Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is the assistant conductor for the Royal Ballet Triple Bill featuring the World Premiere of Christopher Wheeldon and Mark Antony Turnage’s new ballet Strapless, alongside two other ballets by Wheeldon, choreographed to music by Arvo Pärt and Ezio Bosso – After the Rain and Within the Golden Hour. More about the production – click here.
Recording Sessions: Azalea
Martin Georgiev conducted world premiere recordings of new works by Rosalie Coopman and Michael Rosas Cobian with the acclaimed London contemporary music ensemble Azalea at Angel Studios, London on 05.12.2015.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is the assistant conductor for the Royal Ballet production of Connectome/Raven Girl – two recent Royal Ballet creations choreographed by Alistair Marriott and Wayne McGregor with music by Arvo Pärt and Gabriel Yared. Martin Georgiev was the Assistant Conductor for the world premières of both ballets, and is currently assisting Koen Kessels, Music Director of the Royal Ballet,
Percussion Concerto No.3 at UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers
Martin Georgiev’s Percussion Concerto No. 3 Genesis has been selected by the Bulgarian National Radio to be presented at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers 2015 to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, on 12-15 May. The composition will be presented by the 2014 recording produced by the Bulgarian National Radio featuring Tatiana Koleva – Marimba and the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is assistant conductor for the World Premiere of Wayne McGregor‘s new full length ballet Woolf Works with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, which will open on 11 May. It is the second World Premiere of McGregor’s ballet that Martin is involved with as assistant conductor to Koen Kessels, Music Director Designate of the Royal Ballet, after the premiere of Raven Girl in 2013.
Multimedia Web Presentation of Dr Georgiev’s PhD research now available
A multimedia web presentation of Dr Martin Georgiev’s PhD thesis, including the theoretical text with interlinked audio and score samples is now available online at the following weblink:
Morphing Modality – Multimedia Web Presentation (click here)
Morphing Modality is Dr Georgiev’s innovative technique for composition developed within his PhD research at the Royal Academy of Music, completed in 2012. (Click here for related news release.)
World Premiere of Georgiev’s Triptych: London, 26 Nov 2014
The World Premiere of Martin Georgiev’s Triptych for Violin and Piano was given by Yana Burova – Violin, and Fiammetta Tarli – Piano, at a recital on 26 November 2014 at 7.30 PM at The Salvation Army Regent Hall (275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ), within the framework of the 3rd London Festival of Bulgarian Culture (LFBC), alongside music by Tchaikovky, Vladigerov, Bartok, Khachaturian, Kutev and Vulchanov. The three pieces comprising Georgiev’s Triptych were composed between 2009 and 2013, and the last of them – Guiding Star, written for Burova and Tarli received its world premiere at the concert. Midnight Song was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music for The Story of London initiative of the Mayor of London and premiered by Helena Nichols and Charlene Farrugia within the framework of the festival in 2009. In this piece Georgiev was asked “to predict his late style” as an imaginary reference to the future of music in London.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is cover conductor for the Royal Ballet production of Quadruple Ashton bill at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, opening on 18 October,
World Premiere of Georgiev’s ‘Doxologies of Bells and Candlelight’ with Tatiana Koleva, Cosmic Voices, Vania Moneva, YPP at Varna Summer IMF
Photographs from the concert by Rossen Donev
The World Premiere of Martin Georgiev’s Doxologies of Bells and Candlelight for Marimba, Bulgarian Traditional Ladies Choir and Percussion Ensemble was given by world renowned soloist, choir and ensemble: Tatiana Koleva – Marimba, the Cosmic Voices choir and Youth Percussion Pool conducted by Vania Moneva, at the Varna Summer International Music Festival at Varna, Bulgaria. The piece draws upon the traditions of
New Recording of Georgiev’s Percussion Concerto No.3 ‘Genesis’: Koleva, BNRSO conducted by the composer
A new studio recording of Martin Georgiev’s Percussion Concerto No.3 ‘Genesis’ with Tatiana Koleva – Marimba, and the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, was produced by the Bulgarian National Radio and broadcast. For a limited period you can listen to an MP3 version of the recording from
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is cover conductor for the Royal Ballet production of Triple Bill at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, featuring the premiere of Alastair Marriott‘s new ballet Connectome with music by Arvo Pärt,
Videos from the LFBC Cadogan Hall Opening, conducted by Georgiev
Camera direction, editing and visual effects by Ogy Stoilov.
Selection of videos from the LFBC 2012 Opening Concert at Cadogan Hall, London, with Varna Philharmonic, Paulina Voices, Holst Choir, Vania Vatralova-Stankov soprano, conducted by Martin Georgiev. Titled Bulgarian and British Symphonic Folksongs – music by Vladigerov, Nenov, Kazandjiev and Vaughan Williams.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is cover conductor for the Royal Ballet production of The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, opening on 4 December 2013 and running 26 performances until 16 January 2014,
Georgiev’s String Quartet No.1 at AmBul 2013: Frosch Quartet recital
09.10.2013. String Quartet Frosch performed Martin Georgiev’s String Quartet No.1 at the AmBul Festival for American and Bulgarian Music,
Georgiev’s Bagryana Songs at Varna Summer IMF: Stankov Ensemble
20.07.2013. Martin Georgiev’s London Songs on Bagryana Poems, Soprano, Violin and Piano, were performed in a recital by the Stankov Ensemble at the Varna Summer International Music Festival, Varna, Bulgaria,
Dr Martin Georgiev conferred a PhD by the Royal Academy of Music, University of London
28.06.2013. Dr Martin Georgiev PhD was conferred a Philosophy Doctorate in Composition by the Royal Academy of Music, University of London at a ceremony at London’s St Marylebone Church (opposite the Royal Academy of Music). The Doctorate was presented by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, GCVO, HonFRAM and the ceremony was attended by distinguished musicians and celebrities, including conductors Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conferred an Honorary Doctorate of the UL) and Ivan Fischer (awarded a HonRAM), composers Jonathan Dove and Gary Carpenter (both awarded HonRAM), cellist Neil Heyde and jazz vocalist Norma Winstone (both awarded HonRAM), among many. The citations were read by John Suchet.
