Petar Petrof

Petar Petrof (born 1961, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) graduated from the State Academy of Music majoring in Composition under Professor Alexander Raychev. He specialised with Anatol Vieru. He taught Polyphony at the Blagoevgrad University and at the State Academy of Music. Currently he has been teaching at the Secondary Music School in Stara Zagora. He is Head of the Music Theory Subjects Department and also works as accompanist and conductor. Since 1999 he has been artistic director of the festival Days of the Bulgarian Music held in Stara Zagora.

He won distinctions at national and international competitions, among which is a diploma he received in 1988 at the Second International Competition for Composers and Pianists in Ecuador for his Concert Improvisation for piano. His piano work In Memoriam composed in memory of Ivan Spassov was premiered at the Moscow Autumn Festival in 1997. His works were performed in the Czech Republic, France, USA, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Russia and Ecuador.

Orchestral Works

Symphony # 1 LAMENTO, 1987

Concerto for violin and orchestra #1, 1987

Concerto piccolo #4, 1989

Symphony # 2 CATHARSIS, 1990

Symphony # 3 MEMENTO, 1994

Symphony # 4 DONNA NOBIS PACEM, 1995

Symphony # 6 BECAUSE THESE WE ARE, 1998

Concerto for violin and orchestra # 2, 1997

Concerto for piano and orchestra IN MEMORIAM TO ERIC SATIE, 1999

NONSENCE VARIATIONS for small orchestra, 2001

Chamber Works

SONATA PARTITA for Violin solo, 1986

CONCERTO PICCOLO # 1 for flute, violin and piano, 1987

CONCERTO PICCOLO # 2 for violin, violoncello and piano, 1988

STUDIUM 1 for marimba solo, 1989

STUDIUM 2 for flauto (or clarinet) solo, 1989

CONCERTO PICCOLO # 3 for children choir, two violins, maracas and piano, 1989

RICERCARE for three clarinets, 1989

STUDIUM 3 for clarinet solo, 1990

STUDIUM 4 for viola solo, 1990

STUDIUM 6 for organ solo, 1992

STUDIUM 7 for guitar solo, 1992

DIALOGUES WITH THE SILENCE (CONCERTO PICCOLO #6) for clarinet and violoncello, 1994

ESTAMPIE (CONCERTO PICCOLO # 5) for clarinet, violoncello and piano, 1994

STUDIUM 10 (IDEALSMUSIC) for clarinet [with pianoplay] solo, 1994

STUDIUM 11 for trumpet solo, 1994

BACH-STUDIUMS for clarinet, viola and piano, 1995

NIGHT STAGES for female choir, harp and celesta, 1996

DIALOGUES WITH mr. GALILEO for chamber ensemble, 1997

DEWY-CONCERTO for clarinet and ensemble, 1997

Studium 14 (Ave Maria) for clarinet and piano, 1997

Studium 15 (Preludium und Aria) for violin (or viola) and piano, 1997

Studium 16 for flute (or clarinet) and piano, 1997

BALLET 1 for piano and harpsichord, 1997

SIX MEDITATIONS for different chamber ensembles, 1997

LAUDA for mixed choir and harpsichord, 1998

BALLET 2 for piano and harpsichord, 1998

BALLET 4 for chamber ensemble, 1999

IN MEMORIAM OF ANATHOL VIERU for chamber ensemble, 1999

STUDIUM 20 for Violoncello solo, 1999

SEVEN LAST RITUALS (CONCERTO PICCOLO #7) for violin, cello and piano, 2000

Works for Piano

Polyphonic pieces, (book I - 1980, book II - 1985)

Sonata # 1, 1983

Variants and Fugue, 1983 (2-nd ed. 1998)

DIVERTISSEMENT for piano four hands, 1984

Sonata # 2, 1985

Sonata # 3, 1987

Concert Improvisations (STUDIUM 5), 1988

Sonata # 4, 1988

STUDIUM 8, 1988

STUDIUM 9, 1994

In Memoriam, 1997

Toccata, 1997

GHOSTS FROM VIENNESE FOREST - 6 comments for piano, 1998

STUDIUM 17-19, 1999

Partita # 1, 2000

Partita # 2, 2000

STUDIUM 21-24, 2001

Todora's Dream (STUDIUM 25), 2003

Paganini-Studiums, 2004

Electroacoustic

Symphony # 5 "Alla Bulgarese", 1997

"Messages I" for pan-flute and electronic instruments on a themes of the Bulgarian music folklore, 1997

"Messages II" for voice and electronic instruments on a writings and music themes of Master Beinsa Douno, 1999

"Messages III" for electronic instruments on a themes of the Bulgarian orthodox music, 2001

Stage Works

THE HUGE WEALTH, musical, lyrics Pantcho Pantchev, 2001

THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER, child's musical, on a themes of Hans Christian Andersen and BorisTchaikovsky, libretto Maya Dalgatcheva, 2002

GOLD BULGARIAN SAGA, child's musical, libretto Maya Dalgatcheva, 2003

TOUCH ME, musical, text Anna Petrova, 2003

VASILISA ADORABLE, child's musical, libretto Maya Dalgatcheva, 2004

CINDERELLA - BG, child's musical, libretto Maya Dalgatcheva, 2007