51st
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS
6 September - 1 October 2020
The Festival is part
of the Culture Events Calendar
of Sofia Municipality for 2020
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
Anniversaries:
325th anniversary of the birth of Henry Purcell
275th anniversary of the birth of Carl Stamitz
250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven
250th anniversary of the birth of Ferdinando Carulli
175th anniversary of the birth of Gabriel Faure
95th anniversary of the birth of Andr? Boucourechliev
95th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Ganev
80th anniversary of the birth of Yordan Dafov
65th anniversary of the birth of Kiril Ilievski
60th anniversary of the birth of Yordan Goshev
60th anniversary of the birth of Hristo Yotsov
PROGRAM:
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Affairs - Kings and Queens of Opera
Soloists:
Diana Damrau - soprano,
Nicolas Test? - bass
Conductor:
Pavel Baleff
Program:
Arias and duets from operas by
Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Angel Stankov - violin
Jenny Zaharieva - piano
Program:
Beethoven
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Concert with works by Yordan Goshev
performed by
Filip Pavlov
Rostislav Yovchev
Galina Apostolova
Simeon Goshev - piano
Yossif Radionov - violin
Vladislav Andonov - viola
Konstantin Kozhuharov - oboe
Atanas Karafezliev - trombone
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Young Musicians' Stage
'O sole mio
Ariozo Trio
Program:
Luigi Arditi, Offenbach, Lehar,
Strauss, Ernesto di Curtis,
Gershwin, Eduardo di Сapua
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Andrey Gavrilov - piano (Switzerland)
Conductor:
Andrea Vitello (Italy)
Program:
Mozart, Aaron Copland
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Beethoven for Three
Ardenza Trio
with the special participation of
Atanas Krastev - violoncello
Program:
Beethoven, Beethoven-Reinecke
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
The Expected Return
Neva Krysteva - organ
Program:
Liszt, Buxtehude, J. S. Bach,
Schostakovich, Messiaen
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Per aspera ad astra
Charity concert for the campaign
"New Harp for LubomirPipkov National Music School"
performed by the harpist
Suzanna Klintcharova
and her students
Program:
J. S. Bach-Grandjany, Mikhail Glinka,
Albert Zabel, Felix Godefroid, Alphonse Hasselmans,
David Watkins, Marcel Turnier
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Crown of Stars
Angela Tosheva
Piano recital
Program:
Beethoven
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Young Musicians' Stage
Nikolay Marinov - piano
Program:
Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov,
Chopin, Liszt
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Thursday
19.00
Philip Koutev Hall,
Union of Bulgarian Composers
Young Musicians' Stage
Teodor Pazov - piano
Program:
Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin,
Pancho Vladigerov, Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist:
Boris Belkin - violin
Conductor:
Gianluigi Gelmetti (Italy)
Program:
Bruch, Beethoven
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Young Musicians' Stage
Viktor Trenev - violin
Syon Najman - violoncello
Petar Djulgerov - piano
Program:
Schubert, Brahms,
Rachmaninov, Cesar Franck
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Saturday
11.00
Concert Hall
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Matinee
Demna Gigova - viola
Sabina Yordanova - bassoon
Konstantin Kozhuharov - oboe
Svetozara Panayotova-Toneva
Rostislav Yovchev,
Simeon Zlatkov - piano
Program:
Andre Previn, Giovanni Antonio Bertoli,
Konradin Kreutzer, Eugene Bozza, Rebecca Clarke
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Vivi Vasileva - marimba
Lucas Campara Diniz - guitar (Brazil)
Program:
J. S. Bach, Mozart,
Leo Brouwer, Rainer Furthner,
Klaus-Hinrich Stahmer,
Lucas Campara Diniz,
Milcho Leviev, Piazzolla
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Te Deum Adoramus
Chamber Choir
Conductor:
Teodora Dimitrova
Accompaniment:
Zornitsa Getova
Program:
Debussy, Maurice Durufle,
Bartok, Britten, Eva Ugalde,
Ola Gjeilo, Ramiro Real,
Kurt Bikkembergs, Ivan Spassov
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Symphonietta Shumen Orchestra
Soloist:
Vesko Stambolov - piano
Conductor:
Stanislav Ushev
Program:
Pancho Vladigerov, Marin Goleminov,
Tchaikovsky, Henryk Gorecki
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Monday
19.00
BIAD Concert Hall
Yossif Radionov - violin
Zornitsa Radionova - piano
Program:
Giuseppe Tartini, Henry Vieuxtemps,
