Bulgaria, the native land of Orpheus, has given the world a range
of prominent musicians, composers and singers.
Opera singers:
Boris Christoff, Yulia Wiener, Nikolai Gyuzelev, Nikolai Gyaurov,
Gena Dimitrova, Raina Kabaivanska, Anna Tomova-Sintova, Christina
Angelakova, Vesselina Katsarova, and many others.
Bulgarian musicians:
Yuri Bukov, Dina Schneiderman, Emil Kamilarov, Milcho Leviev, Boyan
Vodenicharov, Emil Naumov, Theodosi Spassov.
Performers of authentic Bulgarian folklore:
Valya Balkanska (a song performed by her is included in a gold disc
of messages to alien civilisations, flying on the deep-space probe
Voyager), Nadka Karadjova, Yanka Roupkina, the Balgarka trio, Le
Mystère des Voix Bulgars formation (The Mystery of the Bulgarian
Voices), and many others.
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International prestige is credited to a number of Bulgarian
music festivals. The Sofia Music Weeks and the March
Music Days further their traditions as centres of high
performing art. The traditional New Year’s Music
Festival at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia,
established by the much talented but early deceased conductor
Emil Tchakarov, is held annually. A number of concerts
are organised also of popular Bulgarian orchestras and
ensembles, pop, rock, and jazz performers. Every large
town in Bulgaria has an operatic and philharmonic company
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The most popular and the well established music festivals in Bulgaria
of international renown are:
Sofia Music Weeks;
March Music Days;
Varna Summer;
Plovdiv – Verdi’s Festival;
Sofia – an International Festival for contemporary music, Muzika
Nova;
International jazz festivals – Sofia, Rousse, Bansko;
Slantchev Bryag (Sunny beach) – International pop song festival,
Golden Orpheus;
Pleven – International festival, Laureate’s Days – Katya
Popova;
New Year’s music festival at the National Palace of Culture,
Sofia.
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