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The
following pages are dedicated to my
varied interests within music and the
arts and express gratitude to the people
and organisations that have supported my
professional development
Festivals
Since 2003 Dobrinka has been the series
coordinator of the British Music
Information Centre’s Cutting Edge
series, which presents post 1960’s
contemporary music with a focus on
British composers. She has dedicated
much time to promoting contemporary
music, which started in her student days
at the Guildhall School. There, in 1999
Dobrinka became President of the
Contemporary Music Society, later 21st
Century Music Society (XXIMS). In that
role she organised and directed a number
of concerts and Festivals to promote the
up and coming composers of this
generation. The 2002 and 2003 festivals
PLAY and Forward were included as part
of the City of London Festival.
Presentations
Dobrinka has given a number of
presentations (multimedia-type) on the
relationship between music and science;
the history of the Modes since 200BC and
The Music of the Spheres, including
samples from NASA’s Voyager missions.
The presentations have been given both
at the Guildhall School and the Royal
College of Art.
The Radiants
The Radiants were formed in 2000, as a
group supporting and promoting new
music. Conducted by Dobrinka, they have
performed regularly at the Guildhall
Summer Festivals of New Music, and
premièred a number of works including
the chamber opera ‘Midsummer Magic’. In
June 2002, they made their debut at the
Bath International Festival of Music in
a collaboration with Prof. Dan Fern from
the Royal College of Art.
Workshops/ Masterclasses selected:
Dobrinka has attended workshops with the
following composers:
Jan 2002- John Adams as part of the
Barbican Festival ’John’s earbox’
Nov 2001- Prof. Alexander Goehr
Feb 2001- Olav-Anton Thommassen/Lasse
Thoresen as part of exchange to the Oslo
Academy
Aug 2001- Marek Kopelent/ Petr Kotik
at the Prague Conservatoire’s Summer
Composition Course in Cesky Krumlov
Mar 2000- Louis Andriessen
July 1997- Alessandro Solbiati at the
Corropoli International Composition
Summer Course, Italy
July 1996- Philip Manoury/ Iannis
Xenakis at the 20th Centre Acanthes,
Avignon
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