CURRICULUM VITAE
Vladimir Vlaev
e-mail: vladimirvlaev@yahoo.com
web: http://vladimirvlaev.com/
OCCUPATION
Composer
Performer
Researcher
Sound Designer
Music Producer
Music Educator
Teacher of the guitar
Conductor
Music Editor in Media
EDUCATION
Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, 2022 – recent, PhD
Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory, Den Haag (Netherlands), 2016 – 2018, MMus
Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory, Den Haag (Netherlands), 2015 – 2016, One Year Course
Academy of music, dance and fine arts, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2005 – 2009 MA (Master of Arts) in Composition awarded in 2009. Diploma with Honors
Academy of music, dance and fine arts, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2005 – 2006, MA (Master of Arts) in Media Music Editor awarded in 2006. Diploma with Honors
Academy of music, dance and fine arts, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2000 – 2005, BA (Bachelor) in Music Education. Awarded in 2005
SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
ROC Mondriaan, The Hague, NL. Dutch Language Course Level B1, 2018 – 2019v
ROC Mondriaan, The Hague, NL. Dutch Language Course Level A2, 2016 – 2017
Karol Lipinski Academy of Music, Wroclaw (Poland). Erasmus Exchange Program Computer composition, Electroacoustic music, 2008
Lingua Mundi Language School, Plovdiv (Bulgaria). German language course, Grundstufe 2, July 2007
Lingua Mundi Language School, Plovdiv(Bulgaria). German language course, Grundstufe 1, May 2007
Master Classes and seminars:
Juan Carlos Alonso Lopez & Eduardo Pascual Diaz (Spain) – guitar master class, 2001
Martin Renert (Universität der Künste, Berlin) – guitar master class, 2001, 2002
COMPUTER LITERACY
OS – Mac OS X (excellent) /// Windows (Very good)
Office – Pages, Numbers, Keynote (excellent) /// Word, Excel, Power Point (very good)
Sound – Ableton, Logic Pro, Max/MSP, Cubase, Reason, Sibelius, Finale (excellent) /// Pro Tools, FL Studio, SuperCollider, Pure Data, Reaper (very good)
Video – Final Cut Pro, iMovie (excellent)
Graphics – Adobe Illustrator (very good)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artefact Performance, own enterprise with a wide range of musical activities – music education (guitar, piano, music softwares), sound design, recording & sound production, music performance, The Hague, NL, 2017 – recent
Teacher of music, Foundation NBU “Zora”, The Hague, NL, 2016 – 2017
Teacher of the guitar, computer music technology, music theory, Private Music School “Bekar”, Varna, BG, 2013 − 2015
Teacher of the guitar, National School of Arts “Dobri Hristov”, Varna, BG, 2010 – 2012
Member of the jury of the 24th, 25th & 26th edition of the “Classical guitar days” festival, Varna, BG, 2010, 2011
Teacher of the guitar, “Otec Paisiy” Community Center, Varna, BG, 2008 – 2010
Teacher of the guitar, Elementary School “Ivan Vazov”, Provadiya, BG, 2008 – 2009
Lectures at Academy of music, dance and fine arts, Plovdiv, BG, September 2008 – Electroacoustic music and use of the computer for its composing and performing
Teacher of music theory and acoustics, Professional Gymnasium “Hristo Botev”,
Plovdiv, BG, 2007 – 2008
Teacher of the guitar, “Zahary Stoiyanov Community Centre”, Plovdiv, BG, 2007 – 2008
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Conductor and manager of the “GuitArte” Student Guitar Ensemble, National School of Arts “Dobri Hristov”, Varna, BG, 2010 – 2013
Bulgarian National Radio, Plovdiv, BG, Music Editor, 2005 – 2006
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
“Friends of the Classical Guitar” association – Varna, since 2014
Union of the Bulgarian Composers, since 2009
FESTIVALS, CONCERTS & MAJOR PERFORMANCES
Pervade the Space multichannel electro-instrumental performance at the virtual edition of NYCEMF (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival) – New York, US,30/06/2020
Stories in Sound at Cyber SOTU (Sound of the Underground) Festival – Amsterdam, NL, 17/04/2020 (online edition)
The Seashell & The Clergyman 1928 silent film by Germaine Dulac – soundtrack commissioned to be premiered at the Sounds of Silence Festival – The Hague, NL, 15/03/2020 (due to Cov-19, postponed for 2021)
Stories in Sound – album release concert – Studio Loos, The Hague, NL, 5/12/2019
“Mixed studies #01: Diffused Gestures” for amplified accordion & live electronics at March Music Days 2019 Festival – Rouse, BG, 17/03/2019
Pervade the Space, multichannel performance at klingt gut! Symposium on Sound, Hamburg, DE, 08/06/2018
HexApp, performance at the WFS Festival, The Hague, NL, 10/05/2018
Concerto for electronically prepared keyboard, 13 strings, percussions and computer at the Chamber music festival, Gabrovo, BG, 12/09/2015
Bells for guitar quartet at the “New bulgarian music” festival, Sofia, BG , 22/10/2014
Variations for brass quintet at the “New bulgarian music” festival, performed by “Sofia” brass, Sofia, BG, 6/10/2014
Concerto for electronically prepared keyboard, 13 strings, percussions and computer – at the “Polish – German Sound Factory – music for computers and orchestra”, Sound Factory Orchestra, Wroclaw, PL, 26/10/2014
Water – Forum – Festival COMPUTER MUSIC SPACE, Sofia, BG, 16/12/2013
Bells reflections – “65 Anniversary of “Karol Lipinski” Academy of music, concert, Wroclaw, PL, 09/10/2013
Bells for guitar quartet – “In memoriam of prof. Dimitar Tupkoff”, concert at the Academy of music, dance and fine arts concert hall, Plovdiv, BG, 31/05/2013
