Bozhidar Spasov
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Bozhidar Spasov (Cyrillic: Божидар Спасов) (born 1949) is a Bulgarian composer.
Born in Sofia, Spasov went to Moscow to study music, graduating in composition from the Moscow Conservatory in 1975 where he studied, among others, with Edison Denisov. He then became a research associate with the Musicology Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Between 1986 and 1988 he attended the Darmstadt holiday courses (Darmstädter Ferienkurse) for contemporary music. In 1990 he moved to Germany, where he has since worked as a freelance composer and as a lecturer at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. His music shows an awareness of contemporary trends, such as the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luciano Berio; he takes much of his inspiration from medieval texts. Among his works are two chamber opera-ballets, 1975's Omagyosaniyat (The Bewitched) and Printsesata i svinaryat (The Princess and the Swineherd) of 1980.
In 1978 his chamber opera Der Verzauberte won an award at the Composition Competition for chamber opera and was presented on the stage of the Dresden State Opera.
References
- Biography (currently offline)
- Grove Music Online profile
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