Vladimir Panchev

Vladimir Pantchev (1948–2021) graduated from the National Academy of Music in 1972, majoring in Piano under Professor Luba Encheva, Composition under Professor Pancho Vladigerov, Professor Alexander Tanev, Professor Vassil Kazandjiev and Professor Konstantin Iliev, and Conducting under Professor Konstantin Iliev. He worked consecutively as chorus master at the Sofia Opera (1970-78) and editor at the Musica Publishing House (1974-78). He also taught Chamber Music at the National Academy of Music (1987-91). Since 1991, he has lived and worked in Vienna. In 1992, he was appointed editor at the publishing company Universal Edition and accompanist at the Conservatoire of Vienna (1992-93). Since 1995 he has led a composition class as part of the Summer Academy in Lilienfeld, as well as a master cla He composed stage music; orchestral and chamber music; a number of choral songs and cycles, etc. His compositional style was influenced by serial and atonal techniques. After 1991 most of his works were commissioned by well-established contemporary music ensembles such as the Klangforum Wien, the Music On Line Ensemble or the Wiener Collage Ensemble. The monody, characteristic of his music, takes its origin from rhythms and tunes of the old Bulgarian traditional music. It is combined with an original transformation of the sound material. His works were prize-winning at the choral music competition in Llangollen (second prize, 1979) and the symphony music competition in Trieste (third prize, 1983). They were performed in Salzburg, Vienna, Sofia, Lisbon, Moscow, Halle, Cologne, Oslo and Budapest. He is a member of the union of Austrian composers OKB, Wiener Collage Ensemble, etc.