Martin Georgiev promoted to Staff Conductor at the Royal Opera House
Martin Georgiev appointed Staff Conductor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Album Release: Violin Concerto
Martin Georgiev was living in London during the spring lockdown of 2020. It was a challenging – even frightening – time for everyone. Touched by the heroics of medical doctors, health workers and researchers, he wrote and dedicated this concerto to them. Created in Georgiev’s own compositional technique called ‘Morphing Modality’, the 12 movements can
Genesis: International Release: ICSM Records, London
Das Orchester 5***** “The CD debut of the young Bulgarian-British musician Martin Georgiev brings us an entirely individual musical narrative world, from London. … In it, heaven and earth are reflected.” read more…
Limelight **** “a triumph… bold, sophisticated compositional vision executed with brilliance.” read more…
Sound and Vision : “unlike anything else I have heard before”
Woolf Works, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Martin Georgiev is conducting the Royal Ballet production of Woolf Works, a full length ballet by Wayne McGregor starring Alessandra Ferri, Natalia Osipova, Marianela Núñez, Francesca Hayward, Yasmine Naghdi, Gary Avis, Matthew Ball, Calvin Richardson, Joseph Sissens, the Royal Ballet company and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, led by Vasko Vassilev, in March
Mayerling, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Martin Georgiev conducted the Royal Ballet production of Mayerling at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, starring Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambe, Sarah Lamb, Matthew Ball, Akane Takada, Ryoichi Hirano, Yasmine Naghdi, Mayara Magri, Isabella Gasparini, Anna Rose O’Sullivan, Yuhui Choe, Itziar Mendizibal, Leticia Dias, James Hay, the Royal Ballet company, and the Orchestra of
Universal Edition
Sheet Music and Perusal Scores of Martin Georgiev’s back catalogue and newest compositions now available from Universal Edition, Vienna. Martin Georgiev at Universal Edition – click here
Genesis Tour Netherlands
Martin Georgiev conducted his Percussion Concerto No.3 Genesis with Tatiana Koleva – Marimba and Kammerorkest van het Noorden across the Netherlands. The tour began in May 2019 in Appingedam and continued until February 2020 (6 concerts), while the last 3 concerts were cancelled due to Storm Katrina and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swan Lake: Birmingham Royal Ballet
Martin Georgiev conducted Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake with the Birmingham Royal Ballet on tour across England in the Spring of 2020, at Birmingham Hippodrome, Salford Lowry, Sunderland Empire, including the last show before the pandemic lockdown cancelled the rest of the tour.
Concert at UNESCO Paris
Martin Georgiev conducted a festive concert at UNESCO in Paris featuring his own music, alongside French and Bulgarian composers of the 20th Century, world renown harpist Suzanna Klintcharova as the soloist in virtuoso pieces by Debussy, Tournier, Ikonomov and Arnaoudov, and the Orpheus NBU Chamber Orchestra, featuring multimedia projections and exhibition celebrating the unique Boryana
The Nutcracker
Martin Georgiev conducted Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker in December 2019 at Varna Opera House in Bulgaria, with the Varna State Ballet company and soloists from the Krasnoyarsk State Ballet Company from Russia.
Concerto for 2 Pianos: World Premiere
Martin Georgiev’s Concerto for 2 Pianos Diptych of Light and Time was premiered by pianists Ivo Varbanov and Fiammetta Tarli, and the Sofia Soloists conducted by the composer on 5th December 2019 at Bulgaria Hall, Sofia, alongside works by Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Pärt and Sibelius.
World Premiere, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hippodrome and Sadler’s Wells London
Martin Georgiev is conducting the world premiere production at the opening of the new season of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. The new ballet by
Swan Lake, Varna International Ballet Competition
Martin Georgiev conducted Swan Lake with laureates of the Varna International Ballet Competition, the oldest international Ballet competition in the world, at the legendary Varna Summer Theatre in July 2019.
Genesis Tour Netherlands
Martin Georgiev is conducting his Percussion Concerto No.3 on tour across the Netherlands, with Kammerorkest van het Noorden and soloist Tatiana Koleva.
7 Pieces from the Temple at Clerkenwell International Music Series, London
On 8 May 2019 Italian pianist Fiammetta Tarli gives a piano recital featuring Martin Georgiev’s Seven Pieces from the Temple
RB, ROH, Covent Garden
Martin is Assistant-Conductor for the World Premiere of Royal Ballet’s Medusa at ROH Covent Garden.
