Krassimir Taskov ( bg, Красимир Тасков) (born in

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, 1955) is a

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n pianist and composer. He was a prize winner at the 1978 Paloma O'Shea Piano Competition, and took second place at the 1984

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. Taskov is the Chairman of the Composition Department at the Sofia State Academy of Music, where he also holds a piano professorship, and a member of the Union of Bulgarian Composers.

Selected list of works

* Archaic pictures for piano (1980) * Moments Musicaux for flute, viola, harp, cembalo and strings (1982) * Introduction and Passacaglia for string orchestra (1984) * 1st Clarinet Concerto (1984–85) * Concert Overture (1985) * Night Music for clarinet, piano and percussions (1987) * Capriccio for orchestra (1988/96) * Fantasia for 2 pianos (1989–90) * Transfiguration I, for 4 groups of performers (1990) * Transfiguration II, for 2 pianos (1990) * Violin Concerto (1992/94) * Transfiguration III, for 14 string instruments (1993) * Triptych for piano four-hands (1994) * Oboe Concerto (1994/95) * Mutuality I for flute and harpsichord (1997) * Transfiguration IV, for symphony orchestra (1997) * 2nd Clarinet Concerto (2002) * Dythirambs II for 9 performers (2003)

References

Union of Bulgarian Composers 1955 births Living people Bulgarian composers Bulgarian classical pianists Prize-winners of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition Musicians from Sofia 21st-century classical pianists {{classical-pianist-stub