Alexandra Fol (born July 11, 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-Canadian composer who resides in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Fol has composed more than 40 works in different mediums, which have been performed by ensembles such as Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra,[1] the orkest de ereprijs,[2] Ossia New Music, the New Fromm players, the thingNY ensemble, the Young Artists Orchestra, McGill University Orchestra, and others.
Fol's works have been performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the Sofia Philharmonic, the New Score Chamber orchestra, among others. In 2005 she was one of four composers commissioned to write a children's work for the 70th anniversary of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra's Children's series.[3] "Pegasus", op. 37 was performed throughout the 2005-2006 season and included in an educational CD for children. Important performances of her works include the premiere of her "Two Songs for Voice and Orchestra" by one of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestras in 1994 and the premiere of her Concerto for Violinon a 16 c. Storioni violin by Leonid Iogansen and the Boston University Orchestra in 2001.
Fol teaches composition for the "Vermont MIDI Project". She was a finalist for the 2006 Gaudeamus International Composers Award and a 2007 Tanglewood Music Center composition fellow, and is recipient of grants by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture among others.
Fol studied composition at Boston University, the Eastman School of Music and McGill University. Her principal teachers include "Richard Cornell". Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. and John Rea.
Fol is currently organist and director of music at St. James United Church in Montréal.