Henryk Wieniawski, Lubomir Pipkov,
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, J. S. Bach
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Monday
19.00
Philip Koutev Hall,
Union of Bulgarian Composers
Three composers' portraits
Piano recital of Alexandra Ivanova
Program:
Alexander Raichev, Krasimir Taskov,
premiere performance of a work by Stoyan Babekov
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Symphonietta Vratza Orchestra
presents premiere performances
of works by Bulgarian composers
Soloists:
Nadejda Tzanova - piano
Petar Makedonski - trumpet
Christo Zahariev - bassoon
Conductor:
Christo Pavlov
Program:
Roumen Boyadjieff jr. Ventsislav Mitsov,
Konstantin Ilievski, Stoyan Babekov,
Christo Pavlov, Nikolay Dimitrov
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Trio
Borislav Yotzov - clarinet
Matthias Gredler - violoncello (Austria)
Evgeniya Radoslavova - piano
Program:
Nino Rota, Beethoven, Bruch,
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Quarto Quartet
with the participation of
Nadejda Tzanova - piano
Program:
Schubert, Brahms
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Piano concert
in memory of Prof. Konstantin Ganev
with the participation of the
piano duo Velislava Georgieva - Krasimir Taskov
Jenny Zaharieva
Presentation of video recordings of the pianists
Alexander Hintchev, Aiko Yajima, Kiyoko Sakai (Japan)
Program:
J. S. Bach, J. S. Bach-Busoni, J. S. Bach-Petri,
Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin
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Wednesday
19.30
Weep and Laugh
Theater Stage
Phone Dependence
spectacle in two acts
based on the chamber opera
"The Phone"
by Gian Carlo Menotti
and
the mono opera
"The Human Voice"
by Francis Poulenc
Soloists:
Mariana Panova - soprano
Stanislava Momekova - soprano
Yossif Slavov - baritone
Nikolai Serafimov - actor
Dragomir Yossifov - piano
Director, scenography and costumes:
Paolo Gianni Chei
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Thursday
18.00
Concert Hall
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
From the Minuet to Waltz
spectacle with historical dances
stage director:
Masha Ilieva
the libretto
Momchil Georgiev
with the participation
of students of
Prof. Neva Krysteva and
Associate Prof. Masha Ilieva,
soloists of Sofia Opera and Ballet and
students of Masha Ilieva ballet school
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Sascha Goetzel (Austria)
Program:
Mahler
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Duo
Rebeka Petho - flute and
Csaba Petho - guitar (Hungary)
with the assistance of
Hungarian Cultural Institute
Program:
Giuliani, Celso Machado, Bartok,
Piazzolla, Rebeka Petho, Csaba Petho
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Thursday
19.00
BIAD Concert Hall
Young Musicians' Stage
Avgust-Alexander Pavlov - violoncello
Svetlin Hristov - piano
Program:
Beethoven, Myaskovsky, Schostakovich
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Friday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Vocal recital of
duo Collage
with the participation of
Atanas Krastev - violoncello
Program:
Gabriel Faure, Borislava Taneva,
Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Stefan Dragostinov,
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska, Tchaikovsky
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Friday
19.00
Sofia City Art Gallery
Pictures at an exhibition
by Mussorgsky
performed by
Konstantin Kostov - piano,
Dimitar Karamfilov - double bass
Hristo Yotzov - drums.
The concert is dedicated to the
60th anniversary of the birth of Hristo Yotzov
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Saturday
11.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Matinee
Young Musicians' Stage
Marin Gonev - piano
Program:
Beethoven, Alexis Weissenberg, Vassil Kazandjiev
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Young Musicians' Stage
Piano duo
Zala Kravos - Val Kravos (Luxembourg)
Program:
Schuman, Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska,
Scryabin, Ravel, Villa-Lobos
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Saturday
19.00
Concert Hall
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Sara Panosyan - violin
Teodora Atanasova - violoncello
Georgi Boikin - piano
Ines Simeonova - piano
Program:
Debussy, Prokofiev
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Sunday
11.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Matinee
Canceled !
Purchased tickets for this concert,
can be returned
of ticket operators
and at the cash registers from which they were purchased,
and the money refunded !
