Vladimir Djambazov is a Bulgarian composer and horn player. He studied first at the Music academy in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

. Then he won a DAAD

German Academic Exchange Service

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 scholarship and graduated from the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen

Essen

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, Germany

Germany

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, having studied electronic music composition with Dirk Reith (ICEM) and horn with Hermann Baumann.

Vladimir Djambazov composes Electro-acoustic

Electroacoustic music

Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...

 and Acousmatic

Acousmatic music

Acousmatic music is a form of electroacoustic music that deals specifically with acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The practice has a historical basis in musique concrète. It can be created using non-acoustic technology, exists only in a recorded format , and is composed for reception...

 music, as well as pure acoustic music.

He participated in many festivals as the Synthese (France), Elektronischer Fühling and Wien Modern (Austria), November Music (Germany/Belgium/Netherlands), BIMESP (2000,2002/Brazil)http://www.flomenezes.mus.br/panaroma/bimesp.html, Musica Scienza (2003/Italy)http://www.crm-music.it/it/attivita-artistica/musicascienza/168-musica-scienza-03-il-teatro-dellascolto, FEMF (2002, 2003/U.S.A), the ISCM World New Music Days (2002/Hong Kong, 2003/Slovenia), the SICMF (2007/Korea)http://www.computermusic.or.kr/main_en/archives/sicmf-2007/, Musica Viva (2008/Portugal)http://www.misomusic.com/port/difu/musviva/2008/folhadesala_23set08_21h_mc.pdf and NYCEMF (2009/U.S.A.) http://www.nycemf.org/2009/schedule/. His music was aired or performed by many European and Asian broadcast companies. Labels such Monopol, Cybelle http://www.cybele.de/shop/product_info.php?products_id=51, RZ Edition http://www.edition-rz.de/ and Erdenklang published his music on CD and DVD.

In 2005 he was artist-in-residende of the Berlin artistic program of DAAD, Germany http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/museums/museum-profile/Daad+Artists+In+Residence+Berlin/542.html. In 2009 he was one of the 13 European composers selected to participate in the NYCEMF in Manhattan, NY, USA.http://www.nycemf.org/2009/schedule/
Since 2009 Vladimir is the host of the radio show "Viva La Musica" in the Bulgarian National Radio http://www.bnr.bg.

Vladimir Djambazov has taught on Audio design and Stage music at the Sofia University

Sofia University

The St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia or Sofia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria, founded on 1 October 1888...

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External links:

Composer's site:http://www.freewebs.com/vladimir2007

Union of Bulgarian composers:http://www.ubc-bg.com/users.php?u=1&auth=37