Julia Tsenova

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Julia Tsenova (2008)

Julia Tsenova (also written Cenova , Zenowa , Bulgarian Юлия Ценова ; born July 30, 1948 in Sofia ; † April 11, 2010 ibid) was a Bulgarian composer , pianist and music teacher .

Life

Tsenova studied composition at Pancho Vladigerov and Piano in Bogomil Starschenow at the State Music Academy of Sofia . She also attended The International Composers' class of Prof. Ton de Leeuw in Sofia (1981) and Amsterdam (1982).

From 1997 Tsenova was professor of piano and composition at the Sofia Music Academy. She was a member of the Bulgarian Composers' Union and the International Society for New Music as chair of the Bulgarian Section.

As a professor at the State Music Academy in Sofia - where she also did her training and diplomas in composition and piano - she taught in the subjects: composition and piano improvisation.

music

Julia Tsenova's works are performed worldwide and the composer has received numerous awards and prizes for her work: symphonies , an opera , piano concertos , chamber music , compositions for voice and choirs , stage and children's music, songs , folk song arrangements, etc. a. m.

According to reviews: Julia Tsenova's style is broad, powerful and dynamic, very personal and emotional, and uses modern composition techniques; some of her works are inspired by jazz, Native American and Mexican music. Her engagement with philosophical aspects of different cultures is clearly noticeable in her music.

Zu Liebe - Zeit - Tod Curriculum vitae , two song cycles for soprano and piano based on poems by Ingeborg Bachmann : Ingeborg Bachmann's world of thoughts and her philosophy are expressed through the music of the Bulgarian composer Julia Tsenova. It's about hidden fears and open panic, about silence, thoughtfulness and a feeling of being concerned that makes you affected. Melody, sounds and text merge into gripping, dramatic scenes. The selection of poems that the composer made is a mixture of lyrical streams of thought and philosophical essences about love, time and death, and also about the night, which takes everything, harasses us and awakens the past, but which also holds the possibility of a creative new beginning. And one more thing: The setting of Ingeborg Bachmann's poems for soprano and piano by the Bulgarian composer Julia Tsenova is a very expressive musical interpretation of the world of thought and philosophy of the great poet .

Awards

The name Julia Tsenova is in the Royal Encyclopedia of Britain and in the German encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) . She was selected as Woman of the Year 1995-96 by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge (England) and was included in the "2000 outstanding people of the 20th century" - Encyclopedia of Cambridge 1998 . That same year, Tsenova received the Distinguished leadership award from the American Biographical Institute and her biography was listed in The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership .

In 2002 the Bulgarian National Television produced a documentary entitled Prayer on the Wall about Julia Tsenova and her work.

Works (selection)

Symphonic works

  • 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 music works

  • 1973 Three Indian songs - solo contralto
  • 1975 Seven songs - for soprano and string quintet
  • 1976 Three frescoes with epilogue - Vla, Pn
  • 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 (dedicated to the Crab Nebula )
  • 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 - alto saxophone + easy piano, trumpet 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 bottles / 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

literature

  • Веса Цинандова-Харалампиева: Потапяне в полюсите. Щрихи към портрета на композиторката Юлия Ценова . С., Пони, 2000
  • Юлия Ценова: Мога да създавам провокации, но не скандали . интервю с проф. Юлия Ценова от Константин Карапетров, Музика. Вчера. Днес, 2001, 6, pp. 10-28.
  • Юлия Ценова: Аз съм посланик на самата себе си ... разговор с Камелия Добрева по повод петдесетгодишнината на композиторката , Български музикални хроники, 1998, 3, pages 51-55.

Web links

Commons : Julia Tsenova  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julia Tsenova, composer
  2. ^ Julia Tsenova, composer, pianist, pedagogue Union of the Bulgarian Composers
  3. ↑ Julia Tsenova, Composition and Piano , For Ingeborg Bachmann's 80th birthday: Julia Tsenova, Vienna May 16 - June 10, 2006
  4. ^ Concert love - time - death, curriculum vitae . ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian Embassy in Bratislava  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.embassyaustria.sk
  5. ↑ Homage to Ingeborg Bachmann Kötschach-Mauthen, August 12, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Tsenova, Julia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cenova, Julia; Zenowa, Julia; Ценова, Юлия (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Sofia
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2010
Place of death Sofia