Classical music lived personally

ClassicArt String Quartet & Ensemble

About us

Our story

At the beginning of it all was the human bond between two cousins – a pianist and a cellist – living across the Atlantic ocean. Playing together was for a long time a dream.

With the love and enthusiasm of a few good friends, ClassicArt String Quartet and Ensemble was born. With the support of Sofia Philharmonic, we are now reaching a decade of concert seasons at our favorite venue, Chamber Hall Bulgaria.

We are based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and hosted by the Sofia Philharmonic. Our ensemble brings together musicians from the Sofia Philharmonic, the National Opera Orchestra, and the Bulgarian National Radio, as well as the few of us who live and work abroad but always return for many reasons, to which we now add these special concerts together.

Our common vision

… Make music among friends! And bring our love for the music we play to our audiences. We play classical music; and we play Bulgarian classical music; and we play new Bulgarian classical music. Some of the music we love is not something many people know.

Our vision is to bring our music to audiences who already know and love it, and to those who don’t know they love it yet!

About our music

We create our programs around pieces we love, around ideas we want to explore, and around stories of the people who create the music we love.

With our program notes, by talking to our audiences on- and off-stage, and through multi-media projects, we want to offer our audiences a taste of the thrill playing our music brings to us: in practice, in rehearsal, and of course, on stage.

Playing our music is a gift for us, many times multiplied when we can share it with you! We hope to bring our music to you in such a way that you too can feel the thrill it brings to us, so we can create together musical experiences we all cherish and love!

Musicians

Kristiana Mihaylova

Kristiana
Mihaylova

Cello · Founder
Biography

Kristiana Mihaylova graduated from the Music School in Burgas and the State Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, majoring in cello with Prof. B. Karakonov (bachelor’s and master’s degrees). In 2013–2014 she specialized at New Bulgarian University with Hristo Tanev. During her studies she appeared as a soloist with the Academic Orchestra of the Academy in Sofia and the Burgas Philharmonic, and won prizes at a number of competitions.

She attended cello master classes with Robert Cohen, Young-Chang Cho, Prof. Peter Buck (cellist of the Melos Quartet), Prof. László Mező (cellist of the Bartók Quartet), Ulf Tischbirek (Lübeck), Xenia Jankovic, Martina Schucan (Zurich), Dominique de Williencourt, Stefan Popov, Lili Bayrova-Schulz and Ventsislav Nikolov. She has taken part in festivals in Oberstdorf (Germany), “Prague–Vienna–Budapest” (Austria), the International Festival “Music Days at the Balabanov House” (Plovdiv) and “Apollonia” (Sozopol), and in chamber music master classes with members of the Prague, Mosaïques, Vienna, Bartók, Keller and Melos quartets.

She is active in chamber music and has performed with Andrew Marriner, Maria Prinz, Vasily Ilisavsky, Alexis Kossenko, Elizabeth Pitcairn, Stoimen Peev and others. She had the honour of performing Handel’s Passacaglia for violin and cello with Nigel Kennedy.

Kristiana Mihaylova successfully combines a career as soloist and chamber musician with a wide range of orchestral work, and also performs as a baroque cellist with early music ensembles. Since 2008 she has been assistant principal cello of the Sofia Philharmonic. From 2006 to 2011 she played in the Symphony Orchestra of the Chigiana Summer Academy in Siena, and since 2002 she has been principal cello of the Classic FM Radio Orchestra.

Founder of the ClassicArt String Quartet and Ensemble (2017), she is the driving force behind the ensemble and initiator of its concert series “The Present Meets the Future”.

Kalina Hristova

Kalina
Hristova

Violin
Biography

Kalina Hristova is a graduate of the National Music School “L. Pipkov” in Sofia and of the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, in the violin class of Prof. Elisaveta Kazakova. During her studies she went to Turin, Italy, where she specialized with Prof. Mariana Sirbu. She gained ensemble experience as concertmaster of the “Orpheus” Chamber Orchestra in Pernik from 1993 to 2000.

