The great Bulgarian composer, musician, conductor and teacher Pancho Vladigerov was born on 13 March 1899 in Zurich. He wrote numerous works in various genres - opera, ballet, symphonic music, piano concertos, etc. He founded the Bulgarian..
In those wretched times, when all people were supposed to be cut out of the Party mould, to stand out with one's own position was a sin, often punishable by physical destruction. Some of these people, however, survived - their bodies broken by the..
Today we mark the 115th anniversary of the birth of Marin Goleminov , known as one of the biggest Bulgarian composers. Acad emician Marin Goleminov was born in the town of Kyustendil (Southwestern Bulgaria) in 1908. He..
"In the Labyrinth of Time..." – we will be taken there by a special concert in the hall of the National Music School "Lyubomir Pipkov" (on June 8). The occasion is the 80th anniversary of the birth of Armenian-Bulgarian composer Artin Potourlian..
The International Children's Day at New Bulgarian University in Sofia promises to be colorful, cheerful and very entertaining. The students and their professors have prepared the musical "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats" by the composer..
The tragic fate of one of the most talented Bulgarian poets, Peyo Yavorov, has inspired the Bulgarian composer Lyubomir Denev to create the music for the chamber opera "Moan, or the Tragedy of Yavorov". The premiere of the opera will be on..
The radio opera "The Blue Piano" by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska will have its long-awaited world premiere on May 3 in the First Studio of the Bulgarian National Radio within the framework of the Sofia Music Weeks International Festival . The title..
With a concert at the Elin Pelin 1896 chitalishte (community culture club) in the town of Elin Pelin, music lovers in this country are celebrating 100 years since the birth of composer and conductor Dimitar Dinev and 60 years since the creation of the..
This year marks the 100 th anniversary of the creation of the Vardar Rhapsody - one of the most popular Bulgarian classical music works, known in various transcriptions. Music written on a grand scale, glamorous, festive, colourful - what Pancho..
On September 20, a monument to Academician Petko Staynov - one of the most prominent Bulgarian composers, who created works that are significant for Bulgaria’s national culture will be unveiled . Before we tell you more about the event, let us remind..
