DOBROMIR TSENOV
BIOGRAPHY
“Dobromir Tsenov’s affinity with the music of Pancho and Alexander Vladigerov is entirely authoritative. Tsenov combines dazzling virtuosity with an ability to draw the listener into this sound world; one cannot fail to be utterly absorbed by this recording, bringing to life and championing this seldom heard music in style.”
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Daniel Browell
Dobromir Tsenov is a Bulgarian born classical pianist , currently based in Manchester, UK.
Dobromir is now working on his second collaborative album release which will include pieces by Smetana, Vladigerov and Bartók, along with the Bulgarian violinist Hristo Dunev. The album will be launched on a special event in the Bulgarian Embassy in London in April this year. Meanwhile, he is exploring solo and chamber repertoire by Messiaen (Quartet for the end of time), Ravel, Poulenc and Rachmaninov. Dobromir is a prize - winner of many national and international competitions. In March 2020 he reached the final of the prestigious THSH prize in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Recent activities include appearances in the Beethoven Festival, Birmingham Chamber Music Festival, Debussy and Bernstein Festivals. He worked with a world - renowned musicians such as Peter Donohoe, Matthew Schellhorn, John Lenehan, Katya Apekisheva, Simon Callaghan, Nelly - Akopian Tamarina and Ludmil Angelov.
Musical Opinion Review, "Bulgarian Classics"
"In the pantheon of 20th-century Bulgarian composers, Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) holds a special place – the doyen of what one might term the country’s school of composers. His son Alexander (1933 – 1993) was a fine conductor who also composed a little, and some of his music is also on this disk. During the Soviet era, I travelled extensively in Bulgaria, and was surprised to come into contact with Pancho’s music through an extensive series of commercial recordings of almost of his major works. For reasons which do not necessary apply to the quality of Pancho’s art, his music did not ‘travel’ but continues to be regarded highly in his native country.
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Marking the 120th anniversary of Pancho’s birth, this new recording will be a welcome corrective for those who, through no fault of their own, remain unfamiliar with the composer’s music. Here we witness the composer as a complete master of relatively smaller forms (one hopes that one or more of his excellent piano concertos will be given in this country soon, the Second Violin Concerto especially), and the performances by the young Bulgarian pianist Dobromir Tsenov are first class in every respect, as is the recording quality and the outstanding presentation of this most worthwhile issue."
Robert Matthew-Walker