Festive Gala at Varna Opera House
Martin Georgiev conducted a festive gala concert for Palm Sunday at Varna Opera House featuring countertenor Justin Schuetz, violinist Ivo Stankov and pianist Lachezar Stankov.
RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin is assistant-conductor for the revival of the Royal Ballet production of Frankenstein.
Forthcoming: Netherlands Tour
World Premiere: The Unknown Soldier, Royal Ballet, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is assistant conductor for the world premiere Royal Ballet production of The Unknown Soldier at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
World Premiere: Ignite, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Martin Georgiev conducted the critically acclaimed World Premiere and UK tour of Ignite, a new ballet by Juanjo Arqués and Kate Whitley with the Birmingham Royal Ballet
Composer’s Portrait on Deutschladfunk: 25 Aug
Deutschladfunk broadcasted a composer’s portrait featuring Martin Georgiev’s works recorded by Brussels Philharmonic, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stankov Ensemble, Frosch Quartet and and Tatiana Koleva, on Saturday 25 Aug at 22:05 CET (21:05 BST). The programme by Prof. Dr. Lutz Lesle (in German) is available to hear online for a week after the broadcast
Swan Lake at Varna Summer Theatre
Martin conducted a new Swan Lake co-production of the Varna and Krasnoyarsk ballet companies at the legendary Varna Summer Theatre, home to the oldest international ballet competition in the world.
Azalea Recordings at Angel
Martin conducted world premiere recordings of new works by Rosalie Coopman and Michael Rosas Cobian with contemporary music ensemble Azalea at Angel Stidios, London, in July 2018.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin was assistant conductor for the revival of Wayne McGregor’s ballet Obsidian Tear, choreographed to music by Esa-Pekka Salonen, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in April and May 2018.
New CD: Genesis: Reviewed in Sound and Vision
“…this music is unlike anything else I have heard before…”
GENESIS: New CD Release – Reviewed in Sound and Vision. Australia.
Swan Lake: Varna
Martin is conducting a new production of Swan Lake which he opened in December at the Varna State Opera House, at his native city, Varna, Bulgaria, home of the oldest international ballet competition in the world.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin was assistant conductor for the world premiere of two new ballets by Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon to music by Leonard Bernstein with the Royal Ballet at ROH Covent Garden, London in March-April 2018. The Triple Bill is a celebration of Bernstein’s birth centenary.
Concert: Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra, January 2018
Martin Georgiev conducted the Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra in concert on 18 January 2018 at Bulgaria Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria. The concert programme featured:
- Paul Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice
- Marin Goleminov: Violin Concerto. soloist: Mario Hossen, Violin
- Brahms’ Symphony No.3
New CD Genesis: Review in Limelight Magazine, Australia
Lisa MacKinney. Limelight Magazine, Australia **** Debut recording from young Bulgarian is quite a smasher. Genesis is the debut recording for Bulgarian/British composer Martin Georgiev, born in 1983 in Varna, Bulgaria, and based in London since 2005. His doctorate in composition was co-supervised by Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle, during which period, Georgiev developed
Swan Lake: New Production conducted by Georgiev
Martin Georgiev conducted the premiere of a new production of Swan Lake at the Varna State Opera House at his native city Varna, Bulgaria, the home of the oldest international professional Ballet competition in the world, won by legends such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sylvie Guillem.
New CD Album: Martin Georgiev: GENESIS
PRE-RELEASE: New CD release featuring Martin Georgiev’s Percussion Concerto No.3 GENESIS and Symphonic Triptych No. 1, conducted by the composer, with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and internationally acclaimed percussionist Tatiana Koleva is coming up on the British label ICSM Records. Watch this space. First Review: Das Orchester, Germany,*****: click here. Pre-orders: click here
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin is assistant conductor for the world premières of new ballets by Arthur Pita : The Wind, and Twyla Tharp : The Illustrated Farewell, and the revival of Hofesh Shechter’s Untouchable in a Triple Bill by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, and for the revival of Christopher Wheeldon’s award winning ballet Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, in September, October and November 2017, broadcast live on cinema worldwide…
Recording Sessions – Azalea, London
Martin Georgiev conducted recordings of new works by Michael Rosas Cobian and Rosalie Coopman with contemporary music ensemble Azalea at Angel Studios, London on 04.09.2017.
