Dobrinka Tabakova
Donald Macleod speaks to composer Dobrinka Tabakova, who was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and moved to the UK at the age of 11.
Continuing 大象传媒 Radio 3's celebration of female composers for International Women's Day, Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work? As they discuss the issue of women in music from a contemporary perspective. Featuring music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Dobrinka Tabakova, Hannah Kendall, Anna Clyne and Charlotte Bray. Join the conversation online by tweeting @bbcradio3 with the hashtag #womensday.
In today's episode, Donald interviews the British-Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova (1980-), whose music shimmers with "glowing tonal harmonies and grand sweeping gestures", according to the leading magazine The Strad. Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, before the fall of the Iron Curtain, Dobrinka Tabakova moved to the UK at the age of 11. Her lushly tonal, often highly Romantic music has been praised by figures as eclectic as John Adams, Iannis Xenakis and Alexander Goehr - and questions what it really means to be 'radical' in 2015.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto For Cello And Strings
Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.- ECM: 2239.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite In The Old Style - Riddle of the barrel organ player
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.- ECM 4764826.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Alma Redemptoris Mater For Chorus
Performer: Benjamin Nicholas. Choir: Merton College Oxford Choir.- DELPHIAN: DCD34144.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Pulse - Film Score For Piano, Percussion And Gamelan
Performer: Robert Campion. Performer: Richard Benjafield. Performer: Isabelle Carr茅. Performer: Richard Uttley. Performer: George Banton. Performer: Rolf Hind.- NMC: DL201415.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Such Different Paths For String Septet
Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Andrianov. Performer: Torleif Thed茅en. Performer: Stacy Watton. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Julia-Maria Kretz.- ECM: 2239.
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- Tue 10 Mar 2015 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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