Bulgarian Delyana Lazarova has won the international Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition in Manchester. In addition to the £ 15,000 prize, the winner is awarded a two-year contract as Assistant Conductor to Sir Mark Elder, Principal Conductor of the Halle Symphony Orchestra in Manchester. She also became the music director of the Halle Youth Orchestra. Born in Plovdiv, her training outside Bulgaria met her with renowned conductors. She has conducted prestigious orchestras in the US, Europe and Asia, where she has won many awards. Lazarova has worked with the Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra in Czechia, as well as with the Thessaloniki Symphony Orchestra and the Meiningen Symphony Orchestra in Germany.
The Fascination of Plants Day is to be celebrated today at the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Biology of the St. Kliment Ohridski university in Sofia. Students, lecturers and researchers will hold demonstrations and provide fascinating..
Sofia municipality takes over the financial expenses of twelve migrant and refugee children without parents in Sofia , deputy mayor Nadezhda Bacheva told BNR. They currently live in a family-type accommodation center and are cared for by a team of nine..
On Friday minimum temperatures in the country will range from 6° to 11° C., for Sofia 8° C. In the morning there will be fog in the Western part of the country. During the day there will be rain in isolated parts of the country, and in the afternoon..
Bulgaria is ahead of many countries in the world in terms of representation of women in parliament, as well as in high positions in the corporate sector..
Nearly 73% of Bulgarians did not visit a library, and 40 percent did not read a single book last year , according to a study by Alpha Research, announced..
In the presence of cabinet ministers, politicians, mayors and diplomats, President Rumen Radev opened the summer tourist season in Bulgaria's seaside..
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