Boschidar Spassov

Boschidar Spassow ( Bulgarian Божидар Спасов ; born August 13, 1949 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian composer , violinist and university lecturer .

Career

Spassow started playing the violin at the age of eight . From 1963 to 1968 he went to a music high school , took violin lessons there and studied violin and music theory at the Sofia Music Academy from 1968 to 1970 . In the same year Spassow moved to the Moscow Conservatory and continued his studies in composition , instrumentation and musicology . In 1975 his stage work The Enchanted was performed for the first time, for which he won the 1978 Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Competition in Dresden . From the same year he held a position as a research assistant at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , from 1979 on he taught music theory and music history in Plovdiv .

In 1988 Spassow received the first price at the Rome competition " Valentino Bucchi ". In 1990 he moved to Germany . Since 1992 he has been a lecturer at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen , currently for solfège and literature. From 2003 to 2004 he also taught at the Detmold University of Music . Many of his works have been performed at renowned festivals such as the Darmstadt Summer Courses , the Witten Days for New Chamber Music , the World Music Days or Wien Modern . There are several musicological articles by Spassow, especially on aspects of new music .

Concerto for flute , 13 strings and celesta (1976)
Symphony for large orchestra (1978)
Romantic songs (1981)
Width (Dialogues 1) for two instrumental groups (1983)
Diphonium for bassoon and trombone (1987)
De profundis for chamber ensemble (1988)
Bird puzzle. A game for four children for flute, two violins and piano (1990)
Waterfalls for piano (1991)
Parabel 12 for chamber ensemble (1992)
Games of the Nine for bass clarinet , harp , percussion and chamber orchestra (1992-97)
Two fragments by Sappho for mezzo-soprano and vibraphone (1998)
Fiato continuo IV cycle (1998/1999/2002/2006)
Con spasso for four players (2000)
Vidritza. Three movements for ten players (2006)
Antigrav (experimental film; 2007)
"ADDe" sound figures for instrumental ensemble (2007)
Punch tongue. Audiovisual composition for piano, video and electronics (2008)
Incontri invisibili for ensemble (2009)
Incontri invisibili I for orchestra (2010)

personal data
SURNAME	Spassov, Boschidar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Спасов, Божидар; Spassov, Bojidar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian composer, violinist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 13, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sofia