughts about the Master sketches” for string orchestra1987: Overture “Levski” for wind orchestra1988: Cantata “Shipka” for soloists, narrators, male chorus and orchestra1989: Triptych for clarinet, piano, strings and percussion1991: Oratorio “Kabile” for narrator, chorus and orchestra1992: Romantic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra1994: Symphony No.6 “Liturgical”1995: Partita melancolica for string orchestra1998: Symphonic Episodes for orchestraOpera1962: Slaveyat na Orkhideyata (The Nightingale of the Orchid) - (operetta, V. Bashev after P. Panchev), Sofia State Music - March 6, 19621965: Most (The Bridge) - (Bashev), Ruse Opera, October 2, 19651969: Vasheto prisastvie (Your Presence) - Radio Sofia, Sept. 5, 1969.1980: Blagoevgrad Chamber Opera1974: Trevoga (Anxiety) - (O. Orlinov, after O. Vassilev), Sofia National Opera, 1974
