Nikolo Kotzev (Bulgarian: Николо Коцев) (born 6 June 1961) is a Bulgarian guitarist, violinist, songwriter and producer. He composed the 2001 rock opera Nostradamus and founded the band Brazen Abbot. Biography. Kotzev was born in Pazardzhik and started taking violin lessons at the age of five. While in his teens he took an interest to rock music, and started playing the guitar. 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.
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