What’s on, musicwise?

published on 10/27/15 10:39 AM]

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It is now autumn and the city streets are strewn with leaves of all colours. Outdoor music events are rarer now and people have once again been thronging to clubs to listen to live music.

We kick off with a premiere by Electric Pie in Sofia Live Club on 28 October, where the musicians will be presenting their latest video. The song is called Can I and the video was made at the Urban Art Factory in Sofia. The band is working on their new album, pieces from which they will also be presenting. Electric Pie’s members are – Iasmin Issinov– piano, Ognyan Gurkov – DJ, Alice Indjeian – vocals. The band have a one-hour show lined up with many guest musicians.

Снимка On 1 November, National Enlighteners’ Day, Fortissimo Family invite children to an educational concert – Tale of Beethoven and Little Otto, starring Gerassim Georgiev, Gero as Otto and Vladimir Penev as Beethoven, together with the Sofia Philharmonic with conductor Slavil Dimitrov and soloists Svetlin Roussev, violin and Lili Bogdanova, piano.

“This is an opportunity for children to listen to different kinds of music,” says Svetlina Terzieva, one of the event’s organizers. “It is a way to nurture their self-esteem, self-confidence and curiosity and this boosts their creative spirit. One of the basic ideas is to help parents and children acquire a taste for and an interest in classical musical instruments and music, together.”

On 1 November, National Enlighteners’ Day the National Opera and Ballet stages Borislav - an opera by Maestro Georgi Atanassov. One of the first composers of the Bulgarian school of composition, Georgi Atanassov was given his first music lessons here, in Bulgaria. At the age of 15 he was admitted to the Bucharest music school but had to leave for financial reasons. From 1899 until 1902 he studied at the Rossini Conservatoire in Italy with Pietro Mascagni, author of Cavalleria Rusticana, which he graduated with honours and was bestowed the title Maestro di musica. He then returned to Bulgaria to become army bandmaster and conductor of the Sofia opera house, a post he occupied until the end of his life. His music is emotional and imbued with the traits of the Bulgarian national tradition. Georgi Atanassov bases his operas and operettas on stories from the history of the Bulgarian nation, from rural life, from tales and legends. Borislav is his first opera, composed in 1911 and based on the drama by Ivan Vazov, also called Borislav. This is also the first Bulgarian historical opera, telling the story of the captive Byzantine king Theodor and his court intrigues, and the help he got from the Bulgarian boyars against Tsar Assen. 104 years after the opera was written, it was performed as part of the Stage of the Ages summer festival held on Tsarevets hill in Veliko Turnovo. On 1 November the National Opera is unveiling its new concert season. The opera Borislav is directed by Academician Plamen Kartalov, conductor – Georges Dimitrov, the scenography is by Boryan Belchev and Plamen Kartalov.

Photo: private library

And one more interesting event at Sofia Live Club. The boys from the Bulgarian band Mango Duende will be offering listeners a line-up of music by Buena Vista Social Club. The tribute is on 7 November and they will be joined by Dolores Estrada, Alfredo Torres, Tsvetan Andreev and Borislav Boyadjiev, DJ Borche. Mango Duende are a salsa band that is close to the hearts of Latino music fans in this country. Their repertoire features legendary salsa pieces but also their own Latino hits like She’s driving me mad and Friday. The latter climbed up to the top positions in Bulgarian radio charts and even made it into Europe’s Top 100. Their latest song, Phatasma has been their latest hit.

The audio file contains the following pieces:

- Can I, Electric Pie;

- Sonata Opus 110 by Beethoven, part 2, performed by Lili Bogdanova;

- Aria of Tamara from the opera Borislav, performed by Virginia Keranova with the BNR Symphony Orchestra;

- Friday, Mango Duende.

English Milena Daynova

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