PRIZES

62nd Annual Grammy Awards
Los Angeles, CA (USA)

2020: Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Jacob Collier’s Arrangement of Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long”
Additional orchestration and arrangement by Vladimir Nikolov

Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia
Call for Orchestral Works

2016: First prize for original Big Band work “Let Ring”
2014: First prize for original Big Band work “Changing Landscapes”
2013: First prize for original Symphonic Work “Up and Down: three images from the Book of Changes“

Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble Composition 2011 Contest (Ithaca, NY, USA)

2012: Awarded the title of Honorable Mention: “Across The Threshold”
2011: Awarded the title of Honorable Mention: “Sade Sati”

International Competition of Composition and Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra: Scrivere in Jazz (Sassari, Sardinia – Italy)

2006: 1st prize for original composition “In Between”
2002: Finalist with original composition “Might of Perception”

Silesian Jazz Festival (Katowice, Poland)
3rd International Jazz Composition Competition

2016: Third prize for original work “Artistry in Broken Rhythm”

84th Academy Awards (Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA)

2012: Oscar for Best Music (Original Score) – “The Artist”
music by Ludovic Bource, orchestrated by Vladimir Nikolov

Grolsch International Jazz Festival (Enschede, Netherlands)
ArtEZ Composition Contest

2012: Finalist with original composition “Cross Talk”
2009: Finalist with original composition “Sade Sati”

International Competition of Composition and Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra:
Barga Jazz (Barga, Italy)

2010: 1st prize for arrangement on “Item 3, D.I.T.” by Steve Swallow
2008: 1st prize for arrangement on “To A Spirit Once Known” by David Liebman
2005: 1st prize for arrangement on “E.S.P.” by Wayne Shorter
2003: 1st prize for original composition “Labyrinth”
2002: 2nd prize for arrangement on “Ruby, My Dear” by Thelonious Monk