Three prominent European orchestras will be special guest performers at the 25th European Music Festival in Sofia.
The festival opens on 12 March, and features 19 events divided into a spring and an autumn segment. The diverse programme will feature performances by musicians of world renown: The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra with director and soloist Sergej Krylov, the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra with artistic director Radoslav Schultz and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra – one of the top orchestras specialized in authentic performance practices for the period.
Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman will perform in the first concert from the Stradivarius Collection cycle – a new and original initiative by the festival team featuring virtuoso performances by musicians who have earned the privilege of playing these invaluable instruments.
The official start of the festival will be given on 12 April by the outstanding Bulgarian artists Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano and Ludmil Angelov, piano who will perform vocal masterpieces by Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.
The series of diverse events will continue with a master class by the renowned violinist and pedagogue of Bulgarian origin, and professor at the Academy of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland Philip Draganov.
Editing by Tsvetana Toncheva
Translated and posted by Milena Daynova
Photos: europeanmusicfestival.bg, cantusfirmusbg.com
Tradition and modernity intertwine in the songs of the musicians from the ethno jazz formation JazzBoree. This is also the case in their latest song, "Pladney", inspired by our folk stories of love. Singer Savina Plamenova authored the music and lyrics..
The Children’s Radio Choir of the Bulgarian National Radio is celebrating its 65 th birthday with a concert on the day it was founded – 21 March. For 65 years the children from the choir have been ambassadors of Bulgarian culture around the world...
The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, also known as the SOBs, will perform tonight at 7pm at the Chamber Opera - Blagoevgrad. This is an a cappella singing group from Yale University, founded in 1938 , which makes the Society of Orpheus and..
The Day of Bravery and the Bulgarian Army (May 6) was marked at the Bulgarian Military Memorial in Novo Selo, BGNES reported. The memorial,..
Dara Ekimova presents "C’est La Vie" – another single from her debut album "This Room". The singer wrote the song together with Kristian Kostov, music..
sunshine, cloud, rain and thunder
Thunderstorms 