Stefan Remenkow

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Stefan Remenkow (around 1970)

Stefan Nikolow Remenkow ( Bulgarian Стефан Николов Ременков; born April 30, 1923 in Silistra , † October 30, 1988 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian composer and pianist .

Life

Remenkow came from a family of teachers. His father Nikolaj Remenkow taught history and philosophy and was the school director. The mother Angelina was a chemistry teacher. As a child he received piano lessons and began to compose at school age. He graduated from high school in Constana , Romania, where the family lived at the time. During World War II he served at the front as a soldier in the Bulgarian army. After the end of the war he studied music and in 1950 graduated from the Bulgarian State Conservatory in the subjects of composition with Pantscho Wladigerow and Wesselin Stojanow and piano with Dimitar Nenow . From 1950 to 1955 he taught form theory at the Bulgarian State Conservatory as assistant to Prof. Wesselin Stojanow, then specialized for a year at the Moscow Conservatory with Aram Khachaturian .

After that Remenkow lived and worked in Sofia as a freelance composer and wrote over 86 works. Some of them received awards, e.g. B. “Prelude and Dance” (1957). Most of his works have been published and played by many of the leading Bulgarian musicians and orchestras. In the course of time Balkanton released three long-playing records with music by Stefan Remenkow, the last in 1980. The Bulgarian National Radio , which broadcasts them, has more recordings . Among his works are an opera , an operetta , a musical , a ballet ; Many instrumental works - symphonies , concertos for piano and orchestra, for cello and orchestra, for violin and orchestra, concert rhapsody , sonata for violin and piano, piano sonatas , preludes , suites , a divertimento , a piano quintet , a string quintet , string quartets , trios for Wind instruments, film music; as well as solo, choir and children's songs.

His distinctively melodic music is characterized by “rhythmic ingenuity, emotional immediacy and a clear formal structure. His orchestral works are characterized by dynamic vitality and complex combinations of folk rhythms ”.

Works

Stage works
  • Opera "Ганем" (Ganem), 1967
  • Operetta "Грешките са наши" (Greschkite sa naschi - The mistakes are ours), libretto by Radoj Ralin, 1966
  • Musical "Принцът и просякът" ( The Prince and the Beggar Boy ), libretto based on the novel by Mark Twain , 1973
  • Ballet "Непокорените" (Nepokorenite - The Untamed), 1971
Instrumental works
  • Classical style symphony, 1960
  • Sinfoniette, 1960
  • Children's Symphony (Детска симфония), 1961
  • Symphonic poem Phaeton (Симфонична поема Фаетон), 1966
  • Symphony No. 4, 1968
  • Symphony No. 5, 1971
  • Divertimento, 1962
  • Suites (1952, 1970)
  • Suite "From Distant Lands" (От далечни страни), 1958
  • Suite for flute and piano, 1976
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1, 1953
  • Concerto for piano No. 2, 1969
  • Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra, 1980
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, 1964
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1980
  • Concert Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, 1981
  • Rhapsody for clarinet, 1975
  • Ten preludes for piano, 1956
  • Prelude and Dance, 1957
  • Three pieces for piano - Panorama (Панорама), Butterfly (Пеперуда), The Hay Cart (Колата със сено), 1966
  • Piano quintet
  • String quintet
  • String Quartets (1959, 1960)
  • Trio for flute, oboe and bassoons, Op. 54
  • Sonata for violin and piano, 1955
  • Sonata for violin and piano, 1972
  • Sonatina for piano No. 4, 1984
  • Sonata for flute, oboe and piano, 1979
  • Watercolor and Humoresque for violin (or viola) and piano, 1950
  • six piano sonatas (1944, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1959–1962, 1980)
Film music
  • Feature film " Dimitrowgradtsi " - Димитровградци (1956)
  • Documentary NJ Wapzarow - "Н.Й. Вапцаров" (1954)
  • Documentary Ropotamo - "Ропотамо" (1958)
Songs
  • Hyperion for choir and orchestra, based on the poem by Mihai Eminescu
  • Solo songs
  • Choral songs
  • Children's songs (1968)

Awards

  • Order of Kiril i Metodij ( Орден Кирил и Методий, 2-ра степен )

literature

  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Eight Edition, Schirmer Books, New York 1992, p. 1498
  • British Library . Remenkov (Stefan) Соната за цигулка и пиано. Sonata for violon and piano. (Score and part.) 2 pt. Държавно издателство "Наука и изкуство": София, 1955. g.896.b. (4th) - British Library
  • British Library's Sound Collection. Prelude And Dance / Remenkov Sofia State Philharmonic Orchestra / Vlady Simeonov (recording) - Audio Collection of the British Library
  • Frank, Paul; Altman, Wilhelm. Abbreviated Tonkünstler Lexikon, Vol. 2, Issue 15, Wilhelmshaven 1978
  • Hollfelder, Peter. The Great Handbook of Piano Music , Hamburg 1996
  • Anda Palieva:  Remenkov, Stefan. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  • Радев, Вълчо (Radew, Waltscho). Бележити Силистренци (Belezhiti Silistrenzi - Remarkable People from Silistra), Silistra 2006
  • Schönewolf, Karl. Concert book , Vol. 2, Leipzig 1967

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, p. 177
  2. ↑ s. Cover of record Balkanton BCA 1300/430 - Stefan Remenkov
  3. ↑ Frank; Altman, p. 214
  4. ↑ Radew, p. 388
  5. ^ The British Library's Sound Collection
  6. ↑ Nauka i Izkustwo Publishing House - Наука и Изкуство, Sofia; Publishing house Muzika - Музика, Sofia
  7. ↑ Balkanton BCA 1300/430 - Stefan Remenkov - The Bulgarian Composers Records Collection, Sofia 1980
  8. ↑ Hollfelder, p. 801
  9. ↑ Schönewolf, p. 657
  10. ^ The British Library. g.896.b. (4.)
  11. ^ New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, p. 177
personal data
SURNAME Remenkow, Stefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Remenkow, Stefan Nikolow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Silistra , Bulgaria
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1988
Place of death Sofia , Bulgaria