Sonata for flute&guitar – Classical guitar days festival, Varna, BG, March 2012
Toccata – New Bulgarian Music festival, “Filip Koutev” concert hall, Union of the Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, BG, 02/2011
Prelude & Scherzo – Sound & Relation – New music days festival, “Filip Koutev” concert hall, Union of the Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, BG, 12/2009
Water – Karol Lipinski Academy of music, Computer Composition Studio summer concerts, Wroclaw, PL, 06/2008
Suite, Sonatina, Yin & Yang – “Filip Koutev” concert hall, Union of the Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, BG, 11/2007
Asimetrico, Nostalgy – prof. Stela Miteva – Dinkova guitar recital, Meng Concert Hall, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA (USA), 09/2007
Concert with only own works, Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts concert hall, Plovdiv, BG, 06/2007
Concert with only own works, Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts concert hall, Plovdiv, BG, 06/2005
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
International Rostrum of Composers, Budapest, HU – selected to present Bulgaria with the piece “Towards Singularity”, commissioned by the Bulgarian National Radio, May 2018
National Culture Fund, Cultural Contacts Program “Mobility” – granted for the world premiere of my work “Concerto for electronically prepared keyboard, 13 strings, percussions and computer”, May 2014
Erasmus Student Exchange Program, Computer Music Composition at Karol Lipinski Academy of Music, Wroclaw, PL, 2008
PRIZES AND AWARDS
klingt gut! Symposium on Sound, Hamburg, DE, – awarded for the multichannel performance “Pervade the Space”, June 2018
“New Bulgarian Music” festival, Sofia, BG, awarded for Toccata for piano, 2011
International guitar festival “Acad. Marin Goleminov”, Kyustendil, BG, 1st Prize as conductor of “GuitArte” Student Guitar Ensemble, 2011
Sound and Relation, New music days festival, Sofia, BG, awarded in Debuts category for Prelude & Scherzo, 2009
Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, awarded with publication of works, 2008
National Song Festival, Panagiurishte, BG, 1st Prize for writing a new song, 2007
International guitar festival “Acad. Marin Goleminov“, Kyustendil, BG, 2nd Prize (2003), 2nd Prize (2002), 3th Prize (2001)
International guitar festival, Gotze Delchev, BG, 3th Prize (2003), 2nd Prize (2002)
RECORDINGS
Towards Singularity, for ensemble of 8 instruments. Recorded at the Bulgarian National Radio by Ensemble Musica Nova, 10/04/2018
Bells, for guitar quartet. Recorded at the Bulgarian National Radio by guitar quartet – Stela Miteva-Dinkova, Cvetan Andreev, Nikolay Mihaylov, Bojan Dojchev – Sofia, 09 – 10/02/2015
Prelude & Scherzo, for viola and piano. Demna Gigova – viola, Tatyana Gigova – piano, Sound and Relation – Sofia 2009 – New music days CD, Union of the Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, BG, 11/2009
Suite for solo clarinet, Martin Tzvetkov – clarinet, Sonatina for piano, Tunjay Yildiz – piano, Yin & Yang for clarinet, marimba and piano, Nedyalko Petrov, Zornitsa Stefanova, Dimitar Nakov. Student works concert CD, Union of the Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, BG, 2007
PUBLISHED WORKS
Pieces for piano by young bulgarian composers, published by the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2008
Pieces for Guitar, edited by prof. Stela Miteva-Dinkova
ISBN: 978-954-8824-78-1, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2008
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive background in music, in particular in composition, performance, teaching and conducting.
Much experience in working with music software – recording, editing, mixing, sound design, interactive and algorithmic composition
Much experience in teaching music.
Knowledge of Bulgarian, English, Dutch, Polish, German and Russian languages.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
LIST OF WORKS
E profundo, for amplified clarinet & live electronics, 2020, commissioned by Rosen Idealov
The Seashell and the Clergyman, soundtrack, 2020, for Sounds of Silence Festival, Den Haag
Stories in Sound, album with the Hypochondriac Resonators, 2019
Diffused Gestures, for amplified accordion & live electronics, 2019, commissioned by Krasimir Sterev (Klangforum Wien)
Towards Singularity, for an ensemble of 8 instruments, 2018, commissioned by the Bulgarian National Radio
Strange Loops, for piano & live electronics, 2017
Hallowed Be Thy Name, 5.1 channels, fixed media, 2016
Cell/o/Phonie, 8 channels, fixed media, 2015
Zusammen/Getrennt/Zusammen, vor wind quintet, 2015
Fusion Prelude, for guitar, 2014
Bells, for guitar quartet, 2013 (revised 2014)
Bells reflections, 2 channels, fixed media, 2013
Concerto for electronically prepared keyboard, 13 strings, percussions and computer, 2008 – 2009
Water, 4 channels, fixed media, 2008
Toccata, for piano, 2008
Yin&Yang, trio for clarinet, marimba and piano, 2007
Prelude&Scherzo, for viola and piano, 2006 – 2007
Sonatina, for piano, 2007
Variations for brass quintet, 2006
Suite, for solo clarinet, 2005 – 2006
Small suite in ancient style, for guitar, 2005 – 2006
Three songs, to lirycs by Dimcho Debelianov, for female voice and piano, 2005
Hommage a Piazzolla, for violin, accordion, guitar, piano and double bass, 2004
Nostalgy, for guitar, 2004
Sonata, for flute & guitar, 2003-2004
Music for guitar ensemble, 2003
Asimetrico, for guitar, 2002