Конкурент

Konkurent (Cyrillic: Конкурент) is a heavy metal/hard rock/AOR band from Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria, that was formed in 1986.

The band Konkurent is a Bulgarian rock band founded in 1986 by Emil Anchev. They have produced five albums and have hundreds of concerts in the country and abroad including performances with Whitesnake during the visit of David Coverdale in Sofia in 1997 and Glen Hughes – 2005.

During their participation in the World Music Fair festival they sang next to bands like Scorpions, Toto, Rammstein, Iron Maiden,Yngwie Malmsteen and many others. They sang with Deep Purple on the prestige festival Montreux Jazz Fest where they have been invited two years in a row.

In 1996 the French music television MCM played two video clips of the band - "Do You Wanna" and "Leave Me Alone", which were then nominated for a video clip from Eastern Europe Award on the MCM awards, and the band itself for the Rock Band from Eastern Europe Award.

In1997 Konkurent won the award Best Rock Band from Bulgaria on the “National Pop and Rock Awards” organized by BNT. Later, the band presented their album called “Something Wet” on the international music fair World Music Fair in Germany which brought them world fame.

In December 2002 Riva Sound released their fifth album called “Escape from Heaven” with the hit singles “Come back” and “Street of dreams”. There are video clips made for these songs. In 2006 the band celebrated 20 years together and went on a national tour, releasing a CD titled “The Best of Konkurent”.