20 June, Saturday
20.00 Festival and Congress Center

Opening
Varna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Stanislav Ushev
Soloist Martino Tirimo – piano, Greece
Vladigerov - Vardar Rhapsody
Chopin - Concerto for piano and orchestra N2
Shostakovich - Symphony N10



21 June, Sunday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Varna Music Gallery

Julian Gorus – piano
Works by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Skryabin, Ravel, Liszt

23 June, Tuesday
19:30 City Art Gallery

Diotima String Quartet, France
Works by M. Goleminov, D. Tapkov, Onslow, Ravel
With the kind assistance of Alliance Francaise - Varna and Institut Francais




24 June, Wednesday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Sofia-Verona Trio

featuring
Alessandra De Negri – soprano,
Lilian Stoimenov – trumpet,
Stefano Chiozzi – piano

The Treasures of the 20th Century
Works by Friedrich Wilgans, Goffredo Petrassi, Anthony Plog, Paul Hindemith, Stanley Friedman, Pancho Vladigerov, Bernhard Krol

25 June, Thursday
19.30, City Art Gallery

110th anniversary of Pancho Vladigerov

Piano Duo Mami and Kumi Uchida
Works by Pancho Vladigerov



26 June, Friday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Amarcord Vocal Quintet, Leipzig

Centuries with a Vocal Music from the Renaissance to the Present Day
With the kind assistance of the Federal Foreign Office
In cooperation with Goethe Institute Bulgarien and Bulgarian National Radio



27 June, Saturday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Ars Barocca Ensemble

Soloist Virgil Hartinger – tenor, Austria
Works by Handel, Lulli, Telemann, Purcell



29 June, Monday
19.30, City Art Gallery

75th anniversary of Dimitar Hristov

Author’s concert
featuring Ganka Nedelcheva – piano
D. Hristov - Piano sonatas No. 23, 24, 25, 26



30 June, Tuesday
19.30, Festival and Congress Center

Sofia Soloists Ensemble

Conductor Plamen Dzhurov
Works by Joseph Haydn (200 years from the composer’s death), Handel (250 years from the composer’s death), Mendelssohn (200 years from the composer’s birthday), Pl. Dzhurov (60th anniversary)



2 July, Thursday
19.30, Festival and Congress Center

Tanguarda Quartet

featuring Maria Martinova - piano, Ville Hilltula – bandoneon, David Nunes - violin, Matthew Midgley – double bass
Works by A. Piazzolla, S. Possetti, G. Beytelmann,
A. Agri, L. Sanchez, C. Nelegatti and others



4 July, Saturday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Varna Music Gallery

Ivo Yordanov – baritone
Elena Pargavelova – piano
Works by Rakhamaninov



5 July, Sunday
19.30, City Art Gallery

110th anniversary of Pancho Vladigerov
70th anniversary of Georgi Minchev

Sinfonietta Orchestra – Varna

Conductor Milko Kolarov
Vladigerov – Four pieces for string orchestra
Georgi Minchev – Three poems for voice and orchestra
Soloist Rositsa Panayotova
Mozart – Concerto for piano and orchestra КV466
Soloist Dimo Dimov – piano



6 July, Monday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Varna Music Gallery

Prestige Trio

Irina Belomazhova violin
Hidan Mamudov clarinet
Baiba Osina piano
Works by Khachaturian, Stravinsky, Menotti, Bartok
 

7 July, Tuesday
19.30, Festival and Congress Center

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Emil Tabakov
Soloist Mintcho Mintchev – violin
Vladigerov - Concerto for violin and orchestra N1
Dvorak - Symphony N8

8 July, Wednesday
19:30 Festival and Congress Center

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Emil Tabakov
Soloist Vesko Stambolov piano
Vladigerov - Classical and Romantic
Mozart - Concerto for piano and orchestra, A major KV488
Tchaikovsky - Suite from the Swan Lake ballet



9 July, Thursday
19.30, City Art Gallery

110th anniversary of Pancho Vladigerov

Concert by prize winners of Pancho Vladigerov
National Piano and Violin Competition, Shumen 2009




10 July, Friday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Recital by Evgeni Bozhanov – piano
Works by Beethoven, Liszt, Rakhmaninov




10, 13, 14, 17 July
Stoyan Bachvarov Drama Theater
Varna Opera

Premiere
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana and
Leoncavallo – Pagliacci

