Georgi Minchev
Encyclopedia
Georgi Minchev is a Bulgarian
composer
.
in Moscow and for several months he studied simultaneously under Aram Khachaturian
. In 1972 he received a UNESCO
music fellowship to further his education in the USA, Great Britain and France. At the Conservatoire de Paris
he attended the composition class of Olivier Messiaen
.
, as Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of the Union of Bulgarian Composers, and as Artistic Director at the Bulgarian National Radio.
He has been on the jury of many international competitions: Let the Peoples Sing (London); International Composition Competition (Terni, Italy); Premio Vittorio Gui (Florence, Italy); Premio Ancona (Ancona, Italy); International Composition Competition (Berlin, Germany); Olympia International Composition Competition (Athens, Greece); S. Prokofiev International Composition Competition (Moscow).
Georgi Minchev has been awarded the highest national and a number of international prizes. His Piano Concerto was selected by the International Record Critics Award in USA in 1979 and was the first among the works recommended by the International Composer's Rostrum in Paris in 1981. In 1989 Georgi Mintchev was honoured as "Onorevole Senatore Accademico" and was awarded the Lorenzo Magnifico European Prize of the Accademia Internationale Medicea in Florence.
His works have been performed in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cuba, Columbia, Australia, Greece, Belgium, Austria, San Marino, USA, Holland, Spain, Japan, Great Britain and Finland.
He is member of SUISA (Switzerland) and MUSICAUTOR (Bulgaria).
Stage
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber music
Piano
Choral
Vocal
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Education
Minchev is a graduate of the Bulgarian State Conservatoire in Prof. Marin Goleminov's composition class. Between 1968 and 1970 he majored under Rodion ShchedrinRodion Shchedrin
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin is a Russian composer. He was one оf the leading Soviet composers, and was the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990.-Life and Works:...
in Moscow and for several months he studied simultaneously under Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...
. In 1972 he received a UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
music fellowship to further his education in the USA, Great Britain and France. At the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
he attended the composition class of Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
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Career and awards
He has worked as editor-in-chief of music production at the Bulgarian National RadioBulgarian National Radio
Bulgarian National Radio is Bulgaria's national radio broadcasting organization. It operates two national and seven regional channels, as well as an international service – Radio Bulgaria – which broadcasts in 11 languages.-National:...
, as Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of the Union of Bulgarian Composers, and as Artistic Director at the Bulgarian National Radio.
He has been on the jury of many international competitions: Let the Peoples Sing (London); International Composition Competition (Terni, Italy); Premio Vittorio Gui (Florence, Italy); Premio Ancona (Ancona, Italy); International Composition Competition (Berlin, Germany); Olympia International Composition Competition (Athens, Greece); S. Prokofiev International Composition Competition (Moscow).
Georgi Minchev has been awarded the highest national and a number of international prizes. His Piano Concerto was selected by the International Record Critics Award in USA in 1979 and was the first among the works recommended by the International Composer's Rostrum in Paris in 1981. In 1989 Georgi Mintchev was honoured as "Onorevole Senatore Accademico" and was awarded the Lorenzo Magnifico European Prize of the Accademia Internationale Medicea in Florence.
His works have been performed in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cuba, Columbia, Australia, Greece, Belgium, Austria, San Marino, USA, Holland, Spain, Japan, Great Britain and Finland.
He is member of SUISA (Switzerland) and MUSICAUTOR (Bulgaria).
Selected works
- Minchev's compositions are mainly published by Sovetsky Kompozitor, Edition BIM.
Stage
- Fahrenheit 451 (Фаренхайт 451), ballet (1993–1996); after the novel by Ray BradburyRay BradburyRay Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
Orchestral
- Intermezzo and Aquarelle (Интермецо и акварел) for 2 flutes, harpsichord and 13 string instruments (1970)
- Concert Music (Концертна музика) (1976)
- Prologue Symphonique (Симфоничен пролог) (1981)
- Dynamic Spaces (Динамични пространства) (1991)
- Contrasts (Контрасти), Music for orchestra (2002)
Concertante
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1978)
- Senti Metal, Concerto for cello and orchestra (1993)
- Monodia and Concerto Grosso for viola, harpsichord, percussion and string orchestra (2006)
Chamber music
- Concerto Breve I for 10 instruments (1984)
- Concerto Breve II "ContempoRetro" for brass quintet (1993)
- Monodia II for viola or cello solo (2006)
Piano
- Sonograms (Сонограми), 5 Concert Reminiscences (1980)
Choral
- Old Church Chronicles (Староългаски хроники), Oratorio for mezzo-soprano, bass, mixed chorus, female folk chorus, narrator and orchestra (1971)
- Prayers (Молитви) for mixed chorus a cappella (1997)
Vocal
- 3 Poems (Три поеми) for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1973)
- Frescos (Фрески), Song Cycle for soprano, piano and bells (1983)
- 3 Poems (Три поеми) for soprano, string orchestra and percussion (1983)
- Drop, Drop, Slow Tears for soprano and piano (1998); words by Phineas FletcherPhineas FletcherPhineas Fletcher was an English poet, elder son of Dr Giles Fletcher, and brother of Giles the younger. He was born at Cranbrook, Kent, and was baptized on 8 April 1582.-Life:...
(1582–1650)