Dimitar Khristov Petkov ( Bulgarian: Dimitar Hristov Petkov ; May 4, 1919 , Smolyan , Bulgaria - December 19, 1997 , Sofia , Bulgaria ) - Bulgarian composer, conductor, musicologist and teacher.
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| Date of Birth | May 4, 1919 | |||
| Place of Birth | Smolyan , Bulgaria | |||
| Date of death | December 19, 1997 (78 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Sofia , Bulgaria | |||
| Professions | composer film composer conductor musicologist music teacher | |||
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Biography
After graduating from Sofia University , he became a certified chemist, but did not work by profession. In 1952 he graduated from the State Music Academy in Sofia with Veselin Stoyanov (composition) and Asen Dimitrov (conducting), and in 1952-1954 he improved his studies at the graduate school of the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of Sergey Skrebkov (polyphony and theory of music) and Aram Khachaturian (composition). In 1946-1952 - conductor of the Ensemble of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria. In 1954-1978 (with a break in 1962-1975) - Director of the Sofia Folk Opera . In 1969-1972 - Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Arts. In 1972-1980 - Chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Composers. He wrote music for performances, films and radio shows. The author of songs, including choral (about 1000 in total), and arrangements of folk songs, in particular, recorded by him in the Rhodopes. In 1958-1960 he taught polyphony at the Bulgarian Conservatory. Member of the BKP since 1946.
Compositions
- the opera “Silent Bells” (1987, Varna)
- operetta “Restless Hearts” / Restlessness of the Siret (1975, Sofia)
- operetta “Curve path” / Crooked path
- baby operettas
- oratorio "Rozhen comes down from the Rhodope" / Rozhen sliz from the Rhodope (1968)
- cantata “September legend” / Septemvri legend (1953)
- cantata "Great October" (1958)
- cantata "The First Cosmonaut" (1961)
- cantata “Requiem for a sailor” (1967)
- October / Sparks cantata from Octomvry (1969)
- Festive Cantata (1974)
- cantata “Love” / Obich (1977)
- "Cantata of Antonivanovtsy" [1] (1978)
Rewards
- 1969 - Dimitrov Prize
- 1974 - People's Artist of the NRB
- 1979 - Hero of Socialist Labor
- 1979 - Order of "George Dimitrov"
- 1983 - Order of the Red Banner (NRB)
Notes
- ↑ dedicated to the
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - p. 421 - ISBN 5-85270-033-9
Links
- Dimitar Petkov on Allmusic