PROGRAM
Фестивалът е носител на лейбъла за качество "Европа за фестивалите, фестивалите за Европа" на Европейската фестивална асоциация.  Фестивалът е под патронажа на президента на Република България Румен Радев.
The Festival is recipient of the Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe label of the European Festival Association.   The festival is under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev.
52nd
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS

May 22 - July 1, 2021

The festival is organized under the patronage
of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Mr. Rumen Radev

The festival is part of the
Calendar of cultural events
of Sofia Municipality for 2021

The festival is a recipient of
Europe for festivals, festivals for Europe quality label
of the European Festival Association

Co-organizers:
Sofia Municipality
Ministry of Culture
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Media partners:
BNT
BNR
TV1
bTV Radio group

www.sofiaweeks.com

Korean school of composers in focus:
Geon-Yong Lее
Hyukjin Shin
Jeong Yang Park
Soo Jeung Lее
Soungwon Bahk

Ensemble in focus:
String Quartet
Artist in focus:

Plamena Mangova - 30 years on stage

Genre in focus:
Chamber music

Instrument in focus:
Flute

Country in focus:
Austria

Anniversaries:
Petko Staynov - 125 years
100 years of the founding
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Lili Atanasova - 100 years
Astor Piazzolla - 100 years
Emil Karamanov - 100 years
Camille Saint-Sa?ns - 100 years of his death
Georgi Kostov - 80 years
Alexander Shurbanov - 80 years
Mihail Pekov - 80 years
Velislav Zaimov - 70 years
Rostislav Yovchev - 60 years

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Program

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May 22 2021
Saturday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Festival Opening celebrating
100thanniversary of the founding
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Academy of Music

Concert of the Academy ensembles

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May 23 2021
Sunday
19.00

Sofia Opera and Ballet
Premiere performance of the
St. St. Cyril and Methodius
opera-oratorio
by Zhivka Klinkova

Directed by
Vera Petrova

Conducted by
Igor Bogdanov

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May 25 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sinfonietta Vidin

Soloist:
Fidosi Kerchev - piano

Conducted by
Georgi Patrikov

Program:
Dobri Hristov
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky

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May 25 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Trio SMS:
Severin Neubauer - saxophone
Maxim Tsekov - violin
Severin Hechwartner - vibraphone

Presentation of the CD album
Take it East

Program:
Friedrich Gulda
Bartok
Alexander Vladigerov Jr.
and others

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May 25 2021
Tuesday
19.00

BIAD Hall

Premiere performances
of chamber works by
Prof. Velislav Zaimov

marking
70th anniversary of his birth

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May 26 2021
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Rostislav Yovchev and Friends

with the participation of

Angel Stankov and
Lidia Radionova-Kantardzhieva - violins
Elena Mehandzhiyska - soprano
Magdalena Dalcheva - cello

Program:
J. S. Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Faure
Tchaikovsky
Henri Duparc
Debussy

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May 27 2021
Thursday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

"Songs - Games"

Svetoslav Obretenov
National Philharmonic Choir

Conducted by
Slavil Dimitrov

Program:
Schutz
Monteverdi
Glinka
Dobri Hristov
Petko Staynov
and others

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May 28 2021
Friday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Philharmonic String Quartet
Victoria Vassilenko - piano.

Program:
Mendelssohn
Schumann

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May 29 2021
Saturday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Piano recital by
Evelyne Berezovsky

Program:
Schumann
Grieg
Ravel

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May 29 2021
Saturday
19.00

Central Military Club

Goleminov String Quartet
Milena Mollova - piano

Program:
Lyubomir Pipkov
Cesar Franck

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May 30 2021
Sunday
12.00

Matinee

Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
at the Palace of Culture - Pernik

Soloists:
Lili Milcheva - violin
Viktor Teodosiev - horn

Conductor:
Raycho Hristov

Program:
Mozart

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May 30 2021
Sunday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloists:
Alexander Krapovski - violin
Simon Trpcheski - piano
Alexander Somov - cello
Boris Belkin - violin

Conductor:
Nayden Todorov

Program:
Beethoven
Bruch

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May 31 2021
Monday
19.00

Polish Cultural Institute

Concert dedicated to the 230th
anniversary of the first
European democratic constitution

Songs by
Szymanowski and Chopin

Performed by
Marcho Apostolov - tenor
Radost Pavlova - soprano
Krasena Velkova - mezzo-soprano
Elena Karaliyska - piano

