PROGRAM
50th
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS
23 May - 30 June 2019
The Festival is dedicated to
140th Anniversary of the announcement of Sofia
as the capital of Bulgaria
The Festival is part of the of
Culture Events Calendar
of Sofia Municipality for 2019
The Festival is recipient of
the Europe for Festivals,
Festivals for Europe label
of the European Festival Association
Co-organizers:
Ministry of Culture
Sofia Municipality
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Media partners:
BNT, BNR, TV1, Classic FM
www.sofiaweeks.com
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Opening
Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Ludmil Angelov - piano
Conductor:
Plamen Djouroff
Program:
Chopin, Alexander Rosenblatt,
Bizet-Shchedrin, Pancho Vladigerov
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Pioneer Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Lubomir Denev jr.
Program:
Tchaikovski, Pancho Vladigerov
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Maria-Desislava Stoycheva - piano
Program:
J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms,
Pancho Vladigerov, Chopin
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Mihail Stoyanov - piano
Program:
works by Pancho Vladigerov
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Veronique Nosbaum - soprano (Luxemburg)
Romain Nosbaum - piano (Luxemburg)
Presentation of
the CD album
The Voyager:
Melodies for voice and piano
by Albena Petrovic Vratchanska
Program:
Claudio Monteverdi, Bach-Siloti,
Giulio Caccini, Toru Takemitsu,
John Cage, Albena Petrovic Vratchanska
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Frosh String Quartet
Program:
Vasil Kazandjiev, Britten, Debussy
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Georgita Boyadjieva - violoncello
Alexander Vassilenko - piano
Program:
Martinu, Galina Ustvolskaya,
Prokofiev, Ivan Spassov
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Bojidara Kuzmanova - violin
Conductor:
Nayden Todorov
Program:
Bruch, Bruckner
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Opus Dei
Tsvetana Bandalovska - soprano
Mariana Panova - soprano
Boryana Lambreva - piano
With the participation of
Asen Karanikolov - reader
Program:
W. A. Mozart, Richard Strauss
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Friday
19.00
Concert Hall of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Svetozar Ivanov - piano
Program:
Jean Philippe Rameau, George Crumb,
W. A. Mozart, Luciano Berio, Beethoven
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
International Children's Day
Quarto Quartet
Vaya Dance Studio Ballet
Witches and Magicians
fairy-tale ballet
Music:
Saint-Saens
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Pictures and Fantasies
Ani Gogova - piano
Program:
Beethoven, Liszt,
Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Anna Petrova - piano
Program:
Scriabin, Samuil Feinberg,
Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Atanas Krastev - violoncello
Victoria Vassilenko - piano
Program:
Shubert, Debussy,
George Crumb, Prokofiev
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Variations
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Peijun Xu - viola (China)
Conductor:
Pavel Balev
Program:
Schnittke, Reger
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Ardenza Trio
Program:
Radames Gnattali,
Francisco Braga,
Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
With the support of Goethe-Institut Bulgaria
Mirrors - The Baroque Meets The Modernity
Soloists:
Gudrun Sidonie Otto - soprano (Germany)
Valentin Vatev - bass
Zefira Valova - violin
Atanas Atanasov - cembalo, organ
Tania Ougrinov - soprano
Snejina Kumanova - alto
Boyan Vasilev - tenor
Chamber orchestra of
the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Ballet Trio,
choreography by Angelina Gavrilova
Conductor:
Virginia Atanassova
Program:
Leonardo Leo, Heinrich Biber,
Giovanni Gastoldi, Heitor Villa Lobos,
Gian Carlo Menotti, Atanas Atanasov
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
25 years Anniversary
Vanya Moneva Choir
Conductor:
Vanya Moneva
With the participation of
Maria Ilieva
Valchan Valchanov - oboe
Quarto Quartet
Program:
Filip Kutev, Kosta Kolev, Ivan Spasov,
Krassimir Kyurkchiyski, Stefan Mutafchiev,
Peter Leondov, Alexander Tekeliev, Dimitar Hristov,
Georgi Andreev, Rumen Boyadjiev Jr. and others.
