Theodosii Spassov Trio

concert in Plovdiv

THEODOSII SPASSOV - BULGARIA

Kaval - Bulgarian wooden flute

Theodosii Spassov was born on March 4th, 1961. He began his early training on the kaval at the Kotel Music School and The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv/Bulgaria. The kaval, an eight-hole wooden "shepherd" flute, is one of the oldest Instruments in Europe, rich in tone and technical possibilities. Theodosii Spassov has developed his own unique style of playing the instrument by synthesizing traditional folklore with jazz, fusion and classical music.

For over 20 years, Theodosii has toured all over Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Canada and United States. In 1994, he performed with Sofia Women's Radio Choir which was awarded with a Grammy award for "Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares". In April of 1995, "Newsweek" magazine recognized Theodosii Spassov as one of the most talented Eastern-European musicians in its "best of the East" article, noting that "Spassov... is not merely surviving the post-communist cultural wasteland. He has actually invented a new musical genre."

Theodosii Spassov has contributed to 20 CDs, four of his own, which have been noted worldwide. He has composed and performed numerous film scores including a French-Bulgarian feature film "Granitza", ("The Border") 1993. Also he recorded themes for films by Italian composers Carlos Siliotto and Ennio Morricone, entitled "An Italian Story" and "The Breakout of the Innocent". At the fourth European Jazz Night, Theodosii Spassov was a featured performer along with other jazz musicians, including Winton Marsalis.

At home in Bulgaria, Theodosii Spassov is national figure and musical hero, and was recently honored with the "Music Artist of the Year" award. He is the Artistic Director of the world-renown "PHILIP KOUTEV Ensemble Of Music, Drama And Dance".

Theodosii is currently member of the company of the Irish music and dance "Riverdance"-(1998-2001). Now hi is a soloist of Bulgarian National Radio.

TRAINING:
The Music School in Kotel
The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv

FELLOW ARTISTS HE WORKED WITH: Jazz Linia, Trio "Bulgarka", Dave Liebman, Dimitrios Vassilakis, Andy Sheppard, Yldiz Ibrahimova, Ennio Morricone, Jamey Haddad, Vesselin Nikolov, Albert Mangelsdorf, Mark Johnson, Ivo Papazov, Trilok Gurtu, Radio Sofia Orchestras, Kazumi Watanabe, Acoustic Version, Glen Velez, "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares", Rabih Abou-Khalil, Milcho Leviev, Dionisis Savopulos

CONCERTS AS A SOLOIST IN: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Israel, Japan, Nepal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S..

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[GaliaViola]

Невероятен е Теодоси!

[ekiyamah]

king teodosi 5 stars

[TanitaMemory]

Bog da go prosti Rupeto...Neveroiatna musika-prosto Teodosi.

[Bennett3108]

What is he playing? It looks way too big to be a normal kaval, and it sounds like a fujara ... plus, he's holding it more like a fujara or a shakuhachi, and his thumb position looks more like a ney technique! Very cool.

[entony1311]

teododsi e unikat!!!

[kavaldzhia]

... страшен инструмент !

Този кавал от Сол диез ли е ???

[udonspecial]

sounds like Weather Report. JZ would have loved this.

[korinth13]

Nai- ludijat.

[skenzisklisko]

title of the song please!!!

[lucamadalin2000]

Wonderful

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