With proven professionalism and individuality, Kalina Hristova has been concertmaster of the Sofia Philharmonic for 21 years. She regularly appears as a soloist with orchestras in Bulgaria and abroad. She has given recitals in Osaka, Kyoto and Nara, and performed as a soloist with the Kansai Philharmonic in Japan. She takes part as a soloist and chamber musician in festivals in Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere, and has made numerous recordings for the Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian National Television.

Galina Lyubenova

Galina
Lyubenova

Violin
Biography

Galina Lyubenova studied at the “Hristina Morfova” Music School in Stara Zagora and at the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, in the violin class of Prof. Elisaveta Kazakova. She completed the International Summer Course in Chamber Music and Orchestra in Blankenburg, Germany, and took part in the master classes of the International Summer Academy “Prague–Vienna–Budapest” in Austria as a member of the Academic String Quartet. She is a winner of the “Nedyalka Simeonova” prize at the “Creative Encounters of Young Violinists” competition.

She has performed as a soloist with the Stara Zagora Philharmonic, the Sliven Symphony Orchestra and Collegium Musicum – Bankya. Since 2001 she has been a member of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova

Evgenia
Baadjieva-Dimova

Viola
Biography

Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova graduated from the “Panayot Pipkov” Music School in Pleven and the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, in the viola class of Prof. Ognyan Stanchev. She completed her master’s degree in the viola class of Prof. Stefan Zhilkov.

She has worked with many orchestras: Collegium Musicum – Bankya, the “Orpheus” Chamber Orchestra – Pernik, the Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Sofia Opera and Ballet. She regularly performs with the New Symphony Orchestra, the Classic FM Radio Orchestra and Studio Primo, and records regularly with the Sofia Session Orchestra and Sofia Soloists.

Since 2012 she has been assistant principal viola of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Victoria Tzotzkova

Victoria
Tzotzkova

Piano · Co-founder
Biography

Praised by the New York Concert Review for her “golden tone,” pianist Victoria Tzotzkova has performed widely, notably at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The Miller Theater, and The Iridium in New York City, as well as numerous other venues in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, and her native Bulgaria. She is a co-founder of ClassicalArt Ensemble with the Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia, Bulgaria, and a frequent collaborator in experimental and interactive performance projects.

Also a researcher, she holds a PhD in music theory from Columbia University, where her principal advisor was Professor George E. Lewis. As a performer-researcher, she has received support from the Council for the Arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative at Harvard University, and Columbia University’s Reid Hall Institute for Scholars in Paris, France. She has presented her work at different forums, including Columbia University, Harvard University, Indiana University, the Eastman School of Music in the US, Cambridge University, the Royal College of Music – London, in the UK, and the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, Belgium.

She is currently based at Harvard University as a Research Assistant and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an Affiliate Artist.

Yavor Dobrev

Yavor
Dobrev

Clarinet
Biography

Yavor Dobrev was born in Sofia. He studied clarinet at the Sofia Music School with Dancho Radevski and at the National Academy of Music with Prof. Petko Radev. He specialized at the Geneva Conservatory with Thomas Friedli and at the Lausanne Conservatory with Frédéric Rapin, earning a soloist diploma. He studied and worked in Switzerland for ten years.

He has won first prizes at the French Music Competition in Plovdiv and the competition in Riddes, Switzerland, and is a laureate of the “Young Musical Talents” competition as a chamber musician. He has been a soloist with the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and has attended master classes with Peter Schmidl, Paul Meyer and Wenzel Fuchs. He is currently principal clarinet of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Mihail Mihaylov

Mihail
Mihaylov

French horn
Biography

Mihail Mihaylov was born in Gabrovo. He began playing the French horn at the age of ten with Dragomir Draganov in Veliko Tarnovo. He graduated from the National Music School “Lyubomir Pipkov” in Sofia, in the horn classes of Lyubomir Nikolov and Prof. Vladislav Grigorov and the chamber music class of Pavel Madolev. He continued his education at the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” in the horn class of Bozhidar Hristov and the chamber music classes of K. Chilev and K. Bakardzhiev.

