Antoni Donchev

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Antoni Kilirow Dontschew (mostly written Antoni Donchev , Bulgarian Антони Кирилов Дончев ; * 1959 ) is a Bulgarian jazz pianist .

Act

Donchev was already active as a musician during his school days. Since studying at the National Music Academy in Sofia , he has played in various formations with the drummer Christo Jozow . He made his debut in 1978 at the first jazz festival in Sofia. With Jozow he joined Simeon Shterev's Focus Quartet . In this formation he took part in the Jazz Days of Debrecen, the Jazz Jamboree in Poland and jazz festivals in Nuremberg , Hanover, Zagreb, Istanbul , Sibiu and Tbilisi.

In 1985 Donchev and Jozow founded the duo Acoustic Version . At the international jazz competition for young bands in Hoeilaart (Belgium) they won first prize as a duo; both received prizes as soloists. In the following year they received the title Young European Jazz Artists at the 5th Leverkusen Jazz Days . Further successes followed at international festivals, tours and radio recordings in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia and Bulgaria.

In 1987 Donchev realized the Folk Jazz Band project with accordion player Peter Raltschew ; with Iwo Papasow (for a festival in Thessaloniki ) a project with folklore elements was created .

In 1989 Donchev's younger brother Georgi Donchev joined the Duo Acoustic Version. As a trio, the band accompanied the singer Wasil Petrow (1991), performed in Germany and Greece and gave concerts in London in 1994 with the Kaval player Teodosij Spassow . The trio also worked with saxophonists Andy Scofield and Tommy Smith and German trumpeter Reiner Winterschladen .

Dontschew also participated in the Mirrorworld project by the Hungarian violinist Zoltán Lantos and composed film and drama music for the Thalia Theater in Hamburg.

Discography

  • Acoustic version , 1987
  • Hitting the Spot , 1995
  • Dum-ba-la , 1998
  • DOM No. 13 , 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Donchev, Antoni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donchev, Antoni; Donchev, Anthony Kilirov; Donchev, Anthoni Kilirov; Дончев, Антони Кирилов (Bulgarian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959