5 star review in Das Orchester
Martin Georgiev’s new CD release GENESIS was reviewed by Prof. Dr. Lutz Lesle in the June issue of Das Orchester, the German classical music magazine. For the original German review click here. English translation by Helen Rogers: (Български превод по-долу.) The CD debut of the young Bulgarian-British musician Martin Georgiev brings us an entirely individual
All-Georgiev night: Concert at the European Music Festival: Concertos for Marimba and Contrabass Clarinet, and a World Premiere: conducted by the Composer: 19 April
Composer’s Portrait Concert featuring Martin Georgiev’s Contrabass Clarinet Concerto Soul Searching and Percussion Concerto No. 3 Genesis in chamber versions, and the World Premiere of Lifepath for Strings was conducted by the composer alongside his String Quartet No. 1, at the European Music Festival at Varna, Bulgaria, on 19 April 2017, featuring leading international percussionist
Opening Concert: European Music Festival
Martin Georgiev conducted the Opening Concert of the European Music Festival at the sea resort city of Varna, Bulgaria, featuring: Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto | Kitbi Lee (South Korea/UK) Lizst: Piano Concerto No. 1 | Galin Gantchev (Bulgaria/UK) Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”) with the Varna Opera Symphony Orchestra at the
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin is assistant conductor for the revival of Wayne McGregor’s award winning ballet Woolf Works, choreographed to music by Max Richter, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in January and February 2017, broadcast live on cinema worldwide and to be released on DVD.
Stabat Mater: London Mozart Players, Georgiev: video from the LFBC closing concert 2016
Martin Georgiev conducting the London Mozart Players, Paulina Voices – St Paul’s Girls School Choir and Francis Holland School Choir at Cadogan Hall at the Closing Concert of the London Festival of Bulgarian Culture, 30.11.2016. G.B.Pergolesi: Stabat Mater 12: Quando Corpus Morietur (excerpt) More about the concert: click here.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is cover conductor for the Royal Ballet production of The Sleeping Beauty. The production opens on 21 December 2016 at ROH Covent Garden, London and runs until March 2017. More about the production – click here. More about Martin’s previous involvement with the RB/ROH – click here.
World Premiere: Contrabass Clarinet Concerto, London Mozart Players, Scott Lygate, conducted by the composer.
Martin Georgiev conducted the World Premiere of his Contrabass Clarinet Concerto Soul Searching with Scott Lygate and the London Mozart Players at Cadogan Hall, London on 30 November 2016, at the closing concert of the London Festival of Bulgarian Culture. It is the first UK Concerto for the Contrabass Clarinet, one of the first ever
Triptych for Violin and Piano in Poland
Martin Georgiev’s Triptych for Violin and Piano performed by Ivo Varbanov and Dominika Przech at a music festival at the Lodz Music Academy, Poland on 28 November 2016: http://ivo-varbanov.com/28-november-2016-lodz-music-academy-poland/
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is the assistant conductor for the Royal Ballet McGregor Triple Bill featuring the World Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s new ballet Multiverse choreographed to Steve Reich’s new score Runner commissioned especially for the production on the occasion of Reich’s 80th birthday. The production opens on 10 November at ROH Covent Garden, London. More about the production
Recording Sessions: Azalea
Martin Georgiev conducted recordings of new works by Rosalie Coopman and Michael Rosas Cobian with contemporary music ensemble Azalea at Angel Studios, London on 01.09.2016. It is a second recording session with music by Coopman and Cobian, after Azalea and Georgiev completed world premiere recordings of their new works in 2015 – click here.
World premiere recording: Rescue, BNRSO conducted by the composer
Martin Georgiev conducted studio recordings of two parts of his Symphonic Triptych No. 1 with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra at Sofia, Bulgaria, on 23-28 June 2016. One part of the Triptych, Heavenly Reflections was recorded by this orchestra conducted by the composer in 2007, broadcast nationwide and subsequently chosen to represent the country
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is the assistant conductor for the Royal Ballet Triple Bill featuring the World Premiere of Wayne McGregor and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s new ballet Obsidian Tear, to be conducted by the composer,
Seasong II – World Premiere, Varna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Martin Georgiev conducted the world premiere of his orchestral work Seasong II with the Varna State Opera Symphony Orchestra at the Varna Opera House, Varna, Bulgaria, on 25/03/2016 at a festive concert dedicated to the Annunciation of Theotokos. The concert
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is assistant conductor for the the World Premiere of Liam Scarlet and Lowell Lieberman’s new ballet Frankenstein at the Royal Ballet, ROH Covent Garden, London.