- Dobrinka Tabakova
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Dobrinka Tabakova (Bulgarian: Добринка Табакова; born 1980, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a British/Bulgarian composer.
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Life
Dobrinka Tabakova was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She won the Jean-Frederic Perrenoud Prize of the 4th International Competition of Music in Vienna when she was 14 years old. She studied at Alleyn's School London and the Royal Academy of Music in London and graduated the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Afterwards she was awarded a Ph.D. in composition from King's College, London. She studied composition under Simon Bainbridge, Diana Burrell, Robert Keeley and Andrew Schultz.
Tabakova's compositions have been performed at the Cheltenham Music Festival, the International Festival of composition at the Paris Conservatoire, Kremerata Baltica Festival Latvia, Lockenhaus Festival Austria, International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht and others. Her "Praise" was sung at St. Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. She won the GSMD Lutoslawski Composition Prize in 1999 and the Adam Prize of King’s College London for the song cycle Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music in 2007. Her works have been performed in Bulgaria, Britain, Russia and throughout Europe. She has worked with orchestras including Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Swan and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Her works have especially been performed by the violist Maxim Rysanov.[1][2]
Selected works
- Modetudes for solo piano (1998)
- Pirin for solo viola (2000)
- Midsummer Magic, Opera in 1 act (2000–2001)
- The Custard Tart, Opera in 1 act (2003)
- Whispered Lullaby for viola and piano (2004)[3]
- Suite in Old Style for viola, strings and harpsichord (2006)
- Nocturne for solo piano (2008)
- Suite in Jazz Style for viola and piano (2008)
- Concerto for Viola and Strings (2008)
- Schubert Arpeggione
References
- ^ "Dobrinka Tabakova". http://www.dobrinka.com/about/index.htm. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- ^ British and international music yearbook: Volume 1. 2006.
- ^ BBC music magazine: Volume 15, Issues 7-13. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2007.
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Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- 20th-century classical composers
- Bulgarian composers
- Women classical composers
- People from Plovdiv
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