PROGRAM
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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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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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
***
Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sinfonietta Vidin
Soloist:
Fidosi Kerchev - piano
Conducted by
Georgi Patrikov
Program:
Dobri Hristov
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky
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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
***
Tuesday
19.00
BIAD Hall
Premiere performances
of chamber works by
Prof. Velislav Zaimov
marking
70th anniversary of his birth
***
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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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
***
Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Philharmonic String Quartet
Victoria Vassilenko - piano.
Program:
Mendelssohn
Schumann
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Piano recital by
Evelyne Berezovsky
Program:
Schumann
Grieg
Ravel
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Saturday
19.00
Central Military Club
Goleminov String Quartet
Milena Mollova - piano
Program:
Lyubomir Pipkov
Cesar Franck
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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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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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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
***
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
***
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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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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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Sofia String Quartet
Program:
Haydn
Bartok
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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
***
Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Lyudmil Angelov - piano
Conductor:
Nayden Todorov
Program:
Gershwin
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Monday
19.00
Oborishte 5 Hall
Trio Ardenza
Program:
Beethoven
Gheorghi Arnaoudov
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Zornitsa Ilarionova - violin
Maria-Elena Sredeva - piano
Presentation of the CD album
Le Cadeau featuring French music
***
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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Tuesday
19.00
BIAD Hall
Concert of
Atanas Karafezliev - trombone
Anelia Gospodinova - piano
Program:
Hermann Ambrosius
Hindemith
Vasil Kazandjiev
Filip Pavlov
***
Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Debut concert of
Pipkov String Quartet
Program:
Villa Lobos
Alberto Ginastera
Lyubomir Pipkov
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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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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Musical-poetic parallels:
Bulgaria and France
Bozhidar Bratoev - violin
Valentina Gyuleva - piano
***
Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Young Musicians' Stage
Piano recital by
Mario Bobotsov
Program:
Beethoven
Scriabin
Rachmaninoff
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Midori - violin
Conductor:
Nayden Todorov
Program:
Prokofiev
Sebastian Skelly
***
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
***
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
***
Tuesday
19.00
BIAD Hall
Yana Mihailova - flute
Elena Dikova - piano
Program:
K.F.E. Bach
Schubert
Prokofiev
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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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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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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.
***
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
***
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
***
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
***
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
***
Monday
19.00
Pancho Vladigerov
House Museum
Piano recital by
Todor Petrov
Program:
Beethoven
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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
***
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
***
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
***
Friday
19.00
Matinee
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Piano recital by
Gergana Nestorova
Program:
Scriabin
Schoenberg
Gubaidulina
Vasil Kazandjiev
Julia Tsenova
***
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
***
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
***
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
***
Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Piano recital by
Ludmil Angelov
Program:
Polish pianists-composers
***
Monday
18.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Concert of
Vassilena Serafimova - marimba
Thomas Enhco - piano
Presentation of
the CD album Bach Mirror
***
Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Varna Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Ivaylo Vasilev - piano
Conductor:
Pavel Baleff
Program:
Beethoven
Ravel
Andrey Petrov
***
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
***
Tuesday
19.00
BIAD Hall
Piano recital of
Atanas Kurtev
with works by Chopin
***
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
***
Wednesday
19.30
Bulgaria Hall
Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Ivan Yanakov - piano
Conductor:
Dimitar Kosev
Program:
Beethoven
***
Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Oleg Meisenberg - piano
Conductor:
Oleg Ptashnikov
Program:
Rachmaninoff
Tchaikovsky
***
Parallel Program
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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
***
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
***
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
***
Monday
18.00
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Presentation of the book
My Wagner
by Acad. Plamen Kartalov
***
Tuesday
18.00
Bulgaria Concert Complex
Music Studio
Presentation of the book
Bulgarian Women. Portraits of 100 Remarkable Women
by Galina Ivanova
***
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"
***
Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Academy of Music
Building 2
Harp master class
by Daniela Iolkicheva
***
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.
***
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.
***
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
***
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
***
Saturday
17.00
Bulgaria Concert Complex
Music Studio
Lecture
Trends in the XXI-Century Opera
by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
***
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
***
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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for students and seniors
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