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“Klada” wins the first edition of the song contest “The Melody of Water”

Виктория Главчева
Photo: личен архив

Several days ago, the town of Hisarya hosted the first edition of the competition for Bulgarian pop songs “The Melody of Water”

The song Klada (Pyre) was awarded the first prize. Milen Makedonski wrote the music of the song. He also made the arrangement of the piece. Kostadin Filipov and young Bulgarian singer Viktoria Glavcheva wrote the lyrics.


The song “First Love” performed by the music duo Viktoria Dimova and Todor Borisov placed second. Hristo Ognyanov wrote the music and the lyrics. Arrangement-Dimitar Getov.

The song “Water Dust” performed by Boyan Mihaylov ranked third. Valeri Kostov wrote the music. Plamen Bochev wrote the lyrics of the piece. Arrangement- Valeri Kostov.


“Legenda za Momina Sulza” won the Audience Award. Music and arrangement- Hristo Petkov. Snezhina Temelkova wrote the lyrics. The song is performed by Stilyan Petkov, Borislava Gaykova and Natalia Gaykova.

The organizers of the event provided Radio Bulgaria with photos from the event. Next, listen to the winning song “Klada” to the rendition of Viktoriya Glavcheva:




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