02.09, 19:00, Varna City Art Gallery “Boris Georgiev”
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM DEDICATED TO SLAVIC MUSIC – CONCERT II
Special guest: MILENA MOLLOVA – piano
Stefan Dragostinov — from “Fugue Integral”
Milena Mollova – piano
Milena Lazarova – piano
Mikhail Glinka — Grand Sextet in E-flat major
Mario Hossen – violin I
Maria Sotriffer – violin II
Evgenia Bauer – viola
Kiril Zlotnikov – cello
Margarita Kalcheva – double bass
Alexander Ghindin – piano
Karol Lipiński — Polonaise in D major, Op. 9 No. 2
Marcellina Szeckmiller – violin
Dora Deliyska – piano
Grażyna Bacewicz — Polish Caprice
Marcelina Sztekmiler – violin
Igor Stravinsky — Septet
Denitsa Laffchieva – clarinet
Konstantin Timokhin – horn
Bence Bogányi – bassoon
Dora Deliyska – piano
Alexander Pavlovski – violin
Alexander Zemtsov-Gordon – viola
Kiril Zlotnikov – cello
Gheorghi Arnaoudov — Quintet (Première)
Denitsa Laffchieva – clarinet
Nadezhda Tzanova – piano
Marina Dimitrova – violin I
Alexander Zemtsov-Gordon – viola
Milan Karanovic – cello
Sergei Prokofiev — Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56
Henryk Wieniawski — Étude-Caprice, Op. 18 No. 4
Maria Sotriffer – violin
Stefan Burchardt – violin
The three evening concerts within the symposium are among the most exciting highlights of the program with many outstanding performers and carefully curated repertoire. They not only complement and illustrate the themes of the academic presentations but also add more cultural layers to the rich picture of the traditions and development of Slavic music through the centuries. The program brings together composers from different eras and cultural contexts – from Glinka, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, through Wieniawski, Dvořák, Szymanowski and Janáček, to Chopin, Lipiński, Bacewicz, as well as the Bulgarian composers Stefan Dragostinov and Georgi Arnaudov. An interesting touch is the presence of the music of the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, who takes us back to the refined style of late 18th-century Classicism. The works in the program span more than two centuries of musical history. World-renowned pianists such as Elisabeth Leonskaja, Milena Mollova and Viktoria Postnikova will take the stage, alongside outstanding representatives of the next generations. The concerts will include both solo performances and collaborations with established chamber formations such as the renowned Jerusalem Quartet, as well as specially formed ensembles bringing together leading musicians from Bulgaria and across Europe. There are several large-scale chamber masterpieces in the program, such as Glinka’s Grand Sextet, Stravinsky’s Septet, Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor, the premiere of a Piano Quintet by Georgi Arnaoudov, Janáček’s Suite for Sextet, and the iconic Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky, performed by Alexander Ghindin
The Polish Institute in Sofia supports the Polish program within the framework of the symposium
