Bulgarian Among BBC Music Awards Nominees

Society | November 8, 2004, Monday // 00:00
Bulgarian Among BBC Music Awards Nominees The newest album of Bulgarian Ivo Papasov "Panair" (Fairground) has been nominated for the annual BBC awards for World Music 2005. Photo by BBC

The newest album of Bulgarian Ivo Papazov "Panair" (Fairground) has been nominated for the annual BBC awards for World Music 2005.

Papazov's rivals in the Europe's category include two Spanish groups "Amparanoia" and "Ojos de Brujo" as well as "Enzo Avitabile e Bottari" from Italy.

The shortlisted nominees in most of the categories has now been chosen by the WOMEX delegates. The decision of jury will be announced January 22 and all winners will be invited to stage a show in the UK.

The Bulgarian, described as the greatest clarinet player on the Balkans, is also known as the King of Wedding Music. He is also the most outstanding practitioner of Bulgaria's largely favoured musical format.

Papazov and his Orchestra tour the Balkans, playing several weddings a week. He descends from a long line of zurna (double-reed instrument) and clarinetists.

After forming his first ensemble in 1974, he gradually evolved from a traditional Thracian repertoire into a jazz-inspired improvisational set. This new work nevertheless maintained the complex time-signatures required of traditional Bulgarian dance music.

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