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author: Lyudmil Fotev

Errol Rackipov and distant dreams

30 years ago a young vibraphonist dreamt of the Berklee College of Music and the school of Gary Burton. A few days ago he discovered the same vibraphone in the same studio of the BNR, where he recorded his demo for Berklee at the time. This time he..

14.07.17 15:35 |

Bulgarians who don’t make headlines

“The Bulgarians” is a bilingual photo book. Probably in order to avoid accusations of presenting the Bulgarians in black and white only, one seesvarious shades of predominantly grey color. Radio Bulgaria has previously presented photos by Anthony..

02.07.16 11:25 |

How Bulgaria inspired Buena Vista’s last pianist

Roberto Fonseca replaced Ruben Gonzalez in the last tours of the Buena Vista legends from Havana though he could have been their grandson. He grew up in a family of musicians and at age 6 switched from his favorite drums to the piano. When he arrived to..

07.05.16 08:10 |

Bulgar keçi peynirinin özgün damak tadı

Mutafçievler ailesi 2009 yılından itibaren Korsika adasına özgü baharatlı peynirlerden değil de otentik Bulgar beyaz keçi peyniri üretiyor. Aslında Bayan. Mutafçieva gibi bir teknolog için   bu üretimin hiçbir sırrı yoktur ve peynirin her türlüsünü..

14.04.16 14:19 |

Svetlana Dimitrova: Before uttering a word I was already listening to opera music

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, Radio Bulgaria welcomes you to monthly voting for music from Bulgaria. Lots will be drawn to select the names of the winners – people who have guessed the winning song or tune. Three of them are going to win CDs with..

30.03.16 13:26 |

Svetlana Dimitrova: Her şeyimi radyoya borçluyum

80. yıldönümünü kutladığı günlerde Bulgaristan Radyosu, her ay olmak üzere Bulgaristan müziklerini oylamanıza sunuyor. Yarışmada müzikleri bilenlere, her müzik tarzından olmak üzere kura çekimi ile 3’er CD armağan edilecek. Oylamalar, turkish@bnr.bg..

15.03.16 10:10 |
The small basilica in Plovdiv

An obelisk in a maize-field or what “Roman” Bulgaria looked like

Imagine you have to wade across a field of maize, overgrown with briars. Why? To take photographs of an obelisk from Roman times, part of a high priest's mausoleum. There's no need to imagine it - that is precisely what happened to..

04.03.16 09:05 |
Plovdiv’deki “Küçük bazilika

Mısırlık ortasında dikilitaş- “Roma” döneminden Bulgaristan’dan görünümler

Diyelim ki, dikenle döşeli bir mısır tarlasına girmeniz gerekiyor. Neden mi? Bir kahinin mozolesinden geri kalan bir dikilitaşı resmetmek için. Şaka bir yana, “A Guide to Roman Bulgaria ” albümünün yayıncıları işte bu şekilde hareket etmek zorunda..

29.02.16 12:04 |
The Belintash sacred sanctuary

Can there be anything more precious than Thracian gold?

This is the provocative question we put to one of the authors of the magnificent album A Guide to Thracian Bulgaria. Her name is Dimana Trankova and she is an archaeologist. But for a long time her career has been with one of the few foreign..

27.02.16 10:05 |

Forgotten pop music names who challenge listeners: music host Zdravko Petrov

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, Radio Bulgaria welcomes you to monthly voting for music from Bulgaria. Lots will be drawn to select the names of the winners – people who have guessed the winning song or tune. Three of them are going to win CDs with..

15.02.16 13:17 |