In 2000–2001 he took part in the International Summer Academy “Prague–Vienna–Budapest” in Austria, in the horn class of Prof. Adam Friedrich and the chamber music classes of Gerhard Turetschek and Klaus Liendbacher. Since 2003 he has been principal horn of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and since 2018 he has held the same position with the Sofia Philharmonic.

Concerts

Upcoming concerts

21 November 2026, 19:00 — “Masterpieces of Chamber Music”
ClassicArt and Viktor Teodosiev (horn) with young musicians from the Lubomir Pipkov National School of Music · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Season 2026–2027

Masterpieces of Chamber Music

ClassicArt and Viktor Teodosiev (horn) open the worldwide commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s death!

ClassicArt presents teachers and students on one stage — the ensemble’s musicians together with young talents from the Lubomir Pipkov National School of Music in Sofia, led by their exceptional teacher and distinguished chamber music pedagogue Daniela Cherpokova, who will also perform with them on the stage of Bulgaria Chamber Hall! A concert in partnership with the Sofia Philharmonic.

Beethoven — Sextet for two horns and strings, Op. 81b; Schubert — Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen”, D 802, for flute and piano; Mel Bonis — piano trio “Soir”; Schumann — Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47; Beethoven — String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4; Beethoven — Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11; Debussy — Piano Trio No. 1 in G major; Turina — Piano Quartet in A minor · Bulgaria Chamber Hall, 19:00

Masterpieces of Chamber Music

Dance in Music

A musical journey through the ages telling the story of dance through the power of classical music, also marking the Day of the National Awakeners. A project for children young and grown-up, part of the Sofia Philharmonic’s “Fortissimo Familia” series. With actors Ventsislava and Kamen Asenovi, the Julia Romeova ballet studio and special guests Alina Mihaylova and Eda Terzioğlu — cello. The children will dance, play and learn exciting new things about dance.

Bulgaria Chamber Hall, 11:00

Dance in Music

New Bulgarian Music 2026

Premiere of String Quartet No. 2 by Prof. Atanas Atanasov at the “New Bulgarian Music 2026” concert of the Union of Bulgarian Composers.

Atanas Atanasov — String Quartet No. 2 · Filip Kutev Concert Hall, Union of Bulgarian Composers

New Bulgarian Music 2026

Season 2025–2026

In 2026 ClassicArt launched the series “The Present Presents the Future” — a musical bridge between generations, where teachers and their students share the stage. The young talents are students and graduates of the Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music in Sofia.

The Earth — Out of Range

A concert dedicated to the music of Burgas composer Petya Toncheva, with pianist Mario Bobotsov. Supported by the Municipality of Burgas through its Culture Fund.

Petya Toncheva — “The Earth — Out of Range”, cycle for solo piano and strings (premiere); Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414; Bach · Morsko Casino Cultural Centre, Burgas

The Earth — Out of Range

The Rose Meets the Sakura

Sixth concert in the series “The Present Presents the Future”. With Japanese pianist and composer Reiko Nomura and the “Mickey Mouse” children’s vocal group, directed by Vyara Pantaleeva.

Marin Goleminov, J. S. Bach, Reiko Nomura · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

The Rose Meets the Sakura

May Music Days — Kyustendil

18th International Music Festival “May Music Days”. A concert by the ClassicArt quartet as holders of the “Golden Quartet 2025” award named after Acad. Marin Goleminov.

Mozart, Marin Goleminov, Rachmaninoff · Vladimir Dimitrov – Maystora Art Gallery, Kyustendil

May Music Days — Kyustendil

A Spring Tale

Fifth concert in the series “The Present Presents the Future”. With Prof. Ludmil Angelov, piano, and his student Amélie Sakai-Ivanova, who came specially from London, and Rumen Tsvetkov, viola, joined by Kamen Velichkov, viola, a student of Stefania Yankova.

