Sofia Philharmonic
Sofia Philharmonic
The Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra has been long established as one of the leading institutes in the musical life of Bulgaria, representative of our entire contemporary music culture. The high artistic achievements and the active concert activity in our country and around the world attract both the traditional audience and more and more young connoisseurs of classical music.
In its eighty-nine years of creative history, the Sofia Philharmonic has come a long and intense way of artistic growth, associated with the names of prominent figures in Bulgarian musical culture such as Sasha Popov, Konstantin Iliev, Dobrin Petkov, Vasil Stefanov, Vasil Kazandjiev, Vladi Simeonov Dimitar Manolov, Yordan Dafov, Emil Tabakov, Yulian Kovachev, Martin Panteleev.
Unforgettable in the lomg history of the Philharmonic is the joint work with such conductors as Herman Abendrot, Kurt Mazur, Sir Neville Mariner, Valery Gergiev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Simonov, Yuri Temirkanov, Igor Markevich, Carlo Ceki, Charles Bruck, Heinz Bongar. Rovicki, Janos Ferenczyk, Leopold Hager, György Lehel, Karl Österreicher, Jean-Bernard Pomie, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Uros Lajowitz and others.
Soloists of the orchestra were Gena Dimitrova, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Sonya Yoncheva, Krassimira Stoyanova, Veselina Katsarova, Dimitri Shostakovich, David Oistrakh, Svetoslv Richter, Emil Gilels, Alexis Weissenberg, Mstislav Vladporo Clara-Jumy Kang, Shura Cherkaski, Ani Fischer, Ruggiero Ritchie, Eugene Istomin, Andre Navarra, Philip Quint, Dimitris Sguros, Josef Palenicek, Wanda Wilkomirska, Pierre Sankan, Frederick Hevers, Rudolf Kerer, Josef Souk, Yogo Oak, Yo Sekeira Costa, Janos Shebestein, Nathaniel Rosen, Julian Rahlin, Andrew Mariner and dozens of other world-famous foreign and Bulgarian artists.
The repertoire of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra includes works from all over the world music literature - from classics to the most modern opuses, including premiere performances of dozens of Bulgarian works.
Beginning more than half a century ago /1939/ its tours abroad, the Sofia Philharmonic has a serious authority and recognition around the world. It successfully performs in the largest music centers in Europe, Asia, America, greeted by the most demanding audience with loud acclamations.
The recording activity of the Philharmonic related to the companies "Balkanton", "Gega", "Naxos", "Supraphon", "Elan", "Frekvenz", "Koch", "Mega", "Capriccio", as well as recordings in Radio Paris, Radio Berlin, Radio Moscow, Radio Munich, the Bulgarian National Radio and the Bulgarian National Television.
The Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including: “Musician of the Year” /Bulgarian National Radio, 2002/, “Golden Lyre” /2003/, “Golden Five Lines” /2005/, “Crystal Lyre” /2006, 2009 and 2016/ the prestigious award "Award of Sofia" /2011/, with the high award of Sofia Municipality - Honorary Badge of the Capital /2013/, with the Badge of Honor from the President of the Republic of Bulgaria /2014/.
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