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Nikolai
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23
Juni
The
Opera-Philharmonic Society – Varna
has succeeded the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra and Varna
Opera which have more than 60-year long history and rich
artistic biography. The activity of these two
institutions has been traditionally connected with the
Varna Summer International Music Festival. A number of
premieres have been produced on the festival stage.
The founders of orchestra Sasha Popov and Ruslan Raichev
as well as the conductors Yosko Yossifov, Konstantin
Iliev, Emil Glavanakov, Ivan Marinov, Yordan Daffov have
had considerable impact on its artistic development. The
Orchestra has successfully taken part in prestigious
festivals in Bulgaria and abroad and has performed as a
visiting orchestra in Germany, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Poland, Russia, France, Austria, Spain, etc.
Since the beginning of 2000 Chief Conductor of the
Philharmonic Orchestra has been
Stanislav Ushev, graduated in 1985 from Rimski-Korsakov
Conservatory, St. Petersburg in operatic and symphonic
conducting class with Prof. Maris Jansons. In the period
1985 – 1993 he was conductor of the Pleven Philharmonic
Orchestra. Since 1996 he has been Director of the Shumen
Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a guest conductor in
Russia, Spain, France, Romania, Greece, South Korea,
Italy, Japan. He has worked with the most outstanding
Bulgarian and foreign soloists – instrumentalists and
singers.
Nikolai Mintchev
studied in Bulgaria and Germany. Prize winner at
prestigious competitions.
In 1996 he performed in London with the St. John Smith
Square chamber orchestra. He has participated in the
international music festivals in Sofia, Varna and Russe
and has been guest-soloist of all leading Bulgarian
orchestras. In 1997 he was awarded Musician of the year
for the best debut. Since then he has been giving
concerts in Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Turkey,
Bulgaria and Macedonia.1998 N. Mintchev founded a piano
trio featuring Beate Alterburg and Catherine Klipfel and
recorded a CD. At the 9th contest of the German Music
Instruments Fund Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Nikolai
Mintchev was awarded a violin, made by Nicolaus
Gagliano. Since August 2001 Nikolay is a first
concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Essen and
at present – of the Opera-Symphony Orchestra of
Wuppertal. Since 2005 he has taught violin at the
Folęwang Hochschule in Essen.
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