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Linda Boianova Anbari - piano
Program:
Rachmaninov, Ned Rorem,
Aaron Copland, Gershwin
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Sunday
11.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Hommage to Vasco Abadjiev
Alexandrina Boyanova - violin
Ganka Nedelcheva - piano
Program:
Works by Vasco Abadjiev
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Dora Bratchkova - violin
Liliya Boyadjieva - piano
Program:
Beethoven, Ravel, Schostakovich,
Gheorghi Arnaoudov
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Monday
19.30
Bulgaria Hall
Dedicated to Georgi Badev
BNR Symphony Orchestra
Soloist:
Svetlin Roussev - violin
Conductor:
Mark Kadin
Program:
Violin concertos by
J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Naama Women's Choir (Izrael)
Conductor:
Pnina Inbar
With the participation of
Lira Women's Chamber Choir (Blagoevgrad)
Conductor:
Galina Popova
Program:
Bizet, Saint-Sa?ns, Cezar Franck,
Faure-Messager, Dobri Hristov,
Rada Slavinska, Philip Koutev,
Angel Bukureshtliev-Ivelin Dimitrov,
Petar Liondev, Lubomir Denev, Joel Engel,
Nahum Nardi, Rabbi Elazar Azkari,
Gershon Prensky, Alexander Argov
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Lutoslawski Piano Duo (Poland)
Program:
J. S. Bach, Chopin, Debussy,
Manuel de Falla, Brahms, Ravel,
Lutoslawski, Rachmaninov
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Evgeni Bozhanov - piano
Mie Miki - accordion (Japan)
Frosh String Quartet
Program:
Purcell, Schostakovich, Piazzolla
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
"Adventure or Destiny"
Kirill Rodin - violoncello (Russia)
Jenny Zaharieva - piano
With the participation of
Pavel Zlatarov - violin
Program:
Boccherini, Francoeur, Brahms, Schubert
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists:
Borislav Yotzov - clarinet
Plamena Mangova - piano
Conductor:
Uros Lajovic (Slovenia)
Program:
Bernhard Crusell, W. A. Mozart,
Mussorgsky-Leo Funtek
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Kai Orlinov - violin
Alexander Zairanov - violin
Nona Krincheva - piano
Program:
J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart,
Paganini, Heinrich Ernst
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Yanka Hekimova - organ
Program:
J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart,
Cesar Franck, Liszt, Jean Guillou
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Schubertiade
Mario Hosen - violin
Rumen Cvetkov - viola
Lilyana Kehayova - violoncello
Ludmil Angelov - piano
Margarita Kalcheva - double bass
Program:
W. A. Mozart, Schubert
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Saturday
19.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
With the kind support of AGBU Sofia
Nareh Arghamanyan - piano (Armenia)
Program:
Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla,
Saint-Sa?ns, Komitas, Arno Babajanyan,
Nareh Arghamanyan, Aram Khachaturian
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Sunday
19.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Alexander Knyazev - violoncello (Russia)
Plamena Mangova - piano
Program:
Tchaikovski, Cesar Franck, Enescu
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Wednesday
19.00
Philip Koutev Hall
Union of Bulgarian Composers
Young Musicians' Stage
Young talents play
rarely performed works
by Pancho Vladigerov
Improvisation and Toccata
Mila Mihova - piano
Petar Djulgerov - piano
Nauma Najman - cello
Syon Najman - violoncello
Victoria Vlahova - piano
Kai Orlinov - violin
Stefan Simov - piano
Niya Lecheva - violin
Lazar Mitzov - clarinet
Presentation of the book
Pancho Vladigerov
by Evgeni Pavlov Klosterman
and presentation of a CD album
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Yana Deshkova - violin
Conductor:
Nayden Todorov
Program:
Korngold, Schostakovich
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Friday
19.00
Central Army Club Hall
Goleminov String Quartet
Program:
Dimitar Tapkov, Mihail Goleminov,
Atanas Atanasov
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Galin Ganchev - piano
Program:
J. S. Bach, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev
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Saturday
11.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Young Musicians' Stage
Maria Vasileva - violoncello
Yoan Kiosev - oboe
With the participation of
Alexander Botusharov - cembalo
Svetozara Toneva - piano
Program:
J. S. Bach, Telemann, Lebrun
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Dobri Hristov String Quartet
Program:
Dobri Hristov, Pancho Vladigerov,
Rumyana Petrova
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
"La Belle Epoque de la harpe IV"
Suzanna Klintcharova - harp
Goleminov String Quartet
Program:
Tournier, Debussy, Ravel,
Arnold Bax, Gheorghi Arnaoudov
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Sunday
19.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Young Musicians' Stage
Magic of Love
Radostina Pavlova - soprano
Marcho Apostolov - tenor
Elena Karaliyska - piano
Program:
arias and duets from operas by
Rossini, Puccini, Donizetti
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Andriana Yordanova - soprano
Rostislav Yovchev - piano
Program:
Rossini, Nikolo Izoard,
Schumann, Paolino Vassallo,
Carmelo Pace, Alex Vella Gregory,
Chopin, Leo Delibes, Gershwin,
Victor Herbert, Pancho Vladigerov
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Petar Makedonski - trumpet
Nadejda Tzanova - piano
Program:
Enescu, Friedrich Hidesh,
Wagner- Liszt, Erik Ewazen,
Gershwin, Vassil Kazandjiev,
Rumen Boyadjiev Jr.
