August 26 marks the 100th birth anniversary of Prof. Lazar Nikolov - an artist with a remarkable contribution to Bulgaria’s cultural history, one of the first representatives of the so-called Bulgarian musical avant-garde. His works have been performed..
The double album "Growing up with Rachmaninoff" contains "Etudes-Tableaux" by the great Russian pianist and composer. The performers are students of Antonina Boneva - mentor of the project, a renowned piano teacher and performer. This..
For most of us, now is the time for taking a vacation and meeting friends, especially for those who do not live in Bulgaria and are happy to return here for a week or two. For some artists, however, summer is a time of hard work, participation in..
A Spring Quintet for Wooden Wind Instruments is becoming a must in the curriculum of the most renowned music university in the United States, namely The Juilliard School in New York. This became known from a post of Roumen Boyadjieff-junior on..
“I remember the first recording of my first significant work - the symphonic poem ‘The Surviving Tetraevangel’. It was performed by the BNR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vasil Stefanov in 1980. I will never forget this experience. I..
In the last few years we have more and more often started to associate the name of Bilyana Tchokoeva-Angelova with the beautiful videos to her beautiful songs. The performers who present them are among the most famous and beloved Bulgarian..
Petko Slavov is a composer, bassist, guitarist. In early 2014, his first solo album was released and it includes 10 songs that can be listened to on Spotify, iTunes, as well as in his YouTube channel. Petko Slavov is well-known in the music world..
Academician Petko Staynov is among the most prominent Bulgarian composers and public figures. He headed a series of music and cultural institutions. In 1923, he graduated from the Dresden Musical Conservatory. Having returned to his home..
On November 18, the Bulgarian National Radio Big Band gives another concert at Studio No 1 of the BNR. This time it is conducted by Mihail Yosifov, a brilliant trumpeter and composer. Mihail Yosifov participates in various jazz formations and..
The very first years in the history of the popular music genre in this country, the first national basketball teams (both male and female), the first gramophone records, made in Bulgaria are all connected with one name – Yosif Tsankov. He is also..