Hans Huber, Carlo Soliva, Jean-Marie Leclair, Joaquín Turina · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

A Spring Tale

Piano Marathon

Fourth concert in the series “The Present Presents the Future”. ClassicArt and Filip Angelov, piano, with the support of Ms. Milka Miteva.

Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff — String Quartet No. 1; Mendelssohn — Piano Concerto No. 2 · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Piano Marathon

Baroque Pearls

Third concert in the series “The Present Presents the Future”. Guests Dimitris Kitsos, principal oboe of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. Lee Jung Eun, violin, together with teachers Svetlana Ancheva, oboe, Milena Valeva, violin, and Nikolay Stoykov, harpsichord. The Sofia Philharmonic also hosted masterclasses by both guests, attended by many students.

Bach, Albinoni, Barbirolli, Pachelbel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Salieri · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Baroque Pearls

Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Mozart

Second concert in the series “The Present Presents the Future”. Students from the classes of Blagorodna Taneva and Zornitsa Ilarionova, the Children’s Philharmonic Choir directed by Milena Yatsino, and sopranos Elena Mehandzhiyska and Silvia Teneva.

Vivaldi — “Spring” and Violin Concerto in A minor; Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 4; Pergolesi — Stabat Mater · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Mozart

Mozart at 270

First concert in the series “The Present Presents the Future”, celebrating 270 years since Mozart’s birth, with the focus on teacher and student: Prof. Georgi Spasov and Sofia Vardanyan, flute; Prof. Atanas Atanasov, piano; and Konstantin Kanchev-Kants, piano and violin.

Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, Mozart, Konstantin Kants, Atanas Atanasov · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Mozart at 270

Tango Day

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) with Gorka Hermosa — accordion (Spain), Aleksandar Marinov — accordion, and Svoboda Bozduganova — double bass.

Gorka Hermosa, Richard Galliano, Carlos Gardel, Aleksandar Marinov, Martin Richardson · Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis, Plovdiv

Tango Day

75 Years of Composition at the National Academy of Music

A chamber concert at the Prof. Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music, featuring works by Bulgarian composers, including a piece written especially for ClassicArt by Prof. Atanas Atanasov.

Alexander Ivanov, Lachezar Mihaylov, Darina Dikova, Kliment Milanov, Pavel Shopov, Andrey Diamandiev, Krasimir Taskov, Filip Pavlov, Velislav Zaimov, Atanas Atanasov · Concert Hall of the National Academy of Music

75 Years of Composition at the National Academy of Music

Directions

Opening of the 2025–2026 season. ClassicArt and Emanuil Ivanov, piano.

Penderecki — Sextet; Emanuil Ivanov — “Directions” (premiere); Schumann — Piano Quintet, Op. 44 · Bulgaria Hall

Directions

Crystal Lyre Award 2025

ClassicArt received the “Crystal Lyre” 2025 award for outstanding achievement in Bulgarian music and dance, in the “Chamber Ensemble” category. Our heartfelt thanks to the Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers and Cantus Firmus for this recognition!

Crystal Lyre Award 2025

À la Vladigerov

Finale of the concert series “À la Vladigerov”, marking 20 years since the opening of the permanent exhibition of the Pancho Vladigerov House Museum, as part of the 53rd Sofia Music Weeks International Festival. With Edit Makedonska, violin (Serbia), Vanya Pesheva, piano, Slava Atanasova, violin, and Kristina Basili, cello (Austria). Supported by the Ministry of Culture.

Vladigerov — Two Pieces, Op. 20 (Romance and Orientale); String Quartet, Op. 34; Piano Trio in B-flat minor, Op. 4 · Ballroom of the National Art Gallery

À la Vladigerov

Tsarsko Selo Festival

A concert at the New Symphony Orchestra’s festival, with Yavor Dobrev, clarinet, and Mihail Mihaylov, horn.

Marin Goleminov — String Quartet No. 3 (“Old Bulgarian”); Mozart — Horn Quintet, K. 407; Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 · Tsarsko Selo complex, Sofia

Tsarsko Selo Festival

Season 2024–2025

Mozartiana Festival — Gdańsk

“Mozart Kameralnie” — ClassicArt at the 20th International Mozart Festival Mozartiana in Gdańsk, Poland, with Mihail Mihaylov, horn, and Yavor Dobrev, clarinet.

