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BNR Symphony Orchestra has a new chief conductor

Maestro Konstantin Ilievsky
Photo: Milan Marsalka

Konstantin Ilievsky is the new chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio. Maestro Ilievsky is a renowned Bulgarian musician – conductor, pianist and composer, with international acclaim and an international career.

He has conducted the symphony orchestras of the Austrian and the Slovak Radio

Wiener Concert – Verein, the Slovak Philharmonic, the Wrocław Philharmonic, the National Radio Television Orchestra of Albania (RTSH), the Sofia Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the BNR, the Ningbo National Symphony Orchestra of China, the Franz Liszt Symphony Orchestra in Cosenza, Italy, the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, the Slovak Sinfonietta, Zilina etc. Konstantin Ilievsky has taken part in numerous international festivals and has worked with world-class soloists.



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