Georgi Lyubenov Minchev was a Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia on January 29, 1939. His father was the opera singer Lyuben Minchev.
Minchev studied composition with Marin Goleminov and piano with Lyuba Obretenova and Bogomil Starchenov at the Bulgarian Conservatory. From 1968 to 1970, he continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory with Rodion Shchedrin and Aram Khachaturian. In 1972, he took lessons at the Paris Conservatory with Olivier Messiaen.
From 1961, Minchev worked for Bulgarian Radio. He became director of the Balkanton record company in 1986. He served as secretary of the board of the Union of Bulgarian Composers from 1980 and as its deputy chairman from 1984. He also wrote film music and arranged folk songs.
His works include the oratorio Old Bulgarian Chronicle (1971), Concert Music for symphony orchestra (1976), a piano concerto (1979), the Symphonic Prologue (1981), the vocal cycle Frescoes (1984), and the ballet Fahrenheit 451 (1993), based on Ray Bradbury’s novel. He was named Honored Artist of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria in 1980 and received the Dimitrov Prize in 1984.