With the support of the Culture 2007 - 2013 of the European Union

Program:
Hampson Sisler – Thermals, Rising; orchestration Arkady Leytush ; world premiere
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Concerto for violin and orchestra E minor
Camille Saint-Saens – La Muse et le Poete for violin, cello and orchestra, Op. 132
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Orchestral suite No. 3
With the kind assistance of Bulgarian Virtuosi Artists www.BulgarianVirtuosi.com and Le Belle Arti Management

Program:
Nikolas Bacri – In memory of Bach, transcription for string orchestra of Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904 by J. S. Bach; first performance in Bulgaria
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for two pianos and string orchestra in C minor BWV 1062
Nikolas Bacri – Chamber concertofor clarinet and string orchestra, Op. 61, first performance in Bulgaria
Krasimir Kyurkchiyski – Adagio, Scherzo and Prayer
Georgi Andreev – Suite for a folk songs choir, two pianos and string orchestra after works by Atanas Iliev, world premiere

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

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

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

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

Piano Duo Mami and Kumi Uchida
Works by Pancho Vladigerov

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

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)

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

Ivo Yordanov – baritone
Elena Pargavelova – piano
Works by Rakhamaninov

Sinfonietta Orchestra – Varna
Conductor Milko Kolarov
Vladigerov – Four pieces for string orchestra
Georgi Minchev – Three poems for voice and orchestra
Soloist Rositsa Panayotova - piano
Mozart – Concerto for piano and orchestra КV46

Prestige Trio

Irina Belomazhova violin
Hidan Mamudov clarinet
Baiba Osina piano

Works by Khachaturian, Stravinsky, Menotti, Bartok

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

Conductor Emil Tabakov
Soloist Vesko Stambolov piano

Program:
Vladigerov - Classical and Romantic
Mozart - Concerto for piano and orchestra, A major KV488
Tchaikovsky - Suite from the Swan Lake ballet

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

Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
Pagliacci -Leoncavallo

Conductor Hristo Ignatov
Staring Emil Ivanov and Kaludi Kaludov

Works by Beethoven, Liszt, Rakhmaninov

Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
Pagliacci - Leoncavallo

Conductor Hristo Ignatov
Staring Emil Ivanov and Kaludi Kaludov

Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
Pagliacci - Leoncavallo

Conductor Hristo Ignatov
Staring Emil Ivanov and Kaludi Kaludov

 Works by Beethoven, Britten, Cesar Franck, Rossini - Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Georg Friedrich Schenck – piano
Works by Johannes Brahms

Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
Pagliacci - Leoncavallo

Conductor Hristo Ignatov
Staring Emil Ivanov and Kaludi Kaludov

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")

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

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

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

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

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

Mixed Choir of the Opera-Philharmonic Society – Varna
conductor Malina Hubcheva

Morski Zvutsi Mixed Choir
chief conductor Marin Chonev, conductor Rositsa Shtereva
Conductor Stanislav Ushev

Soloists:
Cvetana Bandalovska - soprano
Boyka Vasileva - mezzo-soprano
Kaludi Kaludov- tenor
Ivaylo Dzhurov- bass

Pancho Vladigerov- Vardar Rhapsody
Ludwig van Beethoven- Symphony No 9

Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture

Gottlieb Wallisch - piano
Wolfgang David - violin
Wolfgang Panhofer - cello

Works by by Franz Schubert and Dmitri Shostakovich

Christophe Collette- violin
Dorian Lamotte- violin
Vincent Deprecq-viola
Alain Brunier- violoncello

Works by by Darius Milhaud, Leos Janacek, Maurice Ravel

Soprano, baroque flute, baroque violin, viola da gamba, lute, harpsichord, theorbo

Chirping of the Nightingale:
Pieces from the book The English Dancing Master by John Playford

Graziella Valcheva-Fierro – mezzo-soprano
Veneziela Naydenova – piano

The Spanish hour - Works by Federico Garcia Lorca, Federico Mompou, Maurice Ravel, Manuel De Falla, Dmitri Shostakovich

Opera-Philharmonic Society Varna
Guest conductor Rengim Gökmen from Ankara Opera
Director Kuzman Popov
Choreographer Zhelka Tabakova

Soloists:
Emilia Ivanova – soprano
Plamen Dimitrov – tenor
Svilen Nikolov – baritone
Andrey Naydenov – tenorino

With participation of Varna children’s opera
Conductor Gancho Ganchev

Estefanía Perdomo - soprano, Spain
Adriana Alcaide – baroque violin, Spain
Kathryn Elkin - baroque oboe, USA
Sebastien Perrin – traverso, France
Maria Sanchez – baroque cello, Spain
Esteban Mazer – harpsichord, Argentina
Adrián Schvarzstein – narrator, Spain

The Ancient Scriptures
Works by Benedetto Marcello, Michel de Monteclair, Carlo Grossi, Abraham Caceres, Christiano Lidarti, Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz