Rosen Lubomirov Balkanski was born on the 15th of March, 1968 in Sofia. He began studying music at the age of nine. Firstly he studied guitar with Stefan Vladimirov, continuing in 1979 with Dimitar Doychinov. In 1982 he was accepted in the National Musical High School, Lubomir Pipkov, in Sofia where he made his first attempts of a composer. He was awarded the following prizes in guitar competitions: third place in the international competition, Cutna Hora, in the Czech Republic [1982) and third and second place in the national competition, Young Musician, in Chirpan (1983 and 1985]. In 1990 he received his first prize as a composer in the competition, Young Guitarist, in Vratza. In the period from 1991 to 1995, he continued to create pieces for classical guitar, but his attention was focused mainly on the creation of music for theatrical performances and film (Solfej for Dogs, Wet Man, Fetus Mortus, etc.).
In 1995 he was accepted in the State Musical Academy, Pancho Vladigerov, as a student in the guitar class of Emil Saev. He successfully finished his studies with Master's Degree. In 1996 he was awarded the prize of second place for composition in the Academy Competition for Performing Art and Creative Art Work in Plovdiv (for the cycle “Miniatures”) and also first place in the international competition for Classical Guitar Interpretation in Plovdiv.
Rosen Balkanski is a part-time classical guitar lecturer in the State Musical Academy, Pancho Vladigerov, in Sofia. He is actively engaged in giving concerts and participates in the Bulgarian Radio and TV broadcasts. He is a member of the Bulgarian Composers Union. Some of his works are published in foreign editions of Switzerland's “Bim” and Germany's “Daminus”.