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June 1 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Kids
concert-play
performed by
Quarto Quartet

with music by
Shostakovich
Charlie Chaplin

with the participation of
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaya Dance Studio ballet

Choreographer:
Vanya Roshkova

Host:
Desislava Kasabova

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June 2 2021
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Schumann Family and Friends

Piano recital by
Zheni Zaharieva

Program:
Clara Schumann
Robert Schumann
Chopin
Brahms

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June 3 2021
Thursday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Svetlin Rusev - violin

Conductor:
Sasha Makila

Program:
Camille Saint-Saens - Havanese for violin and orchestra op.83
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in E Major, Op.28
Camille Saint-Saens - Eugene Isai - Caprice in the form of a waltz, op.52
Georges Bizet - Symphony in C major

Production of the Sofia Philharmonic

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June 4 2021
Friday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Sofia String Quartet

Program:
Haydn
Bartok

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June 5 2021
Saturday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Tritonus Guitar Trio

jointly with the
Hungarian Cultural Institute

Program:
Albeniz
Ferenc Farkas
Bartok
Pancrace Royer
Hindemith
Kodaly
Tamas Yozha

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June 6 2021
Sunday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Lyudmil Angelov - piano

Conductor:
Nayden Todorov

Program:
Gershwin

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June 7 2021
Monday
19.00

Oborishte 5 Hall

Trio Ardenza

Program:
Beethoven
Gheorghi Arnaoudov

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June 7 2021
Monday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Zornitsa Ilarionova - violin
Maria-Elena Sredeva - piano

Presentation of the CD album
Le Cadeau featuring French music

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June 8 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Shoulder to Shoulder

Pioneer Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Daniela Iolkicheva - harp

Conductor:
Lyubomir Denev Jr.

Program:
Reinhold Gliere
Cesar Franck

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June 8 2021
Tuesday
19.00

BIAD Hall

Concert of
Atanas Karafezliev - trombone
Anelia Gospodinova - piano

Program:
Hermann Ambrosius
Hindemith
Vasil Kazandjiev
Filip Pavlov

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June 9 2021
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Debut concert of
Pipkov String Quartet

Program:
Villa Lobos
Alberto Ginastera
Lyubomir Pipkov

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June 10 2021
Thursday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloists:
Tedi Papavrami - violin
Abisal Gergiev - piano

Conductor:
Zaurbek Gugkaev

Program:
Saint-Saens
Scriabin
Tchaikovsky

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June 11 2021
Friday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Musical-poetic parallels:
Bulgaria and France

Bozhidar Bratoev - violin
Valentina Gyuleva - piano

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June 12 2021
Saturday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Young Musicians' Stage

Piano recital by
Mario Bobotsov

Program:
Beethoven
Scriabin
Rachmaninoff

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June 13 2021
Sunday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Midori - violin

Conductor:
Nayden Todorov

Program:
Prokofiev
Sebastian Skelly

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June 14 2021
Monday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Flight Over The Korean Night

Music by contemporary
Korean composers

Performed by:
Negina Stoyanova - violin
Kristian Kaloyanov - clarinet
Teodora Atanasova - cello
Margarita Ilieva
Alexander Lialios - piano

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June 15 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

"Songs-Dances"

Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

Conducted by
Slavil Dimitrov

Program:
Grieg
Mendelssohn
Schumann
Alexander Tanev
Georgi Kostov
and others

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June 15 2021
Tuesday
19.00

BIAD Hall

Yana Mihailova - flute
Elena Dikova - piano

Program:
K.F.E. Bach
Schubert
Prokofiev

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June 16 2021
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

The Road to New Music

Rosen Idealov - clarinet
Yordan Dimitrov - violin
Georgita Boyadzhieva - cello
Alexander Vasilenko - piano

Program:
Charles Ives
Walter Rabl
Webern
Hindemith

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June 17 2021
Thursday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists:
Maximilian von Lutgendorf - tenor
Thomas Weinhappel - baritone

Conductor:
Georgi Dimitrov

Program:
Mahler

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June 19 2021
Saturday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Meeting of Generations

Sinfonietta Vratza

Soloists:
Galina Koycheva - violin
Nadejda Tzanova - piano
Boris Petrov - saxophone

Conductor:
Hristo Pavlov

In the program:
Angel Zaberski - Festive Overture
Mihail Pekov - Two Pieces for Strings
Plamen Djouroff  - "Saxophone" for alto saxophone and orchestra
Rumen Boyadzhiev - Piano Concerto (Premiere)
Filip Pavlov - Concerto for violin and orchestra №2

The concert was created with the support of the Ministry of Culture.

