Julia Tsenova
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Julia Tsenova (July 30, 1948 – ), born in Sofia
, Bulgaria
, was an award-winning Bulgarian composer
, pianist
and musical pedagogue. She died of cancer at the age of 61.
. Tsenova took part in the International Composers' class in Sofia and Amsterdam
, directed by Prof. Ton de Leeuw
- Holland (1981, 1982). She attended many workshops in Europe. Her music was performed in different contemporary festivals, as well as at the International Composers' Rostrum in Paris
(1995). Since 1997 she was Professor of Piano and Dean at the Pop and Jazz Music Faculty in the State Academy of Music. She was a member of the Union of the Bulgarian Composers as well as of the International Society for Contemporary Music
, and a President of the Bulgarian section.
Tsenova has always had a strong interest in the ancient eastern philosophies - this interest finds its own secret ways to penetrate in the creative ideas of the composer. This is a trend that can be traces in her latest works as well.
Her compositions have been performed in different musical forums in Bulgaria
, Austria
, Switzerland
, England
, Ireland
, Germany
, France
, Italy
, Spain
, Holland, Norway
, Poland
, Czech Republik, Slovakia
, Hungary
, Rumania, Greece
, Russia
, India
, Australia
, USA, Canada
and other countries.
She died of cancer on April 11, 2010, in Sofia.
Julia Tsenova is interred in Central Sofia Cemetery.
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...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, was an award-winning Bulgarian 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...
, pianist
Pianist
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and musical pedagogue. She died of cancer at the age of 61.
Life and career
Julia Tsenova graduated both Composition and Piano in the State Academy of Music in Sofia as a student of Prof. Pancho VladigerovPancho Vladigerov
Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist....
. Tsenova took part in the International Composers' class in Sofia and Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, directed by Prof. Ton de Leeuw
Ton De Leeuw
Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw was a Dutch composer. He was known for his experiments with microtonality....
- Holland (1981, 1982). She attended many workshops in Europe. Her music was performed in different contemporary festivals, as well as at the International Composers' Rostrum in Paris
Paris
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(1995). Since 1997 she was Professor of Piano and Dean at the Pop and Jazz Music Faculty in the State Academy of Music. She was a member of the Union of the Bulgarian Composers as well as of the International Society for Contemporary Music
International Society for Contemporary Music
The International Society for Contemporary Music is a music organization that promotes contemporary classical music.ISCM was established in 1922, in Salzburg. Its core activity is the World Music Days Festival, held every year at a different location. The festival includes cutting edge productions...
, and a President of the Bulgarian section.
Music
Julia Tsenova has had versatile musical interests. She wrote in the field of symphonic, chamber, choral and scenic music. Her works are dramatic and rich in dynamics and philosophy. As a composer she owns a bright individual style and perfect use of the modern composition techniques.Tsenova has always had a strong interest in the ancient eastern philosophies - this interest finds its own secret ways to penetrate in the creative ideas of the composer. This is a trend that can be traces in her latest works as well.
Her compositions have been performed in different musical forums in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, Austria
Austria
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, England
England
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, Ireland
Ireland
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, Germany
Germany
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, France
France
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, Italy
Italy
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, Spain
Spain
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, Holland, Norway
Norway
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, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Czech Republik, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Rumania, Greece
Greece
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, Russia
Russia
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, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Australia
Australia
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, USA, Canada
Canada
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and other countries.
Personal
In 2002 the Bulgarian National Television produced a documentary entitled "Prayers onto the wall" devoted to Julia Tsenova and her works.She died of cancer on April 11, 2010, in Sofia.
Julia Tsenova is interred in Central Sofia Cemetery.
Selected works
Symphonic
- 1974 Sinfonia con piano concertante
- 1979 Movement for orchestra
- 1984 Fest music - for orchestra
- 1994 Fresco - for chamber choir and orchestra
- 2000 Suggestion - for orchestra
- 2001 Shopp Dance
Chamber
- 1973 Three Indian songs - solo contralto
- 1975 Seven songs - for sopran and string quintet
- 1976 Three Frescoes with Epilogue for viola and piano
- 1981 Step and Rag-Time for viola and piano
- 1985 Music for the mice - Fl, Cl, Fg
- 1986 Music in the entr'acte - Pn, Vla, Cb, tape effects
- 1987 Cantus Firmus a due - Cl, Pn, Marimba
- 1990 Diving in the poles - for seven voices (4+3)
- 1993 The water sends me to sleep - Pn, Cl, Vibraphone and sound effects
- 1995 The endless circle - Pn, String quintet, Fl, Cr
- 1996 Temptation - Chamber opera - musical
- 1996 Triptych for Keyboard - Pn
- 1996 ...Invoking the gods - Altoflute in G + Mexican sistrum, Piano + Mexican drum,Cbass + log drum
- 1997 Musica solitudinis - Pn
- 1997 A swan song - for female - voice folk choir
- 1997 An album of jazz pieces for piano
- 1998 Shop dance - a piece for piano four handed
- 1998 = 3.14 - for voice and chamber orchestra
- 1998 Isida's unveiling - alt saxofone + easy piano, trompet and audio amplifier and loudspeaker sistem
- 1999 Four prayers - Pn
- 2000 Green silence - Fl, Vla, harp and piano
- 2001 The seventh door - Fl, Cl, Vno, Vc, Pn
- 2001 A Song Cycle - for Soprano and Piano /on Ingeborg Bachmann's poetry/
- 2002 Quantum Satis - for female folk choir, 2 Pn, Gong and cassa
- 2002 Temple of the Dancers - 3 Fl /1 solo + 2/
- 2003 Metamorphoses - for piano four handed
- 2003 String Quartet
- 2003 Curriculum Vitae - on I. Bachmann for soprano and piano
- 2004 The Left Dragon - for oboe solo
Further reading
- Tzinandova-Haralampieva, Vesa. Submerging into Poles. Painting a Portrait of Composer Julia Tzenova (Sofia, 2001) .
External links
- Julia Tsenova at the Union of Bulgarian Composers
- Julia Tsenova at Duck Duck Go
- "Musica Solitudinis" by Julia Tsenova, for piano solo. Dedicated to and performed by Kristina Sandulova, live at the Gesellschaft für Musiktheater, Vienna, Austria, 31 March 2004.
- "The endless circle" by Julia Tsenova
- Любомир Денев: "Композитор/ка", Interview with Julia Tsenova, Kultura, 31 July 1998 .
- Julia Tsenova, Im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek .