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Vera Baeva

Vera Baeva (; 18 March 1930 − 16 June 2017) was a Bulgarian writer and composer. She was born in Burgas and studied at the Sofia State Academy of Music with Dimiter Nenov, Marin Goleminov and

Vera Baeva (; 18 March 1930 − 16 June 2017) was a Bulgarian writer and composer. She was born in Burgas and studied at the Sofia State Academy of Music with Dimiter Nenov, Marin Goleminov and Lyubomir Pipkov. After graduating in 1953, Baeva worked as a choral conductor for Radio Sofia and as a pianist, performing with various ensembles and also the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. She taught voice from 1982 to 1988 at the State Academy of Music and chamber music at the Open Society Foundation from 1993. Baeva wrote two books of short stories. Works Baeva composed over 200 vocal, instrumental and orchestras works. Selected compositions include: *Mothers’ Prayer for soprano, flute, trumpet, snare-drum, violoncello, double bass and piano *Pirin, cantata (1954) *I Bow for soloist, reader, mixed choir and orchestra (1975) *My Homeland for choir and orchestra (1985) *Butterflies, ritual music based on traditional tunes for female voices choir, flute, double bass, piano, organ and percussion *Revelation, cycle of four songs for female voices choir, flute and piano after lyrics by St. Pencheva (1981) *Tangra, ritual dance for male voices choir, flute, double bass, piano and per

Era
Post-War
Lived
1930–2017
From
Bulgaria
Born in
Burgas · died Sofia
Known as
composer, music educator

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.