Toma Prošev
Toma Prošev (born November 10, 1931 in Skopje , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , † September 12, 1996 in Zlatin , Croatia ) was a Yugoslav composer , musicologist and conductor .
Life
Prošev studied composition at the Music Academy in Ljubljana with Lucijan Marija Škerjanc . He received state recognition in the form of a scholarship, which enabled him to study annually in Paris , where he studied with Nadia Boulanger . He taught and composed alternately in Skopje and Zagreb. From 1957 to 1960 he was a producer at Radio Zagreb. In 1968 he founded the Sveta Sofija Ensemble for contemporary music in Skopje , which replaced the Kormoni Ansambl Musica Nova in Zagreb, which he founded in 1964. In 1968 Prošev unexpectedly suffered severe paralysis of his whole body, starting from the spine, and had to lie completely in a cast for a long time. He then went to the opera as director for two years and wrote music for Macedonian films. Between 1975 and 1977 Prošev was promoted to dean (college) . In 1981 he received his doctorate in musicology from the Music Academy in Sarajevo . He moved to Zagreb, where he was director of the Philharmonic Orchestra until 1985 and director of the music department at Radio Zagreb until 1991. Prošev was General Secretary of the Yugoslav and President of the Macedonian Composers' Union.
Prošev was the most important Macedonian composer of his generation. He often used twelve-tone techniques, composed freely atonal in later works and occasionally made use of electronic sounds.
Works (selection)
Orchestral works
- The mass grave, oratory, 1961
- The Spider Web, Opera, 1961
- 1st symphony, 1961
- 5 aphorisms for piano, 1962
- Third wind quintet, 1963
- Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1963
- Concert for Ondes Martenot, 1964
- Skopje, Oratorio, 1964
- Morphography, 1965
- Trio a Cordes, 1965
- Old Earth Sun, 1966
- Ballet The Song of Songs , 1968
- Concerto for guitar and string orchestra op.38, 1968
- Pacem in terris, oratorio, 1968
- 2nd symphony for string orchestra, 1971
- 3 lyrical pictures for 3 flutes and string orchestra, 1973
- 3rd symphony, 1976
- 4th symphony, 1977
- 5th Symphony, 1984
- 6th Symphony, 1987
- 7th Symphony, 1988
- 5th symphony, 1989
- 6th symphony, 1991
- 7th symphony, 1992
- 8th Symphony, 1992
- The watercolor, 1995
- Alexander the Great, Oratorio, 1996
- Ohrid, Oratorio, 1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zdravko Blažeković , in “Music in Past and Present”, Kassel 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prošev, Toma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skopje , Macedonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1996 |
| Place of death | Zlatin , Croatia |