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June 19 2021
Saturday
18.00

Concert Hall
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy

PhD students from the Music Academy
perform European composers:
Martin Saveliev - clarinet
Martin Iliev - clarinet
Sara Panosyan - violin
Maria Vasileva - cello
Bogdan Ivanov - piano
Simeon Zlatkov - piano
Ines Simeonova - piano
Kalin Panayotov - oboe
Konstantin Kozhuharov - oboe
Sabina Yordanova - bassoon

Piano accompaniment by:
Ognyana Sokolova
Bogdan Stanev
Svetozara Toneva
Vasilena Atanasova

Program:
Mendelssohn
Serge Koussevitzky
Verdi
Josef Suk
Britten
Poulenc
Hindemith

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June 20 2021
Sunday
19.00

"St. Kliment Ohridski"
Sofia University

Romeo and Juliet - the eternal romance of Verona

Musical theatre performance
marking 80th anniversary of the birth of
Prof. Alexander Shurbanov.

Starring:
Lea Dashkova
Yasen Kadiev

with the participation of
Pilekadone Quintet

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June 20 2021
Sunday
18.00

Concert Hall
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy

PhD students
from the Music Academy
perform Bulgarian composers:
Valchan Valchanov - oboe
Daniela Statkova - bassoon
Simeon Zlatkov - piano

Piano accompaniment
Svetozara Toneva

Program:
Marin Valchanov
Pancho Vladigerov
Vasil Kazandjiev
Lyubomir Pipkov

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June 21 2021
Monday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble

and the male choir of

Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir
conducted by Slavil Dimitrov

Soloists:
Tsvetana Bandalovska - soprano
Biser Georgiev - baritone

Conductor:
Plamen Djouroff

Program:
Marin Goleminov
Shostakovich

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June 21 2021
Monday
19.00

Pancho Vladigerov
House Museum

Piano recital by
Todor Petrov

Program:
Beethoven

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June 22 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Concert dedicated to
the National Day
of Luxembourg
Performed by:
Maria Miteva - flute
Evgenia Radoslavova - piano

With the participation of
Miroslav Dimov - percussion

Program:
Composers from
Bulgaria and Luxembourg:
Ivan Boumans
Alexander Mullenbach
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
Gheorghi Arnaoudov
Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin
Tsveta Dimitrova
Milcho Leviev
Dimitar Bodurov
Camille Kerger

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June 23 2021
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Per aspera ad astra
10 years of master classes
and concerts titled
The Harp - a source of inspiration
under the direction of Suzanna Klintcharova

Presentation of the CD album Milestones

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June 24 2021
Thursday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Stoyan Karaivanov, bandoneon
Doach Bezduz - piano

Conductor:
Konstantin Ilievski

In the program:
Joaquin Turina - "The Toreador's Prayer" op. 34,
Astor Piazzolla - "Michelangelo 70"
Astor Piazzolla - Aconcagua Concert
Astor Piazzolla - Adios Nonino
Astor Piazzolla - "Libertango"

Production of the Sofia Philharmonic

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June 25 2021
Friday
19.00

Matinee

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Piano recital by
Gergana Nestorova

Program:
Scriabin
Schoenberg
Gubaidulina
Vasil Kazandjiev
Julia Tsenova

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June 26 2021
Saturday
18.00

Bulgaria Hall

Piano recital by
Plamena Mangova

In memory of Dmitry Bashkirov

Program:
Sheet
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
Ravel
Alebenis
De Faia
Hinastera

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June 27 2021
Sunday
12.00

Matinee

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

For Many Years to Come

concert marking 55 years
from the founding of
Vasil Arnaudov Sofia Chamber Choir

with the participation of choristers
from the past years of the choir

Presentation of the book
Sofia Chamber Choir - creative chronicle
by Prof. Dr. Theodora Pavlovich

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June 27 2021
Sunday
17.30

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

"The silence between us"
vocal recital of
Tereza Brakalova - mezzo-soprano
Nikolay Motsov - tenor

Piano accompaniment by
Zornitsa Getova

Program:
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
Kurt Weill

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June 27 2021
Sunday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Piano recital by
Ludmil Angelov

Program:
Polish pianists-composers

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June 28 2021
Monday
18.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Concert of
Vassilena Serafimova - marimba
Thomas Enhco - piano

Presentation of
the CD album Bach Mirror

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June 28 2021
Monday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Varna Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Ivaylo Vasilev - piano