In his Doctoral research, with principal supervisor Dr Philip Cashian, and subsidiary supervision with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Julian Anderson, among others, Dr Georgiev developed a particular compositional technique/system: Morphing Modality.
Martin at RB, ROH Covent Garden
Martin Georgiev is cover conductor for the Royal Ballet premiere of Wayne McGregor‘s new ballet Raven Girl, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London,
New Recording of Georgiev’s String Quartet No.1
А new studio recording of Martin Georgiev’s String Quartet No.1 with String Quartet Frosch was produced by the Bulgarian National Radio in March 2013.
Georgiev conducting the opening concert of the European Music Festival at Varna
26.03.2013: Martin Georgiev conducted the opening concert of the European Music Festival at his native city of Varna, Bulgaria. The concert programme opened with Georgiev’s orchestral piece A Seasong which was commissioned two years earlier by the Royal Academy of Music, London, in Memory of Sir Henry Wood,
World Premiere of ‘The Secret’: Heidelberg Philharmonic conducted by the composer
Heidelberg Philharmonic and Martin Georgiev at the World Premiere of ‘The Secret’. Photo by Robert Schweizer
20.02.2013. The World Premiere of Martin Georgiev’s major orchestral work The Secret / Тайната was given by the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer at Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg, alongside works by Rodrigo and Respighi, in a Southern-European concert programme that featured the distinguished soloist Göran Söllscher in Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
More about the concert at the website of the Orchestra
The world premiere of The Secret was the highest point of Georgiev’s tenure as Komponist für Heidelberg 2012|13 – Composer in Residence to the City of Heidelberg. The Secret was commissioned by Orchester und Theater Heidelberg and the General Music Director of the City of Heidelberg, Yordan Kamdzhalov.
Göran Söllscher, Heidelberg Philharmonic and Martin Georgiev
Georgiev’s Violin & Piano Works at Heidelberg: Dervenska, Höbarth
Martin Georgiev’s Pieces for Violin and Piano were performed in a recital by Valia Dervenska, Concertmaster of the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, and Nadja Vatcheva-Höbarth – Piano, at Alter Saal, Heidelberg State Theatre, Germany.
Brussels Philharmonic recording of Georgiev’s work released
A studio recording of Martin Georgiev’s orchestral work The Sacred Flight with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Michel Tabachnik was released on CD. It features the 2011 selection of the Tactus International Composers’ Forum in Belgium, including 6 orchestral pieces by young composers from around the world.
World Premiere of Georgiev’s ‘Silent Light’ at London’s Cadogan Hall
12.11.2012. The world premiere of Martin Georgiev’s new work for 2 Pianos and Strings: Silent Light was given by Ivo Varbanov and Fiammetta Tarli, accompanied by the Isis Ensemble conducted by Jacques Cohen at Cadogan Hall within the London Festival of Bulgarian Culture.
World Premiere of Georgiev’s London Songs on Bagryana Poems
11.11.2012. The world premiere of Martin Georgiev’s London Songs on Bagryana Poems, commissioned by the AmBul Festival for American and Bulgarian Music in Sofia, Bulgaria for the Stankov Ensemble was given by within the framework of the festival,
Martin Georgiev conducting at Cadogan Hall, London
Martin Georgiev, Varna Philharmonic, Paulina Voices, Holst Choir at the LFBC Opening Concert, Cadogan Hall, London
03.11.2012. Martin Georgiev conducted the opening concert of the 2nd London Festival of Bulgarian Culture (LFBC) at Cadogan Hall, London, with the Varna Symphony Orchestra, from Georgiev’s native city of Varna (home to the oldest international ballet competition in the world and the oldest golden treasure ever found.) The concert, titled Bulgarian & British Symphonic Folk Songs featured a number of UK premieres by some of the most significant Bulgarian composers of the early and the late 20th Century, alongside Vaughan Williams’ magnificent last cantata, Folksongs of the Four Seasons featuring the
Paulina Voices and the Holst Choir from London – both choirs been taught and directed by Vaughn Williams himself in his lifetime. All compositions that Georgiev programmed in the concert were inspired by Folk Songs and Sacred Chants and Carols, from Bulgaria and Britain, drawing fascinating parallels. You could read more about the works and their composers in the concert programme (here), and below are some videos from the concert, with just a few words about each composer. London Festival of Bulgarian Culture was founded in 2011 by virtuoso violinist and producer Ivo Stankov who is the director and producer of the festival which aims to share the hidden treasures of Bulgarian culture with the British public.
Georgiev appointed Composer in Residence to the City of Heidelberg
Martin Georgiev was appointed Composer in Residence to the City of Heidelberg – Komponist für Heidelberg 2012|13.