Dimitar Nenov Miniatures Lyuba Encheva

DIMITAR NENOV (1901 — 1953) - MINIATURES for piano (1945) - Prelude, Melodie (Song), Staccato, Pastorale, Musette (Bagpipe)
Performed by unique Bulgarian pianist and pedagogue Prof. LYUBA ENCHEVA (1914 - 1989)

Dimitar Nenov was a famous Bulgarian composer and pianist, music pegagogue, publicist, architect. One of the major figures of the second generation of Bulgarian composers, as well as one of the creators of the Bulgarian national music style. He studied piano privately with A. Stoyanov (1919-1920).
Between 1920 and 1927 he studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden, took a doctorate in art history and attended the Dresden Conservatory where he studied the piano with Karl Fehling and theory with Theodor Blumer and Paul Bitner. From 1927 to 1930 he worked in Bulgaria as an architect. After further studies in Zakopane (Poland) with the pianist Egon Petri (Italy, 1931) and receiving a diploma in Bologna (1932) he embarked on a career in music. He was founder and director of the music section at Sofia radio (1935-7), for which he made a number of folk song arrangements, and from 1937 was professor at the State Academy of Music. A co-founder of the Bulgarian Composers Society (1933), in the 1930s he took part in the debate on the Bulgarian national style, and in furtherance of this published several articles.
Nenov was a gifted pianist and interpreter of Beethoven, Liszt and Skryabin. A successor to the Liszt-Busoni-Petri tradition, he developed the contemporary approach towards playing that combined artistry with great technical skill. As a composer, he was an outstanding representative of the Bulgarian school. The originality of his work is apparent in miniatures as well as the symphonic works, which contain complex musical ideas and an impressive dramatic quality. The Romantic expression and moments of ecstasy, for example in Vazhdeleniye (Aspiration) and Kopnezh (Desire), betray the influence of Skryabin. An integral style is reached in works which draw on the melodic and rhythmic characteristics of archaic Bulgarian folk music. In the symphonic works, the folk influence is evident in the way melodies are constructed; in the use of variation as a principle of development; and in his choice of modes, many of which are symmetrically formed and bear resemblance to the octatonic scale. His rich, sumptuous musical language relies on a functional type of harmony based on modes, while his masterful orchestrations frequently call for large wind sections and a number of unusual percussion instruments. His greatest achievements are the Piano Concerto and Rapsodichna fantazia.

"Lyuba Encheva - immediate, responsive to colleagues and friends with gushing wit, impulsive - so the image is saved in my memory. Sounds like its organ built Bach's works as a kite Gothic cathedrals. Sounds like Mozart in gentle radiant pages recollection. How Lyuba 'painting' Debussy! As crispy and air, seeped with light landscapes of Claude Monet. As evasive trembling in Sisley. It dispersal of fireworks painterly canvas of Vato in 'Islands of Joy 'of Debussy. The sultry sun and unadulterated joy in emotional 'Dance of Fire' from De Falla! For us Lyuba was a benchmark intimate interpreter. Our teacher." - Prof. Lilyana Antova

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[fyrexia]

Could you kindly tell me who is A.Stoyanov? I know Vesslin and Pentcho Stoyanov. But never heard of A.Stoyanov.

Tony

[Aleksiroea]

Music by the best bulgarian composer ever, played by the great pianist professor Entcheva.

[Aleksiroea]

The best bulgarian composer ever.

[kavaler82]

One of the most beautifull piano works written in the 20th Century in a truely brilliant performance !!!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you for bringing this to my attantion Veseli. I really like in particular the last piece - Musette.