Two composers from Ton 10 for Contemporary Music

Missy Mazzoli is one of those young contemporary composers who predefined sensitivity and our feelings for modern but classic in its essence sound.

 Warmly welcomed by The New York Times, as one of the "Composers consistently inventive and surprising creating in New York," Missy Mazzoli is an American composer and keyboardist established in Brooklyn, whose works reach beyond the line of classical music and indie, with intrusive and innovative sound. Her debut opera Song set the bar high at the premiere in 2012, causing a lot of noise and enthusiastic reviews. Moreover, her works have been performed around the world from New York City Opera to Sydney Opera House. She currently works as a composer-in-residence with Opera Philadelphia and Gotham Chamber Opera. Listen:

And now the surprise! – Dobrinka Tabakova

A native Bulgarian, Dobrinka Tabakova shows amazing talent from an early age by winning "Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud Prize" in the fourth International Music Competition in Vienna before turning the age of 14. She was welcomed by esteemed composer John Adams as "extremely original and rare. " A graduate of King's College London, where she received her PhD in composition, Dobrinka Tabakova’s works have been described as "thoughtful and approachable" by Gramophone Magazine, with a sound that is both familiar and new. Her debut album String Paths was released in 2013 and received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Classical Compendium” in 2014.

Pull yourselves together!! I will not write just for talented young women :)

Now seriously – Take a look – everyone make their way at the age when, in our country, their fathers would have send them as waitresses at Planet to see how to earn one’s living. And finally - no bread, no stage, but Terminal 2. Because at a young age some fool has told them that in order to have money, there should be blood, tears and snivel. Take notes! The young artist should not think about money. And to think about money in Bulgaria is the most pathetic idea you can come up with in a country with poor governance.