Bulgarian Cultural Events in the UK

SEPTEMBER 2003

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4 Thursday, 4th September 2003, 7.30 pm
George Vassilev - guitar
Venue: Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room
Tickets: Ł12.00
Box office: 020 7960 4242
Programme: JS Bach: "Suite pour lute BWV 996"
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): "Invocacion y danza"
Dusan Bogdanovic (1955): "Introduction and passacaglia"
Hans Werner Henze (1926): "Drei Tientos"
Dusan Bodanovic: "Sonate" (1978)
Leo Brouwer: "The Black Decameron"
European guitar music rooted in the musical traditions of Germany, Spain, the Balkan and the Caribbean makes an interesting mixture in a programme inspired by contrasting colours of compositions. Tonight's concert is an attempt to approach two musical worlds: the classical European tradition in music under the inspiration of composers such as JS Bach's "Suite pour lute BWV. 996", Joaquin Rodrigo's "Invocacion y danza", to the modern sound of Hans Werner Henze's "Drei Tientos", a radical romantic of the 1950's and 1960's.
The music of Dusan Bogdanovic (1955) will bring to the concert a display of emotional and dynamic sounds from Balkan musical heritage. Finally the audience can delight in listening to "The Black Decameron" by Leo Brouwer (1939), an afro-caribbean inspiration of drama and romance.
In summary, a concert to remember for its rich content and the brilliant technique of this young classical guitarist from Bulgaria.
George Vassilev was born in Varna, Bulgaria. He started his guitar studies with Ljuben Haramalbiev at the National Shcool of Music. In 1987 he was granted a scholarship by the Bulgarian Government to continue his studies at the Kiev Conservatory (Ukraine) with N. Mikhailenko. Later, the Brazilizn guitarist Maria Livia Sao-Marcos met him in Poland and invited him to continue his studies with her at the Geneva Conservatory. George Vassilev has been awarded high-honour prizes at international guitar competitions in Poland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. He has played as a soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the National Orchestra of Italy, the National Orchestra of Cracow, the Chamber Orchestra of Madrid, the National Radio Orchestra of Bulgaria, the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra.
Promoter: LACCS
Sponsor: Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in association with LACCS

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11 Thursday, 11th September 2003, 7.00 pm
To commemorate 25 years
since the death of the great Bulgarian composer PANCHO VLADIGEROV
You are warmly invited to a Star Charity Concert
held by kind permission of HE the Bulgarian Ambassador
Venue: Bulgarian Embassy, 186 Queen's Gate, London SW1
(nearest tubes South Kensington or Gloucester Road)
Tickets: Ł15.00 - on the door or in advance (details below)
The concert will feature performances by:
Lilia Boyadjieva - pianist
Fabienne Jost - soprano
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Pancho Vladigerov Jr, pianist and elder grandson of the composer.
In the programme: Works by Pancho Vladigerov and his contemporaries Erich Korngold, Samuel Barber and Olivier Messiaen.
The concert will raise funds to benefit the needy in Bulgaria through Friends of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation (BCAF), Registered Charity Number 268369.
Light refreshments will be offered. There will be a raffle, drawn by a celebrity guest; and a new collection of Travellers' Tales of Bulgaria will be available (proceeds from this will go to the cause).
To order tickets in advance, please, send cheques payable to Friends of Bulgaria (Ealing),
50 Heathfield Road, London W3 8EJ
or contact:
Mr. Nigel Middlemiss (e-mail: family.middlemiss@btopenworld.com, tel. 020 8992 4178)
or the Bulgarian Embassy (tel: 020 7584 9400/33).

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4	Thursday, 4th September 2003, 7.30 pm George Vassilev - guitar Venue: Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room Tickets: Ł12.00 Box office: 020 7960 4242 Programme: JS Bach: "Suite pour lute BWV 996" Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): "Invocacion y danza" Dusan Bogdanovic (1955): "Introduction and passacaglia" Hans Werner Henze (1926): "Drei Tientos" Dusan Bodanovic: "Sonate" (1978) Leo Brouwer: "The Black Decameron" European guitar music rooted in the musical traditions of Germany, Spain, the Balkan and the Caribbean makes an interesting mixture in a programme inspired by contrasting colours of compositions. Tonight's concert is an attempt to approach two musical worlds: the classical European tradition in music under the inspiration of composers such as JS Bach's "Suite pour lute BWV. 996", Joaquin Rodrigo's "Invocacion y danza", to the modern sound of Hans Werner Henze's "Drei Tientos", a radical romantic of the 1950's and 1960's. The music of Dusan Bogdanovic (1955) will bring to the concert a display of emotional and dynamic sounds from Balkan musical heritage. Finally the audience can delight in listening to "The Black Decameron" by Leo Brouwer (1939), an afro-caribbean inspiration of drama and romance. In summary, a concert to remember for its rich content and the brilliant technique of this young classical guitarist from Bulgaria. George Vassilev was born in Varna, Bulgaria. He started his guitar studies with Ljuben Haramalbiev at the National Shcool of Music. In 1987 he was granted a scholarship by the Bulgarian Government to continue his studies at the Kiev Conservatory (Ukraine) with N. Mikhailenko. Later, the Brazilizn guitarist Maria Livia Sao-Marcos met him in Poland and invited him to continue his studies with her at the Geneva Conservatory. George Vassilev has been awarded high-honour prizes at international guitar competitions in Poland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. He has played as a soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the National Orchestra of Italy, the National Orchestra of Cracow, the Chamber Orchestra of Madrid, the National Radio Orchestra of Bulgaria, the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra. Promoter: LACCS Sponsor: Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in association with LACCS
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11	Thursday, 11th September 2003, 7.00 pm To commemorate 25 years since the death of the great Bulgarian composer PANCHO VLADIGEROV You are warmly invited to a Star Charity Concert held by kind permission of HE the Bulgarian Ambassador Venue: Bulgarian Embassy, 186 Queen's Gate, London SW1 (nearest tubes South Kensington or Gloucester Road) Tickets: Ł15.00 - on the door or in advance (details below) The concert will feature performances by: Lilia Boyadjieva - pianist Fabienne Jost - soprano and Pancho Vladigerov Jr, pianist and elder grandson of the composer. In the programme: Works by Pancho Vladigerov and his contemporaries Erich Korngold, Samuel Barber and Olivier Messiaen. The concert will raise funds to benefit the needy in Bulgaria through Friends of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation (BCAF), Registered Charity Number 268369. Light refreshments will be offered. There will be a raffle, drawn by a celebrity guest; and a new collection of Travellers' Tales of Bulgaria will be available (proceeds from this will go to the cause). To order tickets in advance, please, send cheques payable to Friends of Bulgaria (Ealing), 50 Heathfield Road, London W3 8EJ or contact: Mr. Nigel Middlemiss (e-mail: family.middlemiss@btopenworld.com, tel. 020 8992 4178) or the Bulgarian Embassy (tel: 020 7584 9400/33).
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