Aleksander Yossifov Ancien Dance For Piano Trio in 6 Hands

Описание: ALEKSANDER YOSSIFOV - ANCIENT DANCE for Piano Trio in Six Hands
Performed by Sirma Velichkova, Vlada Artemova, Nevena Todorova on 9 December 2008 in Rousse, Bulgaria

ALEKSANDER YOSSIFOV (1940) - Bulgarian composer, conductor, pedagogue. Was born in Sofia in the family of hereditary musicians. Graduated from the State Academy of Music "Prof.Pancho Vladigerov ", Sofia, in composition with professor Pancho Vladigerov, in opera - symphonic conducting with Prof. Konstantin Iliev and in piano with Prof. Jeny Kovacheva. Professor at State Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov", Sofia and at New Bulgarian University.
Author of more than 1500 compositions in all musical genres: 20 musical stage operas and ballets by 45 premiers at home and abroad and over 800 shows 12cantata-oratoriao works; 60 symphonic works and instrumental concerts;. many chamber, and instrumental music for children, more than 900 choirs, variety, folk songs and dances and more. Holder of 17 awards for composition competitions and many national and international distinctionsin (Italy, Greece, Poland, Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Russia and Bulgaria. Member of International Association of piano duos in Japan. His works were performed in concerts and recorded radio and TV shows worldwide. Much of the work is issued. Winner of Honor cross art of the Ministry of Culture - Poland. President of "Viena "Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Sofia.

Piano ensembles is an area in which the composer expresses his original ideas and cease aspiring to reconsideration, search for a new expressiveness and timbre coloration. An artist with huge experience in building form, Yossifov is able to find balance in the uniform instrument using 6 hands in fingering a piano. In ANCIENT DANCE can hear the characteristic elements of Bulgarian national rhythms, masterly plaited on a large scale's composition of the rich melodic-rhythm's invention of Yossifov.

PIANO TRIO in six hands - SIRMA VELICHKOVA (1990), VLADA ARTEMOVA (1991), NEVENA TODOROVA (1991) is founded in Oktober 2005 with the aim to join the forces of three excellent young pianists . They are students in piano class of Veselinka Ivanova in National School of Arts "Prof. V. Stojanov" - Rousse, repeatedly prize-winners of National and International piano competitions.
As a piano trio and quartet they wоrk together with their professor and have a repertoire in total duration of more than 70 minutes for 6 and 8 hands play in one and two pianos. Their brilliant attractive play is remarkable with sounds culture and style variety. They perform pieces for 6 and 8 hands of W.Fr.E. Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Schnitke, Shchedrin, Boutry, G. Horvath, T. Oesten, L. Streabbog, H. Felix, J. Strauss, G. Verdi, C. Czerny and Bulgarian composers Pancho Vladigerov, Tomislav Baynov, Viktor Chuchkov.
They are prizewinners of: International Piano competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany, april 2006 (Two First Prizes), International Competition in Dobrich - Albena "Hopes, Talents, Masters", September 2006 (Second Prize), International Competition in Sofia " The Music and the Earth", april 2007 (Third Prize). They are aworded with scholarships from the National Found of Culture and Foundation "Bistra and Galina" - Rousse.
The piano trio have already given concerts in Rousse, Sofia, Shoumen, Varna and Dobrich; took part in International Piano Academie in Marktoberdorf, Germany (may 2006); had appearances in many towns in Bayern, Baden Wurtemberg, Germany in 2006, 2007, 2008; took a part in masterclasses of professors: Katherine Vickers (Frankfurt am Mein), Pancho Vladigerov (Berlin), Tamara Poddubnaya (Groningen - NY), Aglika Genova, Ljuben Dimitrov (Hanover, Germany), Sally Pinkas, Evan Hirsh (Dartmouth College, NH, USA), Tomislav Baynov (Trossingen, Germany), Maria Prinz (Vien).
Sirma Velichkova, Vlada Artemova and Nevena Todorova are approving their piano trio as one gifted original ensamble, with forthcomming appearances in 2009 - giving concerts in Germany and France.