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.
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
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 engaging in concert activities. The most popular
and 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.
