Described by the Washington Times as ‘exciting, deeply moving’, the music of the Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova has been featured at festivals and concert halls around the world. The first album of her work, String Paths, was nominated as the Best Classical Compendium at the 2014 Grammys, and a CD of her choral music (performed by Truro Cathedral Choir and the BBC Chamber Orchestra) was Gramophone Magazine’s Critic’s Choice in 2019. She was honoured for her anthem for Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee, and won first prize at the Sorel Choral Composition in New York. In 2021 she completed her orchestral Earth Suite for the BBC Chamber Orchestra, and her violin concerto The Patience of Trees was premiered at Manchester International Festival with Hugo Ticciati and Manchester Camerata. Dobrinka has lived in London since 1991.