Emilia Kolarova

T&AM Reading Panel member for BSMT

2026

Emilia Kolarova is a Bulgarian musicologist and educator whose academic work centres on Bulgarian music history, world musical culture, and the interaction between tradition and modernity. She graduated in Musicology from the National Academy of Music 'Prof. Pancho Vladigerov' in 1979 and earned a PhD at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1985. The Academy's current departmental roster lists her as Professor in the Department of History of Music and Ethnomusicology. Her books include 'On the Development of Choral Performance in Bulgaria' (2000) and 'The Dialogue Tradition–Modernity in Bulgarian Musical Creativity of the Twentieth Century' (2013). Her NMA profile also documents substantial work in music broadcasting, including scripts for Bulgarian National Television, documentary films and more than seventy broadcasts of 'BNT Music'. At EuroMAC11 in 2026 she presented an analysis of Dobrinka Tabakova's 'Orpheus' Comet' and was listed on the national BSMT Reading Panel.

She works in historical musicology, with emphasis on Bulgarian musical culture, tradition and modernity, and intercultural dialogue.

Fields

history of Bulgarian music · world music history · 20th-century music · cultural dialogue

Themes

tradition and modernity · cross-cultural dialogue · Bulgarian musical culture · music theatre

Publications shown: 5

1. Към проблема за развитието на хорово-изпълнителското дело в България (история, особености, перспективи)

   2000 · Мега Музика

2. Диалогът традиция – съвременност в българското музикално творчество на ХХ век

   2013 · Марс 09

3. Илюстрованият музикален речник от Иван Камбуров като документ за диалогичното време

   2013 · Академични пролетни четения, НМА

4. „Тракийски танци“ от П. Стайнов в полето на диалога традиция – съвременност (1926–2016)

   2016 · Българско музикознание

5. Любомир Пипков в Париж през 20-те години на ХХ век

   2017 · Академични пролетни четения, НМА

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• Емилия Коларова, проф. д-рofficial · HIGH
• History of music and ethnomusicology department – current academic staffofficial · HIGH
• EuroMAC11 paper: Chromatics and Modality, Polyphony and Metrical Structures in Orpheus' Cometofficial · HIGH
• EuroMAC11 conference organization and T&AM Reading Panelofficial · HIGH
• VII Academic Spring Readings 2017academic · HIGH