Michail Goleminov is a 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...

n 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

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 and conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

.

He studied music 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...

, 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...

 and Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 - orchestra conducting and twelve tone composition with Konstantin Ilijev of the Academy of Music in Sofia, composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati was a composer and music editor who worked in Kraków, Tel Aviv and Vienna.Haubenstock-Ramati studied composition, music theory, violin and philosophy in Kraków and Lemberg from 1937 to 1940. Among his teachers were Artur Malawski and Józef Koffler. From 1947 to 1950 he was...

 of the Academy of Music in Vienna, Ton de Leeuw

Ton De Leeuw

Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw was a Dutch composer. He was known for his experiments with microtonality....

 of the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, and Alexander Baltin (Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

). He also studied piano with Harald Ossberger (Vienna).

As a composer Goleminov has worked for stage, web, TV, movies, dance companies etc. International prizes he has won include: C. M. von Weber, Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, Hambacher Preis, Osterfestspiele Salzburg. Functioning in the capacity of notation and graphic layout expert, he has worked for numerous publishing houses, such as Doblinger Vienna and Musikwissenschaftlicher verlag Vienna. He is currently living as a freelance musician and music publisher in Sofia.

Goleminov's works have been performed and broadcast in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, 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...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, 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...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 and in the USA. In 2003 he founded together with his partner pianist Angela Tosheva

Angela Tosheva

Angela Tosheva Tosheva, Ph.D , Born 15 June 1961 in Sofia,is a Bulgarian freelance pianist, chamber musician, piano and chamber music pedagogue, editor and with Michail Goleminov director of "Orange Factory" psychoacoustic arts and music publishing house, Sofia, Bulgaria.-Biography:-Ph.D:-As a...

 the music school, multimedia studio and music publishing house The Orange Factory, which offers audio recording and music publishing services and an International Master's Course in piano and composition.

Goleminov's father, Marin Goleminov

Marin Goleminov

Marin Petrov Goleminov was a Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue.Goleminov was born in Kyustendil; the son of an attorney, he studied law before switching to music...

, was also a composer.

Works

• Sonata for clarinet and piano
• 'Ungrammatical liberations' for piano, electronics, snare drum and plastic mannequins
• Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
• Concerto for piano and string orchestra
• Concerto for piano and large orchestra
• 'Floating metal' for piano
• Sonatina, 10 piano pieces
• 'Piano people' (two pianos)
• 'Revelation' for two pianos
• 'Illusion valley' for two pianos and electronics ad lib.
• 'Maze of Ravings' for two pianos and electronics
• "Music of melting ice" for piano
• 'Coyote' for saxophone quartet and live electronics
• 'VOX' for saxophone quartet, vocals and electronics
• 'X streams' for saxophone quartet, vocals and improvising computers
• "Five o'clock at Heiner Stadler's" for violin, piano and electronics
• 'Chain Wheel' for cello, piano and electronics
• 'Lightwave' II for large orchestra and electronics
• Symphony (2003)
• "Thracian enigma" (ballet, 2003)
• "Incoherent.... lay-by" for chamber ensemble
• "Goldmine" (2005) for ensemble (any instruments)
• 2 Sonatas for solo cello
• 3 string quartets
• 7 piano etudes
• Concerto for 5 percussionists and any solo instrument (2005)
• Video works (2003 - 2005): "The lords", "The trap", "The time machine", "Chain wheel", "zenWALL", "The castle in the Pyrenees", "Le Voyeur", "RNCZ", "Rituals I and II", "Vision", "Desert sparrows"
• Electronic, computer aided and computer generated music - various compositions
• Works for mixed and female choir
• Music for theatre, TV and video