Conductor:
Pavel Baleff

Program:
Beethoven
Ravel
Andrey Petrov

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June 29 2021
Tuesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Danube Impressions

Performed by
Vienna Duo
Desislava Dobreva - flute
Bozhana Pavlova - guitar

Program:
Schubert
Johan K. Merz
Desislava Dobreva
Bartok
Atanas Urkuzunov

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June 29 2021
Tuesday
19.00

BIAD Hall

Piano recital of
Atanas Kurtev

with works by Chopin

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June 30 2021
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Concert with works by
Harry Crowl (Brazil)

With the participation of :
Atanas Krastev - cello
Evgeni Nikolov - violin
Galina Apostolova
Ivan Kerekovski
Joana Georgieva
Simon Pavlov - piano
Rosen Idealov - clarinet

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June 30 2021
Wednesday
19.30

Bulgaria Hall

Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Ivan Yanakov - piano

Conductor:
Dimitar Kosev

Program:
Beethoven

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July 1 2021
Thursday
19.00

Bulgaria Hall

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloist:
Oleg Meisenberg - piano

Conductor:
Oleg Ptashnikov

Program:
Rachmaninoff
Tchaikovsky

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Parallel Program

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22 May 2021
Saturday
18.30

Bulgaria Concert Complex

Bulgaria's Musical Memory - Glory and Traditions.

Documentary exhibition
marking the 100th anniversary of the founding
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music 

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27 May 2021
Thursday
19.00

Classical Music in the Virtual World - New Challenges

online lecture
by Balazs Borocz
organized jointly with the
Hungarian Culture Institute and Ratio

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29 May 2021
Saturday
18.00

Bulgaria Concert Complex
Music Studio

Presentation of the book

Music in the Bulgarian School in the End of the XIX
and the Beginning of the XX Century

by Rositsa Draganova
(Institute for Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Presentation of a publication
by the National Academy of Music Thoughts

Concert for Violin, Piano and a Large Orchestra

by Petar Hristoskov

with two CDs

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31 May 2021
Monday
18.00

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Presentation of the book

My Wagner

by Acad. Plamen Kartalov

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8 June 2021
Tuesday
18.00

Bulgaria Concert Complex
Music Studio

Presentation of the book
Bulgarian Women. Portraits of 100 Remarkable Women

by Galina Ivanova

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8 June - 8 August 2021

National Art Gallery
Kvadrat 500

Exhibition by Yasen Panov:
In-Image-Revealed Musical Stories

Graphics from the Book by Iliya Gramatikov
"Georgi Arnaudov's Concertos:
Surrealistic Reinterpretations of Music History"

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9 - 10 June 2021

Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Academy of Music
Building 2

Harp master class
by Daniela Iolkicheva

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14 June 2021
Monday
19.00

Bulgarian National Radio
Studio 1

Evening marking the 100th anniversary
of the conductor Emil Karamanov's birth

featuring
Rostislav Yovchev
Emil-George Atanasov
Miroslav Raychev
Plamen Maslev
Yuliana Manolova
Anzhelina Karamanova
Yanina Bogdanova
Pavel Gerdzhikov
Ventsislav Nikolov
Nina Sokolova
etc.

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20 June 2021
Sunday
12.00

Opening of
Ardenza Art Center
and Chamber Hall
in German village

with a concert performed by
Galina Koycheva - violin and
Daniela Dikova - piano

Presentation of applied arts exhibition
with parallels between
Vasil Stoilov/Vasil Stoev, etc.

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24 June 2021
Thursday
19.00

Polish Culture Institute

Musical evening
with Cyprian Norwid's poetry

featuring
Marta Potulska - viola
Milena Mollova - piano

and the actor
Rusi Chanev

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25 June 2021
Friday
14.00

Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Academy of Music

International Conference

The Pandemic and the Challenges of Live Performance

featuring experts from
Bulgaria
France
United Kingdom
China
and other countries

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26 June 2021
Saturday
17.00

Bulgaria Concert Complex
Music Studio

Lecture
Trends in the XXI-Century Opera
by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska

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30 June 2021
Wednesday
18.00

Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Academy of Music

Music and Nature in Brazil -
Contemplation, Destruction, Survival

Online lecture by the Brazilian composer Harry Crowl

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10 July 2021
Saturday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Final concert
of the piano master class
by Lyudmil Angelov

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Official webpages of the Festival:
http://sofiaweeks.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sofiamusicweeks/

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Concession is available
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The concerts are held without an intermission in connection with the imposed anti-epidemic measures.