Nikolo Kotzev

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nikolo Kotzev
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jun 6, 1961(1961-06-06)
Age	63
Birthplace	Pazardzhik
Country	Bulgaria
Birth City	Pazardzhik
Horoscope	Cancer

Nikolo Kotzev Biography

Nikolo Kotzev is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on June 6, 1961 in Pazardzhik, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. Nikolo Kotsev (Bulgarian: Николо Коцев ) (born June 6, 1961) is a Bulgarian guitarist, violinist, songwriter and producer, perhaps most famous for his 2001 rock opera Nostradamus and his band Brazen Abbot.

Kotzev resumed work with Brazen Abbot in 2002, releasing Guilty as Sin in

2003. The line-up was mostly the same as for Bad Religion, with Lande replacing Vikström. Michaeli, Levén and Haugland departed Brazen Abbot to rejoin Europe. Temporary replacements filled in during a short tour in Bulgaria, recordings of which were released on the live album A Decade of Brazen Abbot (2004). My Resurrection followed in 2005, and featured four singers: Edman, Turner and new members Tony Harnell (TNT) and Erik Mårtensson and a new backing band consisting of bassist Wayne Banks (ex-Sabbat, Blaze), organist Nelko Kolarov and drummer Mattias Knutas.

He received criticism from his former colleague Joe Lynn Turner in 2015 when he released a twentieth-anniversary compilation CD/DVD of Live And Learn material, which Turner condemned as a ‘homemade bootleg.’

Brazen Abbot was put on hiatus when Kotzev started working on a rock opera about Nostradamus. Due to a string of setbacks, including scheduling conflicts and Kotzev’s record company, USG Records, going bankrupt, the album wasn’t completed until 2000 and was finally released as Nikolo Kotzev’s Nostradamus in 2001 on SPV Records. The album featured most Brazen Abbot members, in addition to singers Jørn Lande (Masterplan), Alannah Myles and Sass Jordan. Fifteen years later, it premiered at the State Opera of city of Ruse, Bulgaria, for the 450th anniversary of Nostradamus’s death.

Nikolo Kotzev Net Worth

Nikolo Kotzev is one of the richest Guitarist from Bulgaria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nikolo Kotzev 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nikolo worked as a session musician and played the guitar in a Bulgarian rock group Impulse. While touring with the band in Europe in the late 80s, Nikolo met Swedish singer Björn Lodin. When Nikolo relocated to Mariehamn, Åland, Finland in 1989, he joined Lodin’s band Baltimoore, with whom he recorded two albums: Double Density (1992) and Thought For Food (1994).

Creative differences led to Kotzev’s departure in 1994, at which point Nikolo started working on a solo project under the Brazen Abbot moniker. The result was Live and Learn (1995), which featured singers Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen), Glenn Hughes (ex-Deep Purple, ex-Trapeze) and Thomas Vikström, keyboard player Mic Michaeli (Europe), bassist Svante Henryson and drummer Ian Haugland (Europe). Kotzev played the guitar, produced, mixed and wrote all the songs for the album. The follow-up album, Eye of the Storm (1996), featured mostly the same people, with Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Rainbow,ex-Deep Purple) replacing Hughes and John Levén (Europe) replacing Henryson. The same line-up also released Bad Religion (1997).

In 2011 Kotzev started a band in Sofia, Bulgaria, named Kikimora (Bulgarian: Кикимора ), which plays hard rock with Bulgarian lyrics.

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Nikolo Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Bulgaria. Nikolo Kotzev celebrates birthday on June 6 of every year.