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author: Valya Bozhilova

Graovo folk singer Slavka Sakutova: I know countless songs!

Graovo is an area in Middle West Bulgaria and a part of the Shoppe folklore region, as far as its typical musical tokens are concerned. Besides the numerous chain dance songs, one can hear the representative for the area svatovksi..

04.07.14 09:25 |

Clarinet player Dimitar Paskov

Over the next minutes you will hear clarinet folk tunes. Clarinet player Dimitar Paskov is distinguished with his talent and pure style, close to the authentic folk music. He was born in 1949 in the village of Varbitsa, Shumen region,..

20.05.14 09:10 |

Bulgarian folklore singers: Rhodope’s Zlatina Uzunuva

People call her a Rhodope nightingale and have made the singer an honorary citizen of Smolyan for her 50 th jubilee two years ago. Zlatina Uzunova has deserved it with a whole life devoted to Rhodope songs – both as a soloist with..

16.05.14 15:20 |

The magic of the clarinet in traditional Bulgarian music

The European clarinet, invented in 1690 by Christoph Denner is a wooden wind instrument. Its rich, full and powerful sound, wide tonal range, diverse dynamic and technical capacity has made it an instrument that can be used to play..

14.05.14 10:00 |

Singer Georgi Gorelski and his talent must not sink into oblivion

On April 10 we mark the 80 th birth anniversary of Georgi Gorelski (1934 - 1993) a rare talent with more than 300 pearls of Bulgarian folk music to his name. He started singing while he was still at secondary school where he was..

03.04.14 11:16 |

Abagar quartet conquering international stages

Abagar, the young vocal group from the Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shoumen was founded in 2006. Its very first participation in the Generation Bridge National Folklore Festival in Turgovishte brought it the award Best Students’..

11.03.14 09:05 |

Folk music from different regions of Bulgaria

In this music edition we offer you a selection of Bulgarian folk music from different parts of the country. Dances of Northern Bulgaria are quick and frisky, such as the one from the village of Osenets, Northeast Bulgaria,..

07.02.14 14:14 |

Singer Penka Pavlova: Folk music is my life

The Thracian folklore region is the biggest in Bulgaria and has given rise to some of the most famous names in folk music. Atanaska Todorova, Vulkana Stoyanova, Yordanka Ilieva are just some of the famous voices from the beginning of last..

29.01.14 15:22 |