Symposium 10:00 - 12:30
“The Creative Process through the Eyes of the Composer, Conductor and Interpreter” II
Moderator Irena Gadeleva
Lecturers:
Georgi Arnaudov – “The Time Abstraction in the Creative Process of the Composer Georgi Arnaudov”
Ilian Iliev – “The Clarinetist Ilian Iliev and Alexander Technique”

Concert 19:00

Serenades with chamber music masterpieces  II

Masterpieces of German and Austrian Chamber Music

J.Brahms - Piano Quartet No.3, Nr. 3 c-Moll op. 60
Performed by
Asen Tanchev - piano
Liya Petrova - violin
Rumen Tsvetkov - viola
Lilyana Kehayova - cello

W. A. Mozart - Clarinet Quintet
Performed by
Ilian Iliev - clarinet
Daniela Shtereva - violin
Krasimir Shterev - violin
Razvan Popovici - viola
Anton Niculescu  - cello

F. Mendelssohn – Octet E-flat major Op. 20
Performed by
Mario Hossen - violin
Liya Petrova - violin
Marina Dimitrova - violin
Daniela Shtereva - violin
Marta Potulska - viola
Wladimir Kossjanenko - viola
Liliana Kehayova - cello
Anton Niculescu - cello

Concert dedicated to Tchaikovsky’s 180th Birthday  

R. Glière – Duets for Viola and Cello
Performed by
Marta Potulska  - viola
Liliana Kehayova  - cello

P. I. Tchaikovsky - Pieces for cello and piano
Performed by
Anton Niculescu - cello
Milena Mollova- piano

P.I. Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
Performed by
Liya Petrova - violin
Marina Dimitrova - violin
Wladimir Kossjanenko - viola
Razvan Popovici - viola
Atanas Krastev - cello
Liliana Kehayova - cello

Starring  
Theodosii Spassov - kaval
Mario Hossen – violin
Klaudiusz Baran – bandoneon
Galin Ganchev – piano
Miroslav Turiyski – piano, keyboards
Alexander Lekov – double bass
Nacho Gospodinov – percussions
Chavdar Gochev – guitar

Astor Piazzolla, J.S. Bach, Django Reinhardt, Theodosii Spassov

With the kind assistance of Polish Institute in Bulgaria

Sunday Matinee

Conductor Milko Kolarov

"Dobri Hristov" Children’s Choir Varna 
Choral conductor Galina Stanisheva

Britten, Marin Goleminov, Delibes

 

Mario Carbotta – flute and piccolo
Enrico Casazza – solo violin and concert master
and
La Magnifica Comunità  Ensemble

Italian Baroque
Program dedicated to 150 years from the death of Italian composer Severio Mercadante
Works by Antonio Vivaldi, Severio Mercadante, Domenico Gallo

In collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Bulgaria 

Concert dedicated to 180 anniversary P.I.Tchaikovsky

Dedicated to Beethoven’s 250th birthday

Conductor Mark Kadin

Soloist Julia Pusker - violin

Beethoven - Concerto for violin and orchestra
Tchaikovsky  - Symphony No. 4

Varna State Opera Orchestra and RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra 

Conductor Rossen Milanov

Soloists
Tomo Keller - violin
Suren Bagratuni - violoncello

Concertmaster Anna Furnadzhieva

P. Vladigerov – Vardar Rhapsody
J. Brahms - Concerto for violin, violoncello and orchestra, Op. 102
N. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazadе

With the kind assistance of the Embassy of Slovenia in Bulgaria

Vassilena Serafimova – marimba
Thomas Enhco – piano

Presentation of their second album Bach Mirror 

02 - 04.07

2 July – Brahms
Presentations by Prof. MMag. Dr. Hartmut Krones, Wien
Prof. Dr. Manfred Permoser, Wien
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Steinbeck, Köln

3 July – Liszt
Presentations by
Prof. MMag. Dr. Hartmut Krones, Wien
Prof. Dr. Helmut Loos, Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Christian Glanz, Wien

4 July –  Mahler 9.00 - 12.00
Presentations by
Dr. Rainer Bischof , Wien
Prof. Dr. Christian Glanz, Wien

Moderators - Prof. MMag. Dr. Hartmut Krones and Senior Lecturer Dr. Petya Tsvetanova

Brahms - Piano Trio No.1, Op.8
Emanuela Piemonti - piano, Ekaterina Frolova - violin, Peter Somodari - cello

Liszt - Saint Saens - Piano Trio Orpheus
Lora Tchekoratova - piano, Georgi Valchev - violin, Rudolf Leopold - cello

Bruckner - String Quintet
Mario Hossen - violin, Valerie Leopold - violin, Alexander Zemtsov - viola,
Marta Potulska - viola, Rudolf Leopold - cello

In partnership with Italian Cultural Institute

Organ Recital

Martin Haselböck

Works by J.S.Bach, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, A. Bruckner, F. Liszt, M. Haselboeck

Brahms - Clarinet Quintet

Denitsa Laffchieva - clarinet,  J. Rachlin – violin, Sarah McElravy - violin, Alexander Zemtsov - viola, Peter Somodari - cello

Brahms -  Piano Quintet

Lora Tchekoratova - piano, Georgi Valchev - violin, Valerie Leopold - violin, Marta Potulska - viola, Atanas Krastev - cello

Mahler Piano Quartet

Emanuela Piemonti - piano, Mario Hossen - violin, Julian Rachlin - viola, Liliana Kehayova - cello

In partnership with Italian Cultural Institute

Aeneas Humm – baritone, Germany
Doriana Tchakarova - piano

Songs by Liszt, Bruckner, Brahms, Joseph Marx, Hugo Wolf

Artis Quartet ( Austria)

