Dedicated to ppIANISSIMO
Penka Kuneva (b. 1967, Bulgaria/USA):
Cassandra’s Toccata for piano four hands (2017) **
performed by: Alexandra Dicheva and Mila Mihova
Angel Nikolov (b. 1994, Bulgaria):
Alarm Clock – jazz etude for solo piano (2016) *
performed by: Angel Nikolov
Dobrinka Tabakova (b. 1980, Bulgaria/England):
Modétudes for solo piano (1998–2008) *
I.
Dorian
II. Lydian
III. Ionian
IV. Locrian
II. Lydian
III. Ionian
IV. Locrian
V. Phrygian
VI. Aeolian
VII. Mixolydian
performed by: Sava Vutov
VI. Aeolian
VII. Mixolydian
performed by: Sava Vutov
Lacrimosa for solo piano (2016) **
performed by: Ines Simeonova
Albena Petrovic Vratchanska (b. 1965, Bulgaria/Luxemburg):
Surviving Bridges of Love
for piano, tambourine and Tibetan singing bowl (2017) **
performed by: Ines Simeonova
Konstantin Ilievsky (b. 1979, Bulgaria/Slovakia):
Two
Spatial Studies
for
two
pianists on a grand piano and tam-tam (2017) **
And Only the Time...
In the Existence
performed by: Alexandra
Dicheva and Mila MihovaIn the Existence
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*
Bulgarian premiere
**
World premiere
* * *
Alexandra Dicheva was born in Yambol in 1996. She
graduated from the “Vasil Karagyozov” Language High School (Yambol) and is
currently a student at the “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music
(Sofia) in the piano class of Prof. Borislava Taneva, PhD. She has participated
in master classes of eminent musicians, including: Rostislav Yovchev, Lyudmil
Angelov, Lilia Boyadjieva, Marcus Prause, Marina Pliassova, Agathe Leimoni,
Rafael Salinas and Michael Wladkowski.
She is a laureate from
national and international competitions, such as the International Competition VIVAPIANO (Sofia), the International
Piano Competition “Andrey Stoyanov” (Sofia) and the International Youth Music
Competition Hopes, Talents, Maters
(Dobrich).
In November 2016, she put
on a solo recital including pieces by Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander
Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev and Andrey Stoyanov.
Mila Mihova was born in 1997 in Veliko Tarnovo. She
graduated from the “Lyubomir Pipkov” National School of Music in
the piano class of Emiliya Kaneva. Currently, she is a student at the “Prof.
Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music in the piano class of Prof.
Borislava Taneva, PhD. She has participated in numerous master classes given by
famous musicians, such as Lyudmil Angelov, Milena Mollova, Balázs Szokolay,
Marina Pliassova, Aleksander Hinchev and Elena Ashkenazy.
She
has won many prizes from national and international competitions in Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. Mila has had various concert
performances both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She has performed as
a soloist with the Vidin Sinfonietta and the Athens Sinfonietta. She has taken
part in the 2015/2016 New Year Festival in Sofia (in the Music for Children concert), in the Musica Mundi International Festival of Chamber Music in Belgium (2014)
and in the ppIANISSIMO International Festival
of Contemporary Piano Music (2013).
Angel Nikolov was born in 1994. He graduated from the “Lyubomir
Pipkov” National School of Music (Sofia) studying piano with Boyan Batchvarov,
Mario Angelov and Assoc. Prof. Alexander Vasilenko. Currently, he is a student
at the “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music in the piano class
of Prof. Borislava Taneva, PhD. Additionally, he has participated in the master
classes of Lyudmil Angelov, Bernd Glemser, Yuri Bogdanov, Raquel Boldorini,
Lilia Boyadjieva, Daniele Petralia, Michielle Rosetti, Rafael Salinas, Agate
Leimoni, Marina Pliassova and Milcho Leviev.
As a composer and a
performer Angel has participated and received multiple awards in number of
music competitions in many cities in Bulgaria and abroad, including the exclusive
award for jazz composition “Nathalie Voyatzis” at the International Competition
From Bach to Jazz in Paris (2015).
From March 2015 to
January 2016, he was a member of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony
Orchestra and participated actively in all performances of the orchestra in
this period. In the summers of 2015 and 2016, he participated in the
International Jazz Festival in Bansko. As a pianist, He too part in several
productions of the Sofia Puppet Theater.
Sava Vutov
was born in Sofia in 1994. He graduated from the “Lyubomir Pipkov” National
School of Music (Sofia) in the piano class of Assoc. Prof. Alexander Vasilenko
and Tsveta Kuncheva. Currently, he is a student at the “Prof. Pancho
Vladigerov” National Academy of Music in the class of Prof. Borislava Taneva,
PhD. He has attended the master classes of Maria Prinz and Lyudmil Angelov, and
the summer master classes of Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where he
subsequently gave a recital. He has participated twice in the master class of
the International Music Academy in Poros (Greece), where in 2014 he gave a
recital and played with the Athens Sinfonietta.
He
has been a soloist with the Sofia
Soloists Chamber Ensemble, “Orpheus” Chamber Orchestra (Pernik), Vidin and
Razgrad Philharmonic Orchestras, the Academic Symphony Orchestra and the
Student String Orchestra of the National Academy of Music. He has worked with
conductors such as Plamen Djouroff, Georgi Chimshirov, Ivaylo Krinchev,
Konstantin Ilievski, Raycho Christov and others.
He
is also a composer of instrumental, choral and film music. He has won numerous
awards at international competitions in Sofia, Razgrad, Skopje, Niš, Barletta
and Bologna.
Ines Simeonova
was born in Dobrich (Bulgaria). She graduated from the “Lyubomir Pipkov”
National School of Music (Sofia) in the piano class of
Mariana Shikova in 2013. In the same year, she was admitted to the “Prof.
Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music, where she is currently studying
piano under Prof. Borislava Taneva, PhD. Over the years, she has been an active
participant in the master classes of many famous piano professors in Bulgaria
and abroad, including: Hiroaki Takenouchi, Ian Jones, Igor Petrin, Daniele
Petralia, Naum Grubert, Marco Perini, Marina Horak, Fulvio Turisini, Natalia
Trull, Tamara Poddubnaya, Sachiko Kodama, Peter Donohoe, Joan Havill, Andrew
Johnston, Milena Mollova, Ludmil Angelov, Viktor Chuchkov, Zheni Zaharieva and
others.
She
has been awarded numerous prizes from piano and chamber music competitions in
Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and the USA. Ines has also taken part in many concerts
in various venues within Sofia, including: Studio
5, Bulgarian National Radio Concert Studio, “Lyubomir Pipkov” National
School of Music – Concert Hall, Bulgaria Hall, National Palace of Culture and
others.
