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Pencho
Stoyanov
Born in 1931, the composer Pencho Stoyanov had
the chance to develop his music talent under such
eminent artists, pedagogues and music theoreticians such
as P. Hadjiev,
P. Vladigerov, V. Protopopov, V. Zuckerman,
S. Skrebkov, A. Hachaturyan, O. Messiaen. He started his
career as music pedagogue at the State Academy of Music
as a lecturer in Harmony and Theory of Music. Later he
began teaching Music Analysis as well. In 1966 he was
promoted associate professor, in 1972 full professor; in
1981 he received the degree Doctor of Art Study. He is
prize winner of national and international awards for
composition. He authored 5 symphonies; 3 symphonic
poems; 3 overtures; a Divertimento for string orchestra
and other instrumental works; a Piano quintet; 2 string
quartets; 3 sonatas for violin and piano; works for
piano; two song cycles; over 350 choral songs,
etc. His works has been performed in many countries
around the world. He wrote music theory studies and
textbooks. He took part in international symposiums and
scientific conferences and gave master classes in
composition and music theory in many European countries.
He was a member of juries of international composition
competitions. His students are now respected figures -
conductors, composers and lecturers in Bulgaria,
Germany, Austria, Denmark, the USA, South Korea, former
Yugoslavia, Greece, etc. A great part of P. Stoyanov’s
work reflects tendencies characteristic for the
contemporary Bulgarian music and some trends of the
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