INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL – PLOVDIV
54th  EDITION
June 10th – 21st, 2018

PROGRAM

JUNE 10 th, SUNDAY, 8:00 PM, ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV

OPENING CEREMONY

STANKOV ENSEMBLE, UK 
IVO STANKOV – violin
LACHEZAR STANKOV – piano
Featuring performances by grant recipients from the Whitgift School – London, 
students from Prof. Ivo Stankov’s violin class  
KRYŠTOF KOHOUT, Czech Republic
LUKA PERAZIC, Montenegro
MARLON BARRIOS, Costa Rica
L. van Beethoven, Fr. Chopin, C. Saint-Saëns, P. Sarasate, E. Ysaÿe, M. Ravel
Under the patronage of Acad. Prof. Dr. Eng. Dimitar Dimitrov – Rector of the University of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Sponsor of the Festival

JUNE 12th, TUESDAY, 8:00 PM, ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV
STUDENTS OF THE DOBRIN PETKOV NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE – PLOVDIV 
Laureates and first prize winners of international and national competitions in 2017
The concert is dedicated to 95 years since the birth of Dobrin Petkov (1923 - 1987)

NIKOLAY MARINOV, BORIS PETKOV, GEORGI CHIKOLOV, BORIS BIKOV – piano, Teacher Svetlana Koseva
MARIANA STOEVA, EKATERINA STOEVA – violin, Teacher Evgenia Nocheva
VICTOR VASSILEV – violin, Teacher Borimira Stoyanova 
RENZO STAVREV – cello, Teacher Yulia Markovska 
YULIAN STANCHEV – guitar, Teacher Dr. Milena Valcheva 
KALOYAN VASSILEV – flute, Teacher Dr. Ivailo Vassilev
GEORGI GEORGIEV – clarinet, Teachers Ilian Iliev and Velko Georgiev 
GEORGI GROZEV – trumpet, Teacher Pencho Penchev
SIMEON POPOV – marimba, Teacher Pencho Penchev
Piano accompaniment: Zlatelina Kolarova, Mariana Koleva, Iren Kapelovska, Maria Zavarinova, Alexander Kolev
Fr. M. Veracini, J. K. Mertz, R. Schumann, F. Liszt, C. Saint-Saëns, P. Sarasate, B. Bartók, F. Farkas, P. Hristoskov, K. Molchanov, A. Grgin, G. Freibergs

JUNE 13th, WEDNESDAY, 8:00 PM, BEE BOP CAFÉ (1 Gladstone St.)
PARALLEL PROGRAM

Jazz Concert

LUKA TODOROV – piano
ANTON DINEV – guitar
ZLATKO STEFANOV – bass
IVAN ENEV – drums

J. Kern, C. Porter, V. Young, B. Kaper, S. Fain, T. Monk, G. Shearing, Ch. Parker,  M. Davis, S. Rollins, P. Metheny, Zl. Stefanov, L. Todorov etc.

JUNE 14th, THURSDAY, 8:00 PM, ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV
IVAJLA KIROVA, Germany 
Piano Recital
Fr. Schubert, Fr. Chopin, F. Liszt, M. Herea, D. Nenov, I. Kirova

JUNE 15th, FRIDAY, 8:00 PM, ЕTHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV
ACADEMICA TRIO, Romania
AURELIA SIMION – piano
MIHAI  AILENEI – clarinet 
PETRЕA GÎSKĂ – horn 
J. Sobeck, M. Heidrich, S. Pautza, R. Cozma, P. Gîskâ – A. Simion

JUNE 16th, SATURDAY, 8:00 PM, ЕTHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV
SUREDA – TAHTADJIEVA DUO, Spain
CATALINA SUREDA – violin
DINA TAHTADJIEVA – piano
R. Schumann, M. de Falla, Fr. Mompou

JUNE 17th, SUNDAY, 8:00 PM, ЕTHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV
RUSSI NIKOFF – baritone, Bulgaria
PAVEL KACHNOV – piano, Ukraine 
A song recital of selected romances by P. I. Tchaikovsky and S. Rachmaninoff
Under the patronage of Eng. Dimitar Georgiev – Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Plovdiv, Sponsor of the Festival

JUNE 18th, MONDAY, 8:00 PM, ЕTHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – ANCIENT PLOVDIV
YuNiKa DUO, Russia
YULIA DRUKH – clarinet
NIKOLAI GANGNUS – piano
R. Schumann, J. Brahms, G. Mahler, Cl. Debussy, Fr. Poulenc

JUNE 21st, THURSDAY, 8:00 PM, BEE BOP CAFÉ (1 Gladstone St.)

CLOSING CEREMONY

DIMITAR LIOLEV QUINTET
DIMITAR LIOLEV – saxophone
MARTIN TASHEV – trumpet
ALEXANDER LOGOZAROV – guitar
BORIS TASLEV – bass
VASSIL VOUTEV – percussion 

Original compositions by Dimitar Liolev from the Rhodopology and Eastern Shadows albums
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Tickets sold at the ticket office in front of the Plovdiv City Hall and at the Ethnographic Museum 

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