Mozart · Artus Court (Dwór Artusa)

Mozartiana Festival — Gdańsk

Borovets Jazz Festival

ClassicArt and Veronika Todorova, accordion, at the Dr. Emil Iliev International Jazz Festival.

Borovets

Borovets Jazz Festival

Summer Carnival

Final concert of the 2024–2025 season, on the main stage of Bulgaria Hall. With pianists Veneta Neynska and Victoria Tzotzkova, Kalina Georgieva, violin, Nikolay Stoykov, flute and harpsichord, Svoboda Bozduganova, double bass, Krasimir Kostadinov, horn, and young talents, 25 young ballerinas from the Julia Romeova ballet studio, and actor Georgi-Manoel Dimitrov as host.

Vivaldi and Piazzolla — “Summer”; Saint-Saëns — The Carnival of the Animals; film music; Škroup; Lutosławski · Bulgaria Hall

Summer Carnival

Contemporary Violin Making Competition — Kazanlak

A concert at the 19th A.N.L.A.I. International Competition of Contemporary Violin Making, where ClassicArt also served on the jury. The evening continued with Svetlin Roussev playing a Stradivarius violin.

Haydn — String Quartet “The Lark”; Marin Goleminov — String Quartet “Old Bulgarian”; Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 8 · Museum of the Rose, Kazanlak

Contemporary Violin Making Competition — Kazanlak

Winter Dreams

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Mihail Mihaylov, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev) with Lyudmil Angelov — piano, and Rumen Tsvetkov — viola.

Glazunov — Elegy for viola and piano, Op. 44; Meditation, Op. 32 (viola version); “Rêverie” for horn and piano, Op. 24; Scriabin — Romance for horn and piano in A minor; Glinka — Trio pathétique in D minor; Arensky — Piano Quintet, Op. 51 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Winter Dreams

Mozart’s Birthday and Something More

ClassicArt with young musicians from the Lubomir Pipkov National School of Music and Svoboda Bozduganova — double bass.

Mozart, Beethoven, Bottesini, Stefan Schäfer, Simeon Venkov · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Mozart’s Birthday and Something More

Christmas with ClassicArt

ClassicArt and Veronika Todorova — accordion, with the Children’s Philharmonic Choir (conductor Milena Yatsino), Svoboda Bozduganova — double bass, Stefan Vrachev — piano, Stoyan Pavlov — percussion, Eli Bineva and Ivo Hristov of Society Tango Space, the Julia Romeeva ballet studio and young artists from Lyceum Artis. Hosts: Yoana Milkova and Kristiyan Despotov.

Piazzolla, Renzo Ruggieri, Tchaikovsky, Christmas songs and tangos · Bulgaria Hall

Christmas with ClassicArt

Awakeners in Art

ClassicArt and the Elitsi vocal ensemble, with young talents from the Central Army Music School (teacher Antoaneta Vasileva — piano), poet Yoana Milkova and actors Petar Kamenov, Kristiyan Despotov, Brizeida Radkova, Hristiyan Angelov and Denis Gudim.

Atanas Atanasov — Sextet for two violins, viola, cello, clarinet and horn; Bulgarian traditional troparia; Kristian Vladovski — “Feelings”, “Children’s Blues”, “Nostalgia”; Grieg, Bach, Mozart · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Awakeners in Art

The World of Schubert

ClassicArt and Veneta Neynska — piano, with special guests Mariyana Panova — soprano, and Petya Bagovska — double bass.

Schubert — “Trout” Quintet in A major; String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (“Quartettsatz”); “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen”, D. 965; “Auf dem Strom”, D. 943 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

The World of Schubert

Gautier Capuçon Foundation Laureates in Concert

In partnership with the French Embassy and the Institut français in Bulgaria. Laureates Leo Ispir — cello, Doğaç Bezdüz — piano, Luka Ispir — violin, and Zerin Süleymanoğlu — viola, together with ClassicArt: Kalina Hristova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev and Mihail Mihaylov.

