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Geoffrey Dean, cellist
BIOGRAPHY
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With the Sofia Philharmonic, Emil Tabakov conducting (click to
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Based in Sofia, Bulgaria since 1992, American
cellist Geoffrey Dean has emerged as one of that country's most sought-after
instrumentalists. He has performed
at such European music centers as the Opera Bastille (Paris), Gasteig (Munich),
Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), and Enescu Filharmonica (Bucarest), and as soloist
with many leading Bulgarian orchestras, including the Philharmonics of Sofia,
Plovdiv, Pazardjik, Shumen, and Vidin. He
has made numerous recordings for Bulgarian National Radio, is regularly seen on
Bulgarian National Television and the European satellite channel “Bulgaria,”
and has also been broadcast on PBS Radio and TV (USA) and Deutscheslandfunk
(Germany).
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 In 1997 he joined the world-renowned Dimov Quartet,
which presented a highly acclaimed Beethoven cycle in the year 2000 and was subsequently
accorded the rare honor of performing for Margrete II, Queen of Denmark, at Copenhagen's Christianborg
Palace. He has also appeared internationally in a duo with harpist Anna-Maria
Ravnopolska, and is currently a member of the Ardenza Trio and
(click to enlarge)
the
Sofia Quartet, a resident ensemble of the Sofia Philharmonic
Orchestra.
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His advocacy of new
and neglected repertoire has resulted in the world or national premieres in the
United States and Europe of more than 170 solo and chamber works, some composed
especially for him. A recognized
writer on musical subjects, he has also shared some of this music through
articles appearing in Strings magazine (USA) and other publications.
His series of transcriptions of pieces by second-generation Bulgarian
composers, available through Shar Products, represents yet another facet of his
personal commitment to exploring the broadest possible cross-section of the
cello and ensemble literature.
Mr. Dean is a
graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Indiana University
School of Music, where he studied with Robert Marsh and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi,
respectively. His studies with a
number of other cellists, including David Kadarauch in San Francisco, CA and
Brent Wissick in Chapel Hill, NC; William Pleeth in England and Channing Robbins
in Maine; and more recently with Anatoli Krustev and Anssi Karttunen, have also
had an important role in various stages of his cellistic development.
A founding music faculty member at the
American University in Bulgaria and its Fine Arts Program Coordinator since
1996, Mr. Dean has presented demonstrations and masterclasses at universities in
Greece, Turkey, and the United States. He
spends his summers as Dean of Students at the Killington Music Festival in
Vermont, USA.
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