Karnatic Lab Festival 2004
14, 15 and 16 May


Theodosii Spassov Quartet


Theodosii Spassov Quartet

THEODOSII SPASSOV - BULGARIA
Kaval - Bulgarian wooden flute
Theodosii Spassov was born on 4 March 1961. He began his early training on the kaval at the Kotel Music School and The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv. The kaval, an eight-hole wooden "shepherd" flute , is one of the oldest instruments in Europe, rich in tone and technical possibilities. Theodosii Spassov has developed his own unique style of playing the instrument by synthesizing traditional folklore with jazz, classical and pop music.
For over 15 years, Mr. Spassov has captivated Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Canada and United States. In 1994 Theodosii Spassov performed with Sofia Women's Radio Choir which was awarded with a Grammy award for "Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares" . In April 1995 "Newsweek" magazine recognized Mr. Spassov as one of the most talented East European musicians in its "best of the East" article, noting that "Spassov… is not merely surviving the post-communist cultural wasteland. He has actually invented a new musical genre."
Theodosii Spassov has contributed to 15 CDs, four of his own, which have been realized worldwide. He has composed and performed numerous film scores including a French-Bulgarian feature film "Granitza", ("The Border") 1993. Theodosii has also recorded themes for films by Italian composers Carlos Siliotto and Ennio Morricone, entitled "An Italian Story" and "The Breakout of the Innocent" . At the fourth European Jazz Night, Theodosii Spassov was a featured performer along with other jazz musicians, including Winton Marsalis.
At home, Mr. Spassov is national figure and musical hero , and was recently honored with "Music Artist of the Year" award at the 1997 National Music Awards. He is the Artistic Director of the world-renown "PHILIP KOUTEV" ensemble of music, drama and dance - (1994-1999).
Theodosii is currently member of the company of the Irish music and dance "Riverdance" -(1998-2001). Now hi is a soloist of Bulgarian National Radio.

WORKED WITH: Jazz Linia, Trio "Bulgarka", Dave Liebman, Dimitrios Vassilakis, Andy Sheppard, Yldiz Ibrahimova, Ennio Morricone, Jamey Haddad, Vesselin Nikolov, Albert Mangelsdorf, Mark Johnson, Ivo Papazov, Trilok Gurtu, Radio Sofia Orchestras, Kazumi Watanabe, Acoustic Version, Glen Velez, "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares", Rabih Abou-Khalil, Milcho Leviev, Dionisis Savopulos

CONCERTS AS A SOLOIST IN: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Israel, Japan, Nepal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, U.K., U.S.A.


For more info about the Theodosii Spassov››
www.theodosii.com


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