Dobrinka Tabakova (b1980) studied music at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Born in Bulgaria, her music has been broadcast and performed in her native country as well as in other European countries. Her orchestral work
Thrace was performed at the Barbican in London, and
Insight and
On a bench in the shade were both premiered at the Cheltenham International Music Festival. The 2003 Moscow festival ‘Homecoming’ featured a performance of
Dancing on Cobbled Streets. Commissions include the chamber operas
The Custard Tart Opera and
Midsummer Magic, and a viola concerto
The Song of the Enchanting Viola. Tabakova won the Lutoslawski Composition Prize in 1999, the Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud Prize, and a medal at the fourth Vienna International Music Competition.
from notes by William McVicker © 2005
Praise
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Huw Williams (organ)