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Vladigerov's Family play
works by Pancho Vladigerov
Pancho Vladigerov Jr. - piano
Ekaterina Wladigeroff - piano
Alexander Wladigeroff - trumpet, flugelhorn
Konstantin Wladigeroff - piano, clarinet
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Ludmil Angelov - piano
Conductor:
Gabriel Bebeselea (Romania)
Program:
Ernst Schelling and Mussorgsky-Ravel
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
With the kind support of
the Hungarian Cultural Institute
Hungarian chamber music
from 20th century
Daniela Andonova - piano
Hors String Quartet
Program:
Kodaly, Bartok
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Friday
18.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
With the kind support of
Goethe-Institute
Biliana Voutchkova - violin
Nurit Stark - viola (Israel)
Michael Rauter - violoncello (Germany)
Program:
James Dillon, Gubaidulina,
Xenakis, Schnittke, Kaija Saariaho,
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Rebecca Saunders,
Gyorgy Ligeti, George Benjamin
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Friday
19.00
Sofia City Art Gallery
PILEKALBENIS
Concert of
Quintet PILEKADONE
and ALBENA DANAILOVA - violin
Concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
Darius Miyo, Stanislava Stoycheva, Yavor Gaidov
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Saturday
11.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Young Musicians' Stage
Teodora Atanasova - violoncello
Daniela Statkova - bassoon
Ines Simeonova - piano
Svetozara Toneva - piano
Program:
Benzion Eliezer, Weber,
Beethoven, Schumann, Prokofiev
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Dimitar Burov - violin
Sofia String Quartet
Program:
Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schostakovich
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Saturday
19.00
BIAD Concert Hall
CONCERT
on
Valentin Peytchinov - bass - Bulgaria, USA
Manna Steincoller - soprano - USA
Roberta Mattei - metzosopran - Italy
Ana Wimaster - soprano - USA
Featuring
Rosen Idealov - Clarinet
Festival Chamber Orchestra,
conductor Alexander Tinkov
Francisco Miranda - Synthesizer, USA
In the program:
1. WA Mozart
Surprise to Op. Snatcher from Saraia
Festival Chamber Orchestra
2. Joakinio Rossini
Aria of Basil
Valentin Peychinov - bass - Bulgaria, USA
3. Giacomo Puccini
Aria of Manon by Op. Manon Lesko
Mania Steincoller - soprano - USA
4. Georges Bizet
Habanera from Op
Roberta Matthei - metzosopran - Italy
5. Sergey Taynev
Clarinet and String Orchestra Cody
soloist Rossen Idealov - clarinet - Bulgaria
6. Pietro Mascani
Romance of Santuta from Op
Anna Wimaster - soprano - USA
7. Modest Mussorgsky
Monologue by Boris Godunov from the opera of the same name
Valentin Peychinov - bass - Bulgaria, USA
8. Giuseppe Verdi
Aria to Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Mania Steincoller - soprano - USA
9. Gian-Carlo Menotti
Aria to Magda Sorel of Op
Anna Wimaster - soprano - USA
10. Giuseppe Verdi
Aria of Azuchena from op. Trubadur
11. Gun
Sephade of Mephistophele from op
Valentin Peychinov bass - Bulgaria, USA
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Sunday
11.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Young Musicians' Stage
Sabina Yordanova - baroque bassoon
Georgi Boykin - piano
Yanko Marinov - cembalo
Program:
J. S. Bach, Johann Ernst Galliard,
Michel Corrette, Johann Friedrich Fasch
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Premiere performances
Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Soloists:
Nikolai Mintchev - violin
Mintcho Mintchev - violin
Miroslav Dimov - percussion
Conductor:
Plamen Djouroff
Program:
premiere performances of works by
Mihail Goleminov, Emil Tabakov,
Michael Tippett, Giya Kancheli
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Parallel program:
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Saturday - Sunday
17.00
Cosmic and Romantic
The Harp as source of inspiration
Concerts of students of
the master class of
Prof. Suzanna Klintcharova
Program:
Pancho Vladigerov, Marcel Tournier,
Alphonse Hasselmans, Felix Godefroid
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
115 years of the birth of