Peter Schuhmayer - first violin
Johannes Meissl - second violin
Herbert Kefer - viola
Othmar Mϋller -  violoncello

Mozart  - String Quartet KV 157
Fritz Kreisler – String Quartet
Beethoven – String Quartet op. 130/133

In partnership with Austrian Embassy and Austrian Music Weeks

Jointly with Varna Summer International Theatre Festival

Barcelona Flamenco Ballet - Spain

Director & Choreography  David Gutierrez
Music Atrapado en el Tiempo
Dramaturgy Un Tiempo Nuevo para el Flamenco

Management Flamenco Agency

10 & 12 July, 21:15, Archaeological Museum

A music & drama and visual performance by
Petar Dundakov, Javor Gardev, Venelin Shurelov

Concept and Music by Petar Dundakov
Scripted and Staged by Javor Gardev
Visual Design by Venelin Shurelov

Cast:
Ina Kancheva – soprano
Vassilena Serafimova – marimba and percussion
Margarita Ilieva – piano
Ivan Barnev as Castor

Sergei Rachmaninoff - "The Rock" Symphonic Poem op.7, original version for 1 Piano 4 Hands by the Composer

P.I Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite, arr. for 1 Piano 4 Hands by S. Rachmaninoff
- (1.) Introduction. La Fee des Lilas (The Lilac Fairy) - (2.) Adagio. Pas d'action - (3.) Pas de caractere. Le Chat botte et la Chatte blanche (Puss-in-Boots & the White Cat) - (4.) Panorama - (5.) Valse

Anton Arensky – From "12 Pieces" for 1 Piano 4 Hands, op.66
- (1.) Waltz - (2.) March - (3.) Romance - (4.) Scherzo - (5.) Lullaby - (6.) Polka -

Sergei Rachmaninoff - "Six Pieces" for 1 Piano 4 Hands, op.11
- (1.) Barcarolle - (2.) Scherzo - (3.) Russian Theme - (4.) Waltz - (5.) Romance - (6.) Slava! Gloria

Presentation of the new disk of Aglika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov,
creative meeting and concert with prominent participants
in their workshop

Concert by distinguished participants in the violin masterclasses of Prof. Mincho Minchev

Concert by distinguished participants in the opera singing masterclasses of Emil Ivanov

Annette von Hehn  - violin
Thomas Hoppe  - piano
Stefan Heinemeyer  - cello

Haydn - Trio in G-Major, Hob.XV:25 "all´Ongharese"
Beethoven - Trio in g-Major, op.1,N 2
Mendelssohn - Trio no.1 in d-minor, op.49  

Maria Miteva - flute
Olivier Dartevelle - clarinet
Kae Shiraki - piano
Luc Hemmer – vibraphone, percussions

Special Guest:
Miroslav Dimov – Drums

Works by contemporary composers – music of 20.and 21.Century

With the kind assistance of Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg and FOCUNA - Luxembourg Culture Fund

Pierre Amoyal - violin
Bertrand Giraud - piano

J. Brahms - Sonata opus 100

S. Prokofiev - 5 melodies 

C. Franck - Sonata

Mihail Yosifov ( arranger / trumpet)
Velislav Stoyanov (soloist / trombone)
Dimitar Lyolev (saxophone)
Milen Kukosharov (piano)
Aleksandar Logozarov (guitar)
Daniele Febbo (double bass)
Borislav Petrov (drums)
Atanas Popov (percussions)

For jazz trio with Konstantin Kostov – piano, Hristo Yotsov – percussions and Dimitar Karamfilov - bass

audio-visual concert

Dimitar Bodurov- piano, composition
Neyko Bodurov - trumpet
Ivan Shopov - electronica
Lora Shopova - video
Ilina Mihaylova - soprano (special guest)

Svetoslav Borisov- conductor
Chamber strings ensemble, Varna

This project is made possible with the financial support of National Culture fund, Ministry of culture. It is a collaboration with RADAR festival, Varna.

Presentation of the book “Violin School in Varna” by Genoveva Burova

Symphony Оrchestra of Varna State Opera

Conductor Georgi Dimitrov

Soloist Krassimira Stoyanova – soprano

Arias, overtures and intermezzi from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Catalani

Poison and Ambrosia – music performance
Artistic concept by Luisa Sello

In partnership with Italian Cultural Institute and
the Municipality of Udine, Italy

Ensemble Le Agane / 8 flutes /

Artistic idea Luisa Sello

In partnership with Italian Cultural Institute and
the Municipality of Udine, Italy

Dominique de Williencourt
violoncello

J.S.Bach

Suites 1, 3, 5

Concentus Musicus – Wien, for the first time in Bulgaria

Artistic Director Stefan Gottfried

Works by Henry Purcell

In partnership with Austrian Embassy, Austrian Music Weeks, Viafest Foundation
Supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and Wiener Club Sofia

Dominique de Williencourt
violoncello

J.S. Bach

Suites 4, 2, 6

Presentation of the book “Baroque Rhetoric” by Prof. Rositsa Yordanova

Festival Baroque Orchestra
Conductor Vladimir Kiradzhiev
Soloistс:  Sophie Dervaux – bassoon and Piero Barbareschi - harpsichord

In partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute

Program  Baroque – Neobaroque

Alexandre Tansman – Variations on a theme by Frescobaldi
Antonio Vivaldi – Bassoon Concerto in E minor RV484
G. Ph. Telemann – Overture-Suite in G major
G. Fr. Handel – Water Music