For the twenty-second year in a row, the Bansko resort in Pirin Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria, has welcomed foreign and Bulgarian jazz and pop musicians and singers. The biggest jazz festival in Bulgaria opens today with the trademarks of..
The National School of Folklore Arts "Philip Kutev" in the town of Kotel is to open doors for gifted children from neighboring Balkan countries. The teaching staff is the best in this country, said Kotel Mayor Kosta Karanashev. Prime Minister Boyko..
On May 8, at Aula Magna of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” the audience will hear "Messiah" by George Frederik Handel – one of the most famous works by the composer. Written around 1741, the oratorio was first performed..
The ppIANISSIMO Festival for contemporary piano music takes place in the period March 22 – April 7 and concerts are in the First Studio of the Bulgarian National Radio, the concert hall of "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" National Academy of Music and..
Founded in 1984, the famous Bulgarian rock band has undergone a number of metamorphoses over the years. Many musicians have passed through the band but its current members are: Atanas Penev – vocals, Kiril Bozhkov – guitars, Slavcho Nikolov –..
Over the years a band from Derry in Northern Ireland, called Balkan Alien Sound, has attracted the attention of fans of fusion music and Balkan rhythms. In their latest project the band has actually grown to become BASORK, which stands for..
The Bulgarian National Radio is to play temporary classical music, jazz and folklore music only as of January 1, 2017, Director General of BNR Alexander Velev announced. Alexander Velev explained that Musicautor which manages the copyrights of..