Prof. Georgi Dimitrov
Choral concert
With the kind support of
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts
and
Viva la Musica Society
Hristina Morfova Choir
at D-r Petar Beron - 1926 Community Center,
art director
Acad. Prof. Emil Yanev,
conducted by Tania Nikleva
The Voices of Orpheus Choir
at Rayko Alexiev - 1947 Community Center,
conducted by Venecia Karamanova
Gusla Choir
conducted by Acad. Valentin Bobevski
Rodina Medical's Choir,
conducted by Maya Vasileva-Chetrokova
Svoboda Choir
conducted by Mihaela Koteva
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Tuesday
18.00
Polish Institute Hall
Elitza Neshevska - soprano
Iliana Geneva - soprano
Marcho Apostolov - tenor
Boyan Savov - baritone
Elena Karaliyska - piano
Presentation of
Stanislaw Moniuszko monograph
by Ass. Prof. Elena Karaliyska PhD.
Edition of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
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Thursday
Bulgaria Hall
European Orchestra Forum
Conference of the European network
of the national orchestra associations
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Friday
18.00
Bulgaria Hall
Presentation of
His Majesty the Sound
a biographical book about
Prof. Ivo Keremedchiev,
written by Iva Boyanova
With the participation of
Jenny Zaharieva - piano
Ars Musica String Quartet
Program:
Chopin, Schubert
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Tuesday
18.00
Bulgaria Hall
50th Anniversary
Sofia Music Weeks
International Festival
Exhibition opening
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Friday
18.00
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Classical music made beyond the ocean
Lecture of Linda Boianova Anbari
with a presentation of music
by American composers
Gershwin, Copland, Ned Rorem
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Saturday - Sunday
New Bulgarian University
Pancho Vladigerov and his epoch
Presentations of PhD students
and scientific conference
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Sunday
11.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Presentation of
three editions
with compositions by
Vasko Abadjiev
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Monday
18.00
Bulgaria Hall
Presentation of the book
The World of Festivals
by Lyubomir Kutin
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Friday
10.00
Lubomir Pipkov
National Music School Hall
Alfred Binner
Second National Music Competition
2019
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Friday
14.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Sofia Music Weeks -
the challenges of the festival management
Scientific Conference
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Tuesday
19.00
Concert Hall of
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Presentation of
Sofia Boys' Choir discography
by Prof. Adriana Blagoeva, PhD.
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
50th Anniversary
Sofia Music Weeks
International Festival
Official Ceremony
bestowing of honorable plaquettes
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Wednesday
19.00
Open-Air
Summer Stage
Boris' Garden
Concert of
the students of
the vocal performance master class
of Valentin Peytchinov
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Sunday
18.00
Studio Musica at
Bulgaria hall concert complex
Presentation of the collection
Contemporary musical thinking:
composition, mediation, trends in XXI century
compiled by Milena Bojikova
In the presentation of the book participates
Gheorghi Arnaoudov.
First performance in Sofia
of Triptych for the piano
by Acad. Vasil Kazandzhiev
in connection with his 85th anniversary
and the 150th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
.
Performs Gergana Nestorova
Joint initiative with
"ART HOUR"
the Institute for the Study of Arts,
BAS
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Concert of the students
of the piano master class
of Ludmil Angelov
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Master classes:
Suzanna Klintcharova - harp
Ludmil Angelov - piano
Svetozar Ivanov - piano
Kirill Rodin - violoncello (Russia)
Valentin Peytchinov - vocal performance
Petar Danailov - vocal performance
