45th Sofia Music Weeks International Festival  18 May - 29 July 2014
100th anniversary
of the birth of
Boris Christoff

175th anniversary
of the birth of
Modest Mussorgsky

150th anniversary
of the birth of
Richard Strauss

110th anniversary
of the birth of
Lubomir Pipkov

90th anniversary
of the birth of
Konstantin Iliev

80th anniversary
of the birth of
Vasil Kazandjiev
The Festival is dedicated to the emerging music talents
    


PROGRAM


    

18 May 2014
Sunday
19.00

Opening

Sofia National Opera and Ballet

Gala concert dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the birth of Boris Christoff

Sofia National Opera Choir and Orchestra
Gusla Academic Male Choir

Soloist: Renato Bruson

Conductor: Grigor Palikarov

    

19 May 2014
Monday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6
The concert is dedicated to the
175th anniversary of the birth
of Modest Mussorgsky and
100th anniversary of the birth of Boris Christoff

Jenny Zaharieva - piano

With the participation of Fidosi Kerchev - piano

Program:
Medtner, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Gavrilin

    

20 May 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Pipkov in Paris

Ardenza Trio
Galina Koicheva - violin
Jeffrey Dean - violoncello
Daniela Dikova - piano

Program:
Paul Ducas, Nadia Boulanger, Lubomir Pipkov

    

21 May 2014
Wednesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6
The concert is organized
with the support of the
Hungarian Cultural Institute

Piano Four Hands Concert
Zsolt Farkas & Varnagy Andrea (Hungary)

Program:
Chopin, Grieg, Liszt

    

25 May 2014
Sunday
19.00

Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Bonian Tian - violoncello (China)
Vanya Pesheva - piano

Program:
Beethoven, C?sar Franck, Rachmaninov

    

26 May 2014
Monday
19.00

Bulgaria Concert Hall

The concert is dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the birth of Boris Christoff
and 90 years since the creation of the Choir

Gusla Academic Male Choir

Conductor: Valentin Bobevski

Choirmaster and accompanist:
Liliyana Stanislavova

Soloists:
Boyko Tzvetanov, Velislav Velev,
Petar Petrov, Tatyana Spiridonova

    

27 May 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Piano Duo Petrof

Anatoly Zatin and Vlada Vassilieva (Mexico)

Program:
Manuel Ponce, Poulenc, Doug Opel, Grigorii Krochmar,
Slonimski/Zatin, Leon Thomas

    

28 May 2014
Wednesday
19.00

New Bulgarian University
UniArt Gallery

Mario Hossen - violin
Bruno Canino - piano
(Italy)

Program:
Beethoven, Schumann, Paganini

    

29 May 2014
Thursday
19.00

Sofia National Opera and Ballet
Fiorenza Cossotto and students
of her master class

Conductors:
Nicoletta Conti and Stefan Linev

    

30 May 2014
Friday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Ilina Ilieva - viola
Liav Kerbel - violoncello (Belgium)
Matvey Sherling - saxophone (Russia)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Conductor: Plamen Djouroff

Program:
Weber, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov

    

31 May 2014
Saturday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Elina Hristova - piano

Program:
Scriabin, Mompou, Takemitsu, Messien

    

1 June 2014
Sunday
11.30

Bulgaria Concert Hall
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloists:
Yuki Shibata - violin
Tsuneki Iguchi - oboe
Rie Hoshijima - piano
Maki Kodama - piano

Conductor: Shungo Moriyama
(Japan)

    

2 June 2014
Monday
19.00

Bulgaria Concert Hall

Ludmil Angelov and students
of his master class

    

3 June 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

In memory of Prof. Julia Ganeva

Piano Duo Dimitar Tzanev and Krasimir Taskov

Program:
Britten, Hindemith, Rachmaninov

    

4 June 2014
Wednesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

The concert is dedicated to
the year of Czech music
and is organized with the support
of the Czech Cultural Centre in Sofia

Karel Vrtiska - piano (Czech Republic)

Program:
Smetana, Liszt


4 June 2014
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Concert Hall

Shoulder to shoulder
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and
Philharmonic Orchestra "Pioneer"

Conductor: Maxim Eshkenazy

Program:
Mahler, Petko Staynov Georges Bizet

    

6 June 2014
Friday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Yana Burova - violin
Fiammetta Tarly - piano (Italy)

Program:
Beethoven, Dobrinka Tabakova, Brahms, Britten

    

7 June 2014
Saturday
19.30

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

ppIANISSIMO Festival
and Sofia Music Weeks
present a concert dedicated to the
110th anniversary of the birth of Lubomir Pipkov

Performers:
Stiliyana Ivanova
Ines Simeonova
Gabriela Stefanova
Petar Karagenov
Desislava Patruio
Margarita Ilieva

Program:
Works by Lubomir Pipkov

    

8 June 2014
Sunday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Lilia Boyadjieva - piano

Program:
Beethoven and Schubert

    

9 June 2014
Monday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 11

Ballet Arabesque

Paths to the Wish

Spectacle by
Boyan Vodenitcharov and Mila Iskrenova

With the participation of
Boyan Vodenitcharov - piano

    

10 June 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 6

The concert is dedicated to the
110th anniversary of the birth of Lubomir Pipkov

Sofia Youth Philharmonic
Conductor: Mihail Angelov

Youth Cappella Choir
Conductor: Tatyana Hristova

Soloists:
Ina Kancheva - soprano
Ivailo Mihailov - tenor
Dobrina Ikonomova - soprano
Olga Dinova - mezzo-soprano

Program:
Songs and arias by Lubomir Pipkov

    

14 June 2014
Saturday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

Trio Atanassov (France)

Program:
Mozart, Smetana, Schubert

    

15 June 2014
Sunday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

The concert is dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the birth of Boris Christoff

Mariana Panova - soprano
Boryana Lambreva - piano
Asen Karanikolov - reader

Program:
Britten, Ravel

    

16 June 2014
Monday
19.00

Lubomir Pipkov National Music School
Concert Hall

Recently, before the full 30 ...