Young Musicians' Stage
Maria Bobrina - piano (Russia)
Program:
Beethoven
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Sunday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
A Vision of XXI Century
premiere performances of contemporary music
with the participation of
Rossen Idealov - clarinet
Georgita Boyadjieva - violoncello
Alexander Vassilenko - piano
Gergana Nestorova - piano
Gergana Ilcheva - violin
Alexander Al. Ilchev - violin
Alexander Ilchev - viola
Program:
Andre Boucourechliev, Wolfgang Rihm,
Chaya Czernowin, Vassil Kazandjiev, Yordan Dafov
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Sunday
19.00
Concert Hall
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Simeon Kirkov - viola,
Milena Valeva - violin,
Maria-Elena Sredeva and Bogdan Ivanov - piano
Program:
J. S. Bach, Henry Vieuxtemps,
Michael Kugel, Pancho Vladigerov,
Rachmaninov, Sofia Gubaidulina
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Monday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Ivan Donchev
Piano Recital
Program:
J. S. Bach-Busoni, Beethoven-Liszt
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Monday
19.00
Sofia City Art Gallery
A Night in the Opera
Evgenia Ralcheva - soprano
Pilekadone Woodwind Quintet
Program:
Mozart, Bernstein,
Gershwin, Yavor Gaidov
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Tuesday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Sezoni Mandoline Quartet
with the special participation of
Tsvetomir Lazarov - double bass
Program:
Handel, Kuwahara, Albeniz,
Jenkins, Tsenko Minkin,
Rossen Balkanski, Slavcho Nikolov
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Tuesday
19.00
Weep and Laugh
Theater Stage
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska
Love & Jealousy
one-act operas
Staging:
Stara Zagora State Opera
Libretto:
Peter Thabit Jones
Svetla Georgieva
Scenography and costumes:
Denis Ivanov
Stage director:
Ognyan Draganov
with the special participation of
Ognyan Mihov - saxophone and
chamber ensemble conducted by Miroslav Georgiev
Soloists:
Elena Baramova - soprano
Nikolay Motsov - tenor
Tereza Brakalova - mezzo-soprano
Ignat Jelev - bass
Neli Necheva - mezzo-soprano
Miroslav Georgiev - piano
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Wednesday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Soloists
Chamber Orchestra
Soloist:
Plamena Mangova - piano
Conductor:
Plamen Djouroff
Program:
Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Dobrinka Tabakova
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Thursday
19.00
Bulgaria Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists:
Gidon Kremer - violin,
Giedre Dirvanauskait? - violoncello
Conductor:
Nayden Todorov
Program:
Arnold Schoenberg, Giya Kancheli
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PARALLEL PROGRAM:
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Saturday
19.00
Bulgaria Chamber Hall
Concert of the students
of the piano master class of
Prof. Ludmil Angelov
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Monday
18.00
Studio Musica
at the Bulgaria Concert Hall
Exhibition and presentation
of the book
Orchestra activities in Shumen
from the first Bulgarian Orchestra till now
by Kalina Vassileva
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Tuesday
17.30
Studio Musica
at the Bulgaria Concert Hall
Presentation of the book
The Concept "New Sound Sensuousness" - Creative Projections:
Dimiter Christoff, Vladimir Panchev, Gheorghi Arnaoudov
by Prof. DSc Elisaveta Valchinova-Chendova
Institute of Art Studies, BAS, 2019
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Thursday
18.00
Concert Hall
of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov
National Music Academy
Prof. Anelia Yaneva
presents the book
Historical Dances
by Associate Prof. Masha Ilieva
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Friday
17.30
Studio Musica
at the Bulgaria Concert Hall
Presentation of the book
The Instrumental Concertos by Gheorghi Arnaoudov:
Surrealistic Rereadings of Musical History
by Iliya Gramatikoff
Artist:
Yasen Panov
Institute for the Study of the Arts - BAS, 2020
with the support of the Research Fund
at the Ministry of Education and Science
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Sunday
17.30
Studio Musica
at the Bulgaria Concert Hall
Presentation of books
on a project
"Contemporary musical composition, theory and philosophy"
to the NSF - MES and the Institute for the Study of the Arts
by
Kristina Yapova
Milena Bojikova
Angelina Petrova
Ivan Yanakiev
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Saturday
19.00
National Art Gallery
Canceled!
Purchased tickets for this concert,
can be returned
of ticket operators
and at the cash registers from which they were purchased,
and the money refunded!
Concert of
Mario Hosen - violin
Milena Mollova - piano.
In the program:
Beethoven
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Saturday-Sunday
New Bulgarian University
4th Scientists' Forum for arts
15th Young Scientists' Forum for Music and Dance
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Presentation of CD albums of
Mario Hosen - Piero Barabareski
and Albena Vrachanska - Plamena Mangova
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Presentation of the book
My Wagner at the Sofia Opera
by Acad. Plamen Kartalov
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Presentation of a book dedicated to
100th anniversary of the birth
of the conductor Ruslan Raichev
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Sunday
18.00
Largo music stage
65 years of the birth of Kiril Ilievski
Gabrovo Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Ivan Stoyanov
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Monday
19.00
OBORISHTE 5
Gallery and Hall
Concert at:
Mario HOSEN - violin
Donka ANGACHEVA - piano
Teresa PLETKUTE - violin
Marta POTULSKA - viola
Lilyana KEKHAYOVA - cello
In the program:
ROBERT SCHUMAN
Piano Quartet op.47
Sostenuto assai, allegro ma non troppo
Molto vivace
Andante cantabile
Vivace
Piano Quintet op.44
Allegro brillante
Un poco largamente
Agitato Molto vivace
Allegro ma non troppo
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Official festival pages:
http://sofiaweeks.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sofiamusicweeks/
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