14 – 21 June
Photography exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Boris Christoff

A performance of Varna Opera

Conductor Viliana Valcheva
Principal conductor Borislav Ivanov
Director Aleksandar Tekeliev
Stage designer Ivan Popov
Choreography Zhelka Tabakova
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
With Ventseslav Anastasov, Linka Stoyanova, Arseniy Arsov, Ina

Petrova, Evgeniy Stanimirov, Plamen Dimitrov, Ilina Mihaylova, Geo

Chobanov

Conductor Stanislav Ushev
Soloists:
Mario Hossen, violin
Wolfgang Klos, viola
Stefan Kropfich, cello

Program:
W. A. Mozart – Simfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Orchestra
Marin Goleminov - Concerto for String Quartet and String Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured night), op. 4

Erica Scherl, early violin
Gianpaolo Capuzzo, recorders, transversal flute, rauschpfeifen, bagpipe;
Francesco Zuvadelli, positive organ (or clavicembalo), hurdy gurdy;
Domenico Baronio, lute, Renaissance guitar

Renaissance music from the time of Galileo

Jeayoung Kim, violin
Younguk Kim, violin
Seungwon Lee, viola
Woongwhee Moon, violoncello

Program:
String quartets by Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn and Beethoven

Under the auspices of the Embassy of South Korea in Bulgaria

Anton Nicolescu, cello
Horia Mihail, piano

Works by L. van Beethoven, A. Glazunov, Ch.Davidoff, M.Glinka, A.Scriabin,
S.Prokofiev, S.Rachmaninov

Dedicated to the 175 anniversary of Modest Mussorgsky

Zheni Zaharieva, piano
With the participation of
Fidosi Kerchev, piano

Program:
Nikolai Medtner – "Sonata-Reminiscenza"
Dmitri Shostakovich – Aphorisms op.13, Polka from the ballet "The Golden Age" op.22
Modest Mussorgsky – Sonata for 4 hands, "Pictures from an Exhibition"
Valery Gavrilin – March and Tarantella for 4 hands

Josef Špaček – violin

Graffe Quartet:
Štěpán Graffe, Lukáš Bednařík – violin
Lukáš Cybulski – viola
Michal Hreňo – cello

Program:
Josef Suk - Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale “Saint Wenceslas”, op. 35a
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - Polonaise in D major op. 17 for violin solo and quartet
Antonín Dvořák - String Quintet in E flat major op. 97

Under the auspices of H. E. Pavel Vacek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Bulgaria

Renata Ardaševová, Igor Ardašev - piano

Program:
Edvard Hagerup Grieg - Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances op. 17
Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances 1st set op. 46, selection
Antonín Dvořák -  Slavonic Dances 2nd set op. 72, selection
Vít Zouhar -  Scary dreaming
Maurice Ravel -  Spanish Rhapsody for piano four-hands

Under the auspices of H. E. Pavel Vacek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Bulgaria

Svetlin Roussev, violin
Plamena Mangova, piano

Program:
Johannes Brahms - Sonata for violin and piano N2 A major, op.39 Waltz 8 and 4 Hungarian Dances for piano
Eugene Ysaye - Sonata N3 and N6 Sonata for solo violin
Edvard Grieg - Sonata N3 C minor for violin and piano

A performance of Varna Opera

rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber,

lyrics by Tim Rice
Varna Opera
Principal conductor Yuli Damyanov
Conductor Stratsimir Pavlov
Director Svetozar Donev
Stage designer Ivan Tokadzhiev
Costumes designer Asya Stoimenova
Choreography Anna Doneva
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
With Kostadin Georgiev-Kalki, Silvia Angelova, Zvezdelin Keremedchiev-Zvеzdi, Georgi Handzhiev, Aleksandar Mutafchiyski, Svilen Nikolov and others

Alexander Wladigeroff - trompet
Konstantin Wladigeroff -  syntesizer
Ekaterina Wladigeroff - piano
Stoyan Yankoulov - percussions

A performance of Varna Opera

Conductor Viliana Valtcheva
Director and designer Kuzman Popov
With Boiko Tsvetanov, Dimitrinka Raycheva, Ventseslav Anastasov and others

Mintcho Mintchev, violin
Evgeni Bozhanov, piano
Young Chang Cho, cello

Program:
Piano Trios of Felix Mendelssohn and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Competition The Violins of Prof. Mintcho Mintchev Fund

Conductor Maxim Eshkenazy

Works by Giuseppe Verdi, Dmitri Shostakovich, Petko Staynov, Dinicu-Wladigeroff

Under the auspices of the Minister of Culture

Vesselin Stanev, piano

Program:
Fеrеnc Liszt - piano music
Reminiscences on "Norma" by Bellini, R 133, SW 394
Reminiscences on  "Don Giovanni" by Mozart, R 228, SW 418
"After a reading of Dante": Fantasia quasi Sonata
Mephisto waltz

Nikolay Nikolov, viola
Boyan Bachvarov, harpsichord, piano

Program:
Miniatures for viola and piano by German, French and Russian composers

Varna Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Gancho Ganchev

Soloists:
Bobo Yotzov, clarinet
Nadezhda Yotzova, piano
Hristo Yotzov, drums

Tatiana Koleva - marimba / percussion
Youth Percussion Pool - artistic director Tatiana Koleva
The Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria - artistic director Vania Moneva

A performance of Varna Opera

Conductor Svetoslav Borisov
Director Emmanuelle Cordoliani (France)
Costume designer Julie Scobeltzine (France)
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
With Vladimir Kuzmenko (Ukraine), Ventseslav Anastasov, Radostina

Nikolaeva, Jerome Billy (France) and others

Varna Opera

Conductor Stefano Seghedoni (Italy)
Director Kuzman Popov
Stage designer Lora Marinova
Costume designer Maria Dimanova
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
With Vantseslav Anastasov, Irina Zhekova, Aleksey Tatarintsev (Novaya opera - Moscow), Agunda Kulaeva (Novaya opera - Moscow) and others

Stratsimir Pavlov, piano, keyboards, composition
Neycho Petrov (Reggie), vocal 
Stoyan Royanov (Ya-Ya), clarinet, saxophone
Valeri Cenov, percussion, marimba
Boris Kazakov, acoustic bass
Neyko Bodurov, trumpet
Hristina Beleva, fiddle
Petar Milanov, tambulier
String nonet