Paul Juon — Piano Sextet, Op. 22; Ernst von Dohnányi — Piano Sextet, Op. 37 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Gautier Capuçon Foundation Laureates in Concert

Season 2023–2024

Classical and Film Masterpieces

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) and Georgi Cherkin — piano. Featuring young talents Magdalena Staynova, Boris Kostadinov, Nikol Kisyova and Anna Petkova — piano, Alina Mihaylova and Zhasmin Lazarova — cello, and a group from the Julia Romeova ballet studio.

Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, Scott Joplin, John Williams · Bulgaria Chamber Hall, 19:00

Classical and Film Masterpieces

The Colours of the Baroque

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova) and Linda Mancheva — cello, with Nikolay Stoykov — harpsichord. Special guests: Gergana Velichkova and Liliya Koeva — violin, Stefaniya Yankova — viola, Sofiya Radilova — cello, Svetlana Ancheva — oboe, Alp Tuna Kurtoğlu — double bass. Featuring young talents from the Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music, Sofia, and the Dobrin Petkov National School of Music and Dance, Plovdiv.

Vivaldi, Locatelli, Scarlatti, Caldara, Durante, Dall’Abaco, J. S. Bach, Purcell, Jacob van Eyck · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

The Colours of the Baroque

Masterpieces and Friends

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) with Daniela Rizova — violin, and Yuriy Rizov — horn.

Antonín Reicha — from 12 Trios, Op. 93, for two horns and cello; Mozart — Divertimento, K. 563, for violin, viola and cello; Peter von Winter — Septet, Op. 10 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Masterpieces and Friends

Musical Eras

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova) supporting the young talents Eleonora Georgieva and Kalina Borisova — violin, Dariya Ruseva — cello, and Anika Dimitrova — double bass (Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music and Dobrin Petkov School, Plovdiv).

J. C. Bach — Cello Concerto in C minor; Beethoven — Romance for violin, Op. 50; Popper — Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68; Sperger — Sonatina No. 3 for double bass; Løvland — Song from a Secret Garden; Lazar Nikolov — String Quartet No. 3 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Musical Eras

From Kyoto to Paris

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Mihail Mihaylov) and composer Yuko Uébayashi (Japan, France), with special guests Nikolay Stoykov — flute, Vesela Trichkova — harp, Margarita Ilieva — piano, and Martina Miteva — vibraphone. Supported by the French Embassy and the Institut français in Bulgaria.

Yuko Uébayashi — Sonata for flute and piano (I. Lento – Allegro), Misericordia for flute and string quartet; Gaubert — Pièce romantique; Debussy — Des pas sur la neige and Les collines d’Anacapri; Barboteu — Esquisse · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

From Kyoto to Paris

Charity Concert “Give Through Music, Save the Planet’s Life”

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) and Zonta Club Saint Sofia Next Generation. With Svetlozar Dimitrov, Mert Dermendzhiev and Kristin Dobriyanova — piano, Tian Yuan — violin, Borislava Bocheva and Aksiniya Strahilova — flutes, Aleksandar Madzharov — horn, Alina Mihaylova — cello, Nikol Samareva — harp, Viktoriya Asenova — pop and jazz vocals. Host: Gergana Stoyanova.

Works from various styles and eras · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Charity Concert “Give Through Music, Save the Planet’s Life”

In the Passion of Tango

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) with Veronika Todorova — accordion, and Mariya-Desislava Stoycheva — piano. Featuring Svoboda Bozduganova — double bass, and Mira Karadilova and Andrey Nenchev of Tango Hype Academy.

Piazzolla, Veronika Todorova, Gershwin, Gardel · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

In the Passion of Tango

Mozart’s Birthday

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Mihail Mihaylov) with Dimitar Ivanov — double bass, Dimitris Kitsos (Greece) — oboe, and Viktor Teodosiev — horn.

Mozart — Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251; Horn