Composer Nikolay Dobrinov CONTACT: bl. 13, vh. B, appt. 4, Suha reka, Sofia 1517, Bulgaria EMAIL *** To the Client *** PLEASE NOTE email address needs updating!

Education:

• 1985.. Graduated from the Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 1979 - 1988 Private studies of Theory of music, Harmony, Polyphony, and Orchestration with Professor Konstantin Ilievsky
• 1982 - 1988 Private studies of Composition with Professor Simeon Pironkov, a Herder prizewinner

Membership in professional organisations:

• 1994.. Full member of the Union of Bulgarian composers
• 1984.. Member of the Junior Section of the Union of Bulgarian composers

Professional experience:

• Since 1993 Freelancer as a composer
• 1990 - 1993 Music editor at Bulgarian National Radio
• 1988 - 1990 Chief music expert at Culture department of the former Sofia district Kirkovski rayon
• 1986 - 1988 Musicologist at Music State Agency
• 1984 - 1986 Violin player at Bulgarian Army's Symphony Orchestra
• 1982 - 1984 Violin player at Gorna Djumaia (former Blagoevgrad)'s chamber opera

Composition works by genres:

Symphonic music:

• 1985 - 1986 Watercolours and Mouvement for symphonic orchestra
• 1984.. Instants for symphonic orchestra
• 1980 - 1990 Suite for big wind orchestra

  Chamber music, main works:

• 2001 Two pieces for violin: Song and Rachenitsa (a Bulgarian folk dance)
• 2001.. Triptych Variants for clarinet and string orchestra after Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveikov's poems
• 1998 Fantasy for string orchestra
• 1995 Variants II for clarinet and quartet (violin, viola, bassoon, bass)
• 1990 Variants I for clarinet and quartet (violin, viola, bassoon, bass)
• 1986 Two pieces for strings and percussion
• 1984 Three pieces for flute and oboe
• 1984.. Sonata for viola and piano
• 1982 Two pieces for violoncello
• 1980.. A concert piece for violin and piano

  Stage music:

• 1988.. Two musicals: "Zlatna riapa" ("Golden radish") and "Saniat na Gogo" ("Gogo's sleep")

  Songs:

• Over 120 kids' songs, choral songs, and other works

Achievements:

• Some of the composition works have been successfully performed in France, Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Canada, and Mexico