Zhivka Klinkova is a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 composer, pianist and conductor. She was born in Samokov

Samokov

Samokov is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a kettle between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, and graduated from the Sofia

Sofia

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 Academy of Music in 1951, after studying with Parashkev Hadjiev for composition and Dimiter Nenov for piano. She continued her studies with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny

Rudolf Wagner-Régeny

Rudolf Wagner-Régeny was a composer, conductor, and pianist. Born in Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, since 1920 Romania, he became a German citizen in 1930, and then East Germany after 1945.From 1919–1920 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and then at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik from...

 and Boris Blacher at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. She worked as conductor of the Kutev Folkloric Philharmonica from 1951–60, and composed works for the ensemble's repertoire.

Works

Selected works include:

• Petko Samohvalko [Boastful Petko] (children’s op, N. Trendafilova), 1956
• Kaliakra (ballet, S. Aladjov), 1966,
• Than saen [Vietnamese Poem] (ballet, L.N. Kanh), 1972
• Quenny, the Little Negro (children’s ballet, Klinkova), 1973
• Isle of Dreams (musical, P. Panchev), Teplice, 1978
• The Most Improbable (fairy-tale op, Klinkova), 1980
• Cyril and Methodius (opera, V. Markovski and J. Gyermek), 1981
• Bydgoszcz, 1986
• Vassil Levski (opera, Klinkova), 1992
• Olimpijski ustrem, Sanjat na Kuberten [Olympic Endeavour, Coubertin’s Dream] (rock op-ballet, Klinkova), 1995
• Sofia (opera, Klinkova), 1996
• Sinfonietta no.1, 1960
• Bulgarian Sym. Suite no.1, 1963
• Violin Concerto, 1964
• Ballad, 1972
• Concerto, 2 violin, strings, 1973
• Symphony no.2, 1974
• Cantata, chorus, orchestra, 1982
• Pianoforte Concerto, strings, 1992
• Pianoforte Sonata, 1950
• Trio, bagpipes, 1955
• Sonata, violin, piano, 1963
• Sonata, flute, viola, 1969
• Duo, 2 kavals, 1972
• Trio, flute, oboe, bassoon, 1974
• 7 Frescoes, 2 flutes, 1975
• 8 Preludes, 2 flutes, 1975
• 10 Pieces, folk ensemble, 1978