_____Most active output is music for theatre & performances with more than 30 complete soundtracks extremely varying in style and conception. Worked with some of the most acclaimed new generation Bulgarian stage directors incl. Galin Stoev, Marius Kurkinski, Desislava Shpatova, Elena Panayotova; dance and theatre companies like Brain Store Project, Kinesthetic Project.

3 times nominee for both the most prestigious awards for theatre in Bulgaria, Icarus and Askeer. Received the 'Icarus' Award for theatre music in 2006 for the performance '4:48 Psychosis' directed by Desislava Shpatova in Sfumato Theatre. Currently an 'Icarus' nominee for the soundtrack of 'Falling Silent', ( after I. Bergman's 'Persona'), directed by Elena Panayotova.

I've been sometimes invited not particularly as a composer, but more of an observer/advisor about the structure in terms of timing, sequences, and measuring of emotional impact, a kind of work not unlike film editing yet within a live structure. Expanded abilities for pattern recognition and building synaesthetic combinations, where sound actively interferes with language and vision.

Other fields of work include remixing, post-production and various sound design. Designed the ambience concept for the Sofia Radisson Sas Hotel lounge in 2003; sound design for the Amica magazine campaign 'As I Am' in 2008.

As a performer, participated in various events in the field of electronic music, including the Ambient Festivals for Experimental Music and Silent Movies in the Cinema House, Sofia, in 2004 & 2005. Since the end of 2007 I play with the performer Ivo Dimchev in a hybrid acting/improvisational performance - 'Concerto', showed at dance fesstivals in Athens, Poznan, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Bordeaux, Bucharest, Istanbul, Brussels.

 


Music for theatre & performances :


  • “ Woyzeck” – G. Buhner in theatre “Stefan Kirov”– Sliven, directed by Boyan Slavov, 2001
  • “ Proof” – D. Auburne, Theatre 199 - Sofia, directed by Galin Stoev, 2001
  • “ Ivona, Princess of Burgunda” – W.Gombrovich, theatre “L. Kabakchiev” – Kazanlak, directed by Boyan Slavov, 2002
  • “ Oxygen” (“Kislorod”) – Ivan Viripaev, Theatre 199 - Sofia, directed by Galin Stoev, 2003
  • “ Romeo and Juliet” – W. Shakespeare, theatre “N. Masalitinov”– Plovdiv, directed by Galin Stoev, 2003
  • “ Balkan’s Not Dead” – D. Dukovski, theatre “L. Kabakchiev” - Kazanlak, directed by Sofia Ristevska (Macedonia), 2003.
Nominated for Best Theatre Score Award by the Askeer foundation in 2004 .
 

Nominated by the Union of Bulgarian Actors for Icarus Award for best theatre score, 2005

Icarus Award by UBA for best theatre score in 2006

  • “ Parts of the Entire ” – radioplay based on texts by I. Radichkov, Bulgarian National Radio, directed by Stiliyan Petrov
  • Music for a dance performance based on the Thracian Dionyssian festives, comissioned by the Ministry of Culture - Kazanlak, September 2005, choreography by Margarita Gradechlieva
  • "Offending the Audience ” – Peter Handke, Red House – Sofia, directed by Veselin Dimov, December 2005
  • "The Night from the Inside" -, State Satiric Theatre, directed by Stiliyan Petrov, January 2006
  • “One Hour Before Midnight” - a performance by Yuliana Saiska, Red House – Sofia, 2006
  • „ The Innocents“ - based on the novel of Teodora Dimova, directed by Stiliyan Petrov, Theatre 199, Sofia, 2006
  • „ To The Death of the Journey“ - Alberto Gozzi, radioplay comissioned by the Bulgarian National Radio, directed by Stiliyan Petrov, 2006
  • „ Blood Wedding“ - F.G. Lorca, directed by Marius Kurkinski, Drama theatre “N. Masalitinov”– Plovdiv, 2006
  • „ Perturbation“, by N. Haitov, performed by Marius Kurkinski, Drama theatre “N. Masalitinov”– Plovdiv, 2006
  • „ A Time to Love, a Time to Die“ - Fritz Kater, directed by Gergana Dimitrova, Drama theatre “Stoyan Bachvarov” - Varna, 2007
  • „ In the Glaciers“ - based on the novels of D. Dimov and T. Dimova, directed by Stiliyan Petrov, State Theatre for the Youth, Sofia, 2007
  • „ Spanking: Portrait 1“, performed by Teodor Kotov,directed by Yuliana Saiska, Red House – Sofia, 2008
  • „ Tail of the Cave“ by D.Kabakov, radioplay for the Bulgarian National Radio, directed by Stiliyan Petrov, 2008
  • “Taming of the Shrew” - W.Shakespeare, d irected by Marius Kurkinski, State Satiric Theatre, Sofia, 2008
  • “Falling Silent”, after I.Bergman's 'Persona', directed by Elena Panayotova, Sfumato Theatre Laboratory, 2008

Nominated by the Union of Bulgarian Actors for Icarus Award for best theatre score, 2009

Additional music & postproduction for various performances by Galina Borissova, Marius Kurkinski, Rob List, Boyan Slavov, V. Viharova, E. Mateeva, Dragana Alfirevic


Concerts :

  • festival “Music and Poetry” –Archeological Museum, Sofia, 1999
  • “ Computer Space” forum – National Palace of Culture, Sofia, 1999
  • “ Camera Electronica” series, Art Hostel – Sofia, 2003
  • Night Ambient Festival – “Silent Movies and Experimental Music” – Movie House, Sofia, 2004 & 2005
  • Festival ORG.ORG – Eskimo Gallery, Sofia, 2004, with Dimitar Paskalev
  • Konferenz Festival – Sofia, Backstage, with Matthew Ostrowski, George Cremaschi and improvisational workshop participants, 2005
  • Bisquit Winter Festival - Sofia, Dauhouse, with TKRST, 2005


'Concerto' project with Ivo Dimchev:


Other projects:

  • 'Topography', audio project commisioned by the Student Computer Art Society (SCAS), Sofia,1999
  • Sound design for the Radisson SAS Hotel- Sofia, 2003
  • Music for short films: „Pas de 2 with a Swimming Hat“ by the Brain Store Project, 2008; „The Trip “ (2007) , "Beyond All Doubt on Earth “(2008) by Yavor Veselinov
  • „The Body Speaks“, workshop with Yuliana Saiska, Bitola, AKTO 2 Festival, 2007
  • Complete sound design for „Dream Screens“, series of shows for the Slovenian National Television, directed by Yuliana Saiska
  • Sound design for Amica magazine project „As I Am“, 2008
  • Sound & music composition for commercials of festivals “Sofia Design Week” and “Sofia Dance Week”, 2009 - 2010