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Arnaoudov, Gheorghi (b. 1957, Sofia). Bulgarian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Arnaoudov studied composition with A. Tanev and contemporary music with Bojidar Spassov at the Pancho Vladigerov Academy of Music in Sofia. He also attended summer courses directed by Brian Ferneyhough and Albert Mayr in Florence, as well as a workshop with Ton de Leeuw. He has also undertaken research work in ancient far-Eastern and Greek music, electroacoustic music, music theory, and musique concrète.
His awards include the Grand Prix of the European Broadcasting Union (1985), the Golden Harp Prize from Jeunesses Musicales of Bulgaria (1986), the Special Prize of the Union of Bulgarian Composers (1986), and the Carl Maria von Weber International Prize of Music (1989). His music has been performed in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, the UK, and the USA and has represented Bulgaria at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in Paris.
Mr. Arnaoudov is also active in other positions. He has written numerous articles on the aesthetics of modernism and postmodernism, communications in music, the contemporary arts, musical semiotics, and the theory of contemporary music. In addition, he has written much musical criticism.
He teaches in the theatre department at the New Bulgarian University, as well as at the National School of Music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: garnaoudov@abv.bg
Website: http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/music/arnaoudov.html
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Offertorium I (dance performance, after Hermann Broch), 1988; Offertorium II (dance performance, after Jorge Luis Borges), 1991; Transpatium (ballet), 1996; Choreordained (2 act ballet), 1996; ...the highest point of my inferiority... (dance theatre work), 1998; Black Box (dance theatre work, text by John Cage), 1999; Threshold (dance theatre work), 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Symphony No. 1, 1984; Concerto for Orchestra, 1986; Concerto grosso, string orchestra, 1987; Kammerkonzert, piano, orchestra, 1988; Laus Solis, 1996; The Colour of Light, 1997; Variations on a Theme by Rachmaninov, 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet No. 2, 1988; Ritual III (Borges Fragment), cello, 1993; Vihaya, flute, 1995; Thyepolia, tenor recorder, cello, percussion, 1997; Kells, cello (+ ghunghru [small Tibetan bells]), 1999; Variations, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 2001; Delicatessen, any 4 strings, 2002
CHORAL: Thyepoleo (text from ancient hymn sources), 4 mixed voices, ancient-instrument ensemble, 2000
VOCAL: Footnote (...und Isolde/ns Winkfall lassen) (text by James Joyce), voice, small orchestra, 1991; Summe Deus (text from the "Kyrie eleison"), soprano, small orchestra, 1991; The Circle of Rites (text from ancient Sanskrit sources), soprano, ensemble, 1991; The Way of the Birds, soprano, flute, violin, 1995; The Way of the Birds II, soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, percussion, 1995; Katawassi, mezzo-soprano, string quartet, 1996
PIANO: Paysages sonores, 1983; Partita I, 1984; Ritual I, 1988, revised 1991; Incarnation in the Light (Ritual II), 1993; ...un pan de ciel au milieu du silence, 1993; Svarog Ritual, 1994; Le temple du silence, 2 pianos, 1996; Et iterum venturus, 1997; A husky fife-note blew, 1998
DISCOGRAPHY
Ritual I; Incarnation in the Light (Ritual II). Boyan Vodenicharov, piano (Gega-New: GD-170, 1995)
Svarog Ritual; Incarnation in the Light (Ritual II); ...un pan de ciel au milieu du silence; Partita I. Angela Tosheva, piano (Concord Concerto: 42032, 1996)
The Circle of Rites; Ritual I; Incarnation in the Light (Ritual II); Ritual III (Borges Fragment); Summe Deus. Emilia Maximova, soprano; Kalina Krasteva, cello; Boyan Vodenicharov, piano; Plamen Djourov/Musica Nova Chamber Orchestra (Gega-New: GD-187, 1998)
Le temple du silence. Boyan Vodenicharov, piano (Musica Nova: MNS 0004, 1999)
Thyepoleo. M. Chobanov, D. Darlev, M. Ivanov, Tanja Kazandjieva, voices; Theodora Pavlovich/ancient-instrument ensemble (Gega-New: GD-223, 2000)
Vihaya. Linda Wetherill, flute (Furious Artisans: FACD 6804, 2000)
The Way of the Birds II. Tanja Kazandjieva, soprano; Mila Pavlova, flute; Kostadin Yotzov, oboe; Rossen Idealov, clarinet; Alexandra Docheva, Yossif Radionov, violins; Kalina Krasteva, cello; Stoyan Pavlov, percussion (Musilenium: MK 11167, 2002)
(Last updated on January 31, 2007)