An evening of music by Gheorghi Arnaoudov

Performers:
Lia Petrova - violin
Kaliya Kalcheva - piano
Young Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    

17 June 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 11

Symphonieta Orchestra
Conductor: Nelly Bance (France)

Soloist: Izmael Margain - piano

Program:
Eric Satie, Chopin, Dvorak

    

18 June 2014
Wednesday
19.00

Bulgaria Concert Hall

The concert is under the patronage
of His Excellency the Ambassador
of Kingdom of Spain in Bulgaria

and with the assistance of
Institute "Cervantes"


Asturias Symphony Orchestra

Soloist: Jose Franch-Ballester - clarinet
(Spain)

Conductor: Rosen Milanov

Program:
Manuel de Falla, Oscar Navarro, Mussorgsky

    

20 June 2014
Friday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

Anastasya Evsina - piano (Russia)

Program:
Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov

    

21 June 2014
Saturday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 11

BNR Mixed Choir
Conductor: Andreas Herrmann

Program:
Schutz, Mendelssohn, Kodaly, Verdi, Part

    

23 June 2014
Monday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

Joanna Kamenarska - violin
Irina Milkova - piano

Program:
Faure, Prokofiev, Wieniawski

    

24 June 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

The concert is dedicated to the
Independence Day of Canada

Ralitsa Tcholakova - violin
Zornitsa Radionova - piano

    

26 June 2014
Thursday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

Frosh String Quartet

Program:
Konstantin Iliev, Vassil Kazandjiev,
Dvorak, Janacek

    

27 June 2014
Friday
19.00

Bulgaria Concert Hall

BNR Symphony Orchestra
Soloists from Lubomir Pipkov
National School of Music

Conductor: Rosen Gergov

    

28 June 2014
Saturday
19.00

National Palace of Culture
Hall 9

Vencislava Shoikova - violin
Borislava Taneva - piano

Program:
Richard Strauss, Britten, Georgi Arnaoudov

    

27, 28, 29 June 2014
21.00

Alexander Nevsky Square

An open air production of the opera
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor: Konstantin Chudovski

    

4, 11, 18 July 2014
Military Academy Park

Opera in the park
Swan Lake - ballet music by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

    

5, 12, 19 July 2014
Military Academy Park

Opera in the park
Giselle - ballet music by Adolphe Adam

    

6, 13, 20 July 2014
Military Academy Park

Opera in the park
Don Quixote - ballet music by Ludwig Minkus

    

25, 27 July 2014
Military Academy Park

Opera in the park
Zorba The Greek - ballet music by Mikis Theodorakis

    

23 - 29 July 2014
Sofia National Opera and Ballet

Wagner Celebrations
Richard Wagner - The Ring of the Nibelung

Conductor: Kazushi Ono


    



The Festival supports the candidature of Sofia and Southwest region for European Capital of Culture 2019
    


PARALLEL
PROGRAM


    

19 May 2014
Monday
10.00

Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences
Grand Hall

100th Anniversary
of the birth of
Boris Christoff

Conference and
round table with
the participation of

Renato Bruson,
Maurizio Modugno,
Alexander Hinchev,
Pali Marinov,
Plamen Kartalov,
Alexander Yossifov,
Magdalena Manolova

    

20 May 2014
Tuesday
19.00

National
Palace of Culture
Lumiere Hall

Film screening of
A Letter from Tuscany -
documentary dedicated
to Boris Christoff


20 May 2014
Tuesday
18.00

National
Palace of Culture
Hall 6

Presentation of
Lullaby songs by
Bulgarian composers
CD with recordings of
Daniela Dikova

    

24 - 28 May 2014
New Bulgarian
University
UniArt Gallery

Chamber music
master class of
Bruno Canino
(Italy)

    

25 May - 2 June 2014
New Bulgarian
University
UniArt Gallery

Piano master class
of Ludmil Angelov

    

1 - 4 June 2014
New Bulgarian
University

Violoncello seminar of
Prof. Martina Schucan
(Switzerland)

    

2 - 5 June 2014
New Bulgarian
University

Chamber music seminar
of Marisa Blanes (Spain)

Musicology seminar of
Luciano Gonzalez
(Spain)

    

6 June 2014
Friday
16.30

National
Palace of Culture
Hall 9

Piano concert of the
young talents
from ESPA Art School

    

9 June 2014
Monday
18.00

National
Palace of Culture
Hall 11

Presentation of the book
The Taste of Your Body
by Mila Iskrenova

    

15 - 18 June 2014
New Bulgarian
University

Piano seminar of
Toshiki Usui
(Japan)

    


19 - 30  June 2014
Concert complex
"Bulgaria"

Exhibition -
"Prayer of Boris Hristov"

    

21 June 2014
Saturday
11.00

Ivan Vazov
National Theatre
Chamber Stage

75th anniversary of the
birth of Krum Tabakov

    

22 June 2014
Sunday
18.00

National
Palace of Culture
Lumiere Hall

Presentation of the
debut album
of the pianist
Victoria Vassilenko


22 June 2014
Sunday
19.00

National
Palace of Culture
Lumiere Hall

Film Screening of
A Period in Time:
Marin Goleminov

Director:
Petar Odadjiev

    

25 June 2014
Wednesday
19.00

National
Palace of Culture
Lumiere Hall

Film Screening of
The Prayer of
Boris Christoff
- premiere

Director:
Magdalena Manolova