Conductor Hristo Ignatov
Staring Emil Ivanov and Kaludi Kaludov
 

11 July, Saturday
19.30, City Art Gallery

International Summer Academy

Robert Cohen – violoncello, Great Britain half a programme
Mie Miki – accordion, Germany half a programme
Works by J. S. Bach, Rameau, Grieg, Piazzolla

13 July, Monday
19.30, Festival and Congress Center

International Summer Academy

Mintcho Mintchev – violin,
Robert Cohen – violoncello,
Mie Miki – accordion
Works by Piazzola, Gliere, Rameau and others

14 July, Tuesday
19.30, City Art Gallery

International Summer Academy

Concert by distinguished participants in cello master classes
 

15 July, Wednesday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Albena Danailova – violin
Violeta Popova – piano
Works by Beethoven, Britten, Cesar Franck, Rossini - Castelnuovo-Tedesco

16 July, Thursday
19.30, City Art Gallery

International Summer Academy

Georg Friedrich Schenck – piano
Works by Johannes Brahms

17 July, Friday
19.30, City Art Gallery

International Summer Academy

Concert by distinguished participants in accordion master classes



18 July, Saturday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Concert by distinguished participants in violin master classes

 

19 July, Sunday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Concert by distinguished participants in piano master classes



20 July, Monday
19.30 City Art Gallery

Bennewitz Quartet – Czech Republic
Prize winner at Borciani Competition 2008
Jiri Nemecek violin
Stepan Jezek violin
Jiri Pinkas viola
Stepan Dolezal cello
Works by Schubert, Webern, Smetana

21 July, Tuesday
19.30, City Art Gallery

110th anniversary of Pancho Vladigerov

Mihail Stoyanov – piano
Works by P. Vladigerov



22 July, Wednesday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Borodin Quartet – Russia
Ruben Aharonyan violin
Andrey Abramenkov violin
Igor Naidin viola
Vladimir Balshin cello

Haydn: Quartet op.33 n.3 (one of "Russian" quartets, dedicated великому князю Павлу Петровичу)
Stravinsky: Concertino for string quartet
Borodin: Notturno (from Quartet n.2)
Smetana: Quartet n.1 ("From my life")

23 July, Thursday
19.30, Festival and Congress Center

China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra
Traditional Chinese music
With the kind assistance of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the
Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television

24 July, Friday
19.30, Stoyan Bachvarov Drama Theater

Varna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Amaury du Closel – France
Soloists Darina Maleeva and Xavier Lecomte de la Bretonnerie – France
Ravel – Alborada del gracioso
Mendelssohn - Concerto for violin and piano in D minor,
200 years from the composers' birthday
Rakhmaninov - The Isle of the Dead, for the first time in Varna
Debussy - Iberia
With the kind assistance of Institut Francais de Sofia



25 July, Saturday
19.30, City Art Gallery or 28

Hortus Musikus Ensemble – Estonia

Early Music – Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque

 

26 July, Sunday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Solistas de Londrina Chamber Orchestra – Brazil

Art Director Evgeni Rachev
Works by Tchaikovsky, Carlos Gomes, Vila Lobus,
Cesar Guerra-Peixe, Kr. Kyurkchiysky, Ernani Aguiar
With the kind assistance of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil


 

29 July, Wednesday
21.00, Archaeological Museum

Varna Music Gallery

Tatiana Koleva - marimba, percussions and Youth Percussion Ensemble
Works by Jacob ter Veldhuis, P. Klatzow, Duke Ellington, A. Piazzolla, Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, T. Takemitsu, Thierry de Mey, John Cage, P. Staynov

 

30 July, Thursday
19.00, Stoyan Bachvarov Drama Theater
Varna Opera

Gala Concert
Conductor Hristo Ignatov
Featuring Yordanka Derilova, Kaludi Kaludov, Niko Isakov, Yulian Konstantinov

 

31 July, Friday
19.30, City Art Gallery

Cantate Domino Boys’ Choir – Belgium
With the kind assistance of the Embassy
of the Kingdom of Belgium in Bulgaria
 

Other events


25 June
18.30, Plenary Hall, Varna Municipality
Documentary film The Yakubitsa’s Home


International Summer Academy

15-19 July
Piano – Prof. Georg Friedrich Schenck, Germany

8-18 July
Violin – Prof. Mintcho Mintchev

8-14 July
Violoncello – Prof. Robert Cohen

9 – 17 July
Accordion – Prof. Mie Miki

 

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