During the 1990s, Emil Tabakov's harmonic palette was enriched by a renewed interest in Bulgarian folklore, leading to a musical language noted for its pictorial vividness and economy.
Performer Biography
The Symphony Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio, featured on this album, has musicians who are graduates of prestigious music academies in Sofia, Moscow, St Petersburg, and New York.
Composer Biography
Emil Tabakov, the composer and conductor, first took to the podium at age seventeen and won the Nikolai Malko Young Conductors Competition in Copenhagen in 1977.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Emil Tabakov has been drawn towards big symphonic forms from his earliest years as a creative artist, counting Shostakovich, Brahms, Skryabin, and Richard Strauss as influences.
Performer Biography
The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, also featured on this album, was the first Bulgarian orchestra outside the capital and provided training for young Bulgarian players who achieved international recognition.
Compositional Technique
In all his pieces, Emil Tabakov is meticulous with dynamics, timbre, and thematic development, often building symphonic movements from small, vivid ideas worked out rigorously.
Composer Biography
Like Mahler, Emil Tabakov, though in demand as a conductor, composes mostly during the summer months when he is not busy conducting.
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