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Gheorghi
Arnaoudov was born in Sofia, to a well-known
family with a strong musical tradition. While
attending the Pantcho Vladigerov Academy,
Arnaoudov also studied composition in Florence
under Brian Ferneyhough, where he explored
electronic and concrète
music. Upon graduation and completion of his
studies abroad, Arnaoudov began establishing a
reputation as dedicated composer as well as a
theorist. Specializing in modern and postmodern
aesthetics, communication and semiotics, he also
set himself to exploring ancient and Far Eastern
musical forms. |
T o
date Arnaoudov has produced numerous symphonies, oratorios, concertos and
has won several international prizes. He currently teaches in the
"Theatre" and "Music" departments of
New Bulgarian University. In 2009 he was
appointed associate professor in Composition and Harmony.
Compared in the beginning to
composers such as Scriabin, Messiaen or Pärt nowadays Arnaoudov is known
as one of the most distinctive European composers, creating a music of
stasis, a new kind of of intense minimalism "that tells no conventional
stories but rather meditates on a idea. His instrumental works have
distinguished him as a modernist innovator, one who looks at musical
instruments as total items capable of maby sounds, overtones and
resonances.
Many
have commented on the spiritual side of Arnaoudov's music, and indeed
mysticism and ritual are two elements present in much of his work. Also
influential has been art, cinema and literature, with sources of
inspiration including René Magritte, Tarkovsky, James Joyce or Jorge- Luis
Borges.
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