Bozhidar Chapkanov

Vice-President

FACT

T&AM Reading Panel member for BSMT

2026

Bozhidar Chapkanov has developed a research profile at the intersection of music analysis, harmony and keyboard practice. His doctoral dissertation at City, University of London, completed in 2022, examines harmony and tonality in Franz Liszt's late piano music and proposes a hybrid approach combining functional and neo-Riemannian analysis. This interest continues in his publications on Weitzmann regions and 'double harmonic syntax'. In 2024 he edited the Vernon Press volume 'Transformational analysis in practice'. His conference activity includes the Royal Musical Association and EuroMAC. In 2026 EuroMAC11 listed him with Southwestern University 'Neofit Rilski' and papers on Pancho Vladigerov. The same programme identified him as Vice-President of BSMT, while ESMUC included him on the national Reading Panel. Public sources also describe him as a pianist and composer, but they do not establish a sufficiently complete catalogue of his compositions; that component therefore requires direct confirmation.

His research centres on chromatic harmony, Liszt's late piano music and hybrid functional/neo-Riemannian analysis.

Fields

neo-Riemannian theory · transformational theory · harmonic analysis · Franz Liszt · chromatic harmony

Themes

double harmonic syntax · Tonnetz · Weitzmann regions · diatonic function and chromaticism

Publications shown: 4

1. Harmony and Tonality in the Late Piano Music of Franz Liszt – Functional and Transformational Analytical Perspectives

   2022 · City, University of London

2. An Analytical Study into Weitzmann Regions in the late Piano Works of Franz Liszt

   2019 · Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale

3. The Concept of Double Harmonic Syntax within Franz Liszt’s Late Piano Music: A Hybrid Analytical Methodology

   2024 · Bulgarian Musicology, no. 4, pp. 100–120

4. Transformational analysis in practice: Music-analytical studies on composers and musicians from around the world

   2024 · Vernon Press, pp. 368

The profile is compiled from verifiable public sources; only sources recorded in the research dataset are shown.

• Harmony and Tonality in the Late Piano Music of Franz Liszt – doctoral thesisacademic · HIGH
• Transformational analysis in practiceofficial · HIGH
• The Concept of Double Harmonic Syntax within Franz Liszt’s Late Piano Musicacademic · HIGH
• An Analytical Study into Weitzmann Regions in the late Piano Works of Franz Lisztacademic · HIGH
• EuroMAC11 online programmeofficial · HIGH
• EuroMAC11 conference organization and T&AM Reading Panelofficial · HIGH
• RMA 2021 Conference Programmeofficial · HIGH