- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer · Bass · Conductor · 1947
Emil Tabakov
- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Live Albums
- Emil Tabakov, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- Franz Liszt Kamerorkest, Jean Toulier, Sofia Soloists, Emil Tabakov, János Rolla, Nürnberger Symphoniker
- Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Emil Tabakov, Stefan Popov
- Jurgen Rost, Camerata Salzburg, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Andrea Vigh, Eszter Horgas, Andrew Joy, Hartmut Haenchen, Budapest Strings, Konrad Hünteler, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Hans Graf, Emil Tabakov, Reinhold Friedrich, Johannes Goritzki, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Lajos Lencsés, Linos Ensemble, Cappella Coloniensis, German String Trio, Sándor Végh, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Sillito, Günther Höller, Georg Fischer, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Michael Erxleben
- János Bálint, Jenő Jandó, Hartmut Höll, Axel Köhler, Andreas Juffinger, Ernö Sebestyén, Béla Bánfalvi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Tabea Zimmermann, Deborah Sipkai, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Michael Erxleben, Prague Festival Orchestra, David Lorenz, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Vienna Boys' Choir, Tátrai Quartet, Laszlo Szilvasy, Dezsö Ránki, Pavel Urbanek, Emil Tabakov, Evelyne Dubourg, Helmuth Froschauer, Budapest Strings
- Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Herbert Lippert, Jeunesses Musicales Chorus, RIAS Kammerchor, Hugo Distler Chor, Moscow Rybin Choir, Martin Haselböck, Rostocker Motet Choir, Gertraud Schmid, Wiener Volksoper Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vienna Academy, Vienna Boys' Choir, Peter Marschik, Hartwig Eschenburg, Dorothe Jansen, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Herbert Kegel, Bulgarian National Opera Choir, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Emil Tabakov, David Cordier, Roland Büchner, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Ildikó Raimondi, MDR Rundfunkchor, Ernst Jankowitsch, Jörg-Peter Weigle, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Mária Zádori, Martin Flämig, Helmut Wildhaber, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Iván Fischer, Marcus Creed, Bernarda Fink, Helmuth Froschauer
- Roberto Paternostro, Vienna Academy, Peter Marschik, Hermann Max, Dorothe Jansen, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Dresdner Philharmonie, Elisabeth Lang, Martin Haselböck, Gotthold Schwarz, Mari Anne Haggander, Teresa Seid, Klaus Mertens, Bulgarian National Choir, Vincente Ombuena Valls, Helmuth Froschauer, MDR Rundfunkchor, Derek Lee Ragin, Renato Bruson, Herbert Kegel, Olga Romanko, Michael Knapp, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Barbara Schlick, Emil Tabakov, Martina Borst, Ildikó Raimondi, Ute Selbig, Bamberg String Quartet, Max Pommer, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Regina Klepper, Stefania Toczyska, Academy of London, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Franco de Grandis, Armin Ude, Hugo Distler Chor, New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Siegfried Lorenz, Das Kleine Konzert, Helmut Wildhaber, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Lena Susanne Norin, Charles Humphries, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Vienna Volksoper Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Prégardien, Roland Bader, Martin Flämig, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Biography
Among the few Bulgarian conductors with a high-profile international career, Emil Tabakov is also noted as a composer. He has written ten symphonies as well as a variety of concertos, chamber music, and choral works. In 1985, Tabakov began conducting the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; he was named principal conductor in 1987. Tabakov's association with the Sofia Philharmonic resulted in several recordings, including a complete cycle of Mahler's symphonies. In 2002, he was music director of the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, and from 2008 to 2015, he served as principal conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He led the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony in several recordings of his symphonies on the Toccata Classics label. In 2022, he led the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in a recording of works by Scriabin and Rimsky-Korsakov, featuring pianist Jean-Philippe Collard.