A graduate of the Academy of Music in Sofia (he majored in composition under P. Stoyanov and in piano under K. and J. Ganev), he has attended composition courses with Ton de Leeuw and Theo Loevendie (the Netherlands) and Anatol Vieru (Rumania).
K. Taskov has won prizes at national and international competitions in piano (Santander, Spain and Tchaikovsky, Moscow, 1978) and in composition (Tokyo, 1991, 1995 for Fantasia and Triptych for two pianos, as well as the second place on the list of the 1984 International Composers Rostrum, UNESCO, Paris for the work Archaic Pictures for piano). He is the author of Capriccio for orchestra, concertos for oboe, clarinet, and violin, Overture-Concertante for orchestra, Introduction and Passacaglia for 14 stringed instruments, Musical Moments for quartet and stringed instruments, chamber music, vocal and choral works. His music is performed in Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Russia and other countries, and is published in Bulgaria, France, and Russia.
Krassimir Taskov is active as concert pianist and educator - he is Associate Professor in Piano at the State Academy of Music in Sofia.
Work List
Orchestra
Concertino for piano and string orchestra, (1973) (rev., 1986);
Introduction and Passacaglia for string orchestra, in memory of Liubomir Pipkov, (1984)
Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra, (1984-85)
Concert Overture for Large Symphony Orchestra, (1985)
Capriccio for orchestra, (1988 rev., 1996)
Moments Musicaux for flute, viola, harp, cembalo, and 13 strings, 1982)
Noveletta and Dance for orchestra (1993 - 1997)
Transfiguration I for 4 instrumental groups (14 performers), (1990)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (first version, 1992, second, 1994);
Transfiguration III for 14 strings (1993, rev. 1996)
Concerto for oboe and orchestra, (1994 rev. 1995)
Transfiguration IV for orchestra, (1997)
Chamber
Burlesca, for violin and piano (1981 rev., 1986)
Encrustations for harp, (1982)
Eastern Sonnet and Morning Serenade for flute and harp (piano), (1983;)
Duettino, for 2 pianos (1983 rev. 1985)
Cycle of 3 Pieces, Circus, (1984)
Scherzo, for piano (1984)
Piano trio, (1984-1986) (second version 1987)
Toccata, (in memory of P. Vladigerov) (1986)
Night Music for clarinet, percussion and piano, (1987)
Andante for trumpet and piano, (1987)
Two Miniatures for piano (1982-1988)
Cycle of 5 Pieces "Archaic Frescos, for piano, (1989)
Fantasia for 2 pianos (1989-1990)
Transfiguration II for 2 pianos, (1989-1990)
Three Contrasts for trombone and piano, (1993)
Triptych for 4 Hands (Bagatelle, Incantation, Ostinato), (1994)
