Liubomir Pipkov Nani mi nani, Damiancho

Liubomir Pipkov (1904 - 1974)- Nani mi nani, Damiancho (piano miniature) from Spring Caprices (1971-72).
Liubomir Pipkov is Panayot Pipkov's son. He belongs to the second generation of Bulgarian composers. He was among the founding members of the Contemporary Music Society (1933), the predecessor of the Union of Bulgarian Composers. His impressive versatility as a composer, literary man and poet, journalist and public figure, pedagogue and socially involved artist with progressive ideas made his name as one of the leading personalities in the music culture and the intellectual elite in Bulgaria in the period 1930s-1970s.
He studied Piano with Ivan Torchanov and Henrich Visner. He graduated from the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris majoring in Composition under Paul Ducas and Nadia Boulanger and Piano under Yvonne Lefйbure. He returned to Bulgaria in 1932 and worked as accompanist at the Sofia Opera and was also actively involved in the work of the newly founded Contemporary Music Society. From 1944 to 1948 he was Director of the Sofia Opera. In 1948 he was appointed Professor of Vocal Ensembles at the State Academy of Music. He began publishing the magazine Music (1948) (siuce 1953 which was later renamed Bulgarian Music) and participated in a number of congresses and international juries. From 1945 to 1954 he chaired the Union of Bulgarian Composers. In 1974 he was elected Honorary Member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He was posthumously awarded the title Corresponding Member of the Arts of the German Democratic Republic.
He composed in all genres of the epoch reconsidering in a new creative manner their imagery and musical language.
He is author of three operas; vocal-orchestral opuses; four symphonies and other works for symphony, string and chamber orchestra; works for voice and chamber orchestra; choral and solo songs; children's songs; folksong arrangements; film music, etc. Among the choral masterpieces are "In the Field", "Spring Wind", "Yellow Butterfly", "Nani mi nani, Damiancho" or "Priglusheni pesni" - a cycle for female voices choir -, which were
included in the repertoire of the Bulgarian choirs and created an internationally acclaimed image of the Bulgarian choral art at prestigious international festivals and other forums.
This recording is from live concert of Bulgarian pianist Veselinka Ivanova in Dartmouth college, NH on 25 February 2004

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[missniksing]

Thank you for posting this video.... I have not heard this piece in the longest time. I sung this in the second year of my uni course... and loved it. I found the music in my studio the other day and was very exfited... I just feel so connected to this piece - how great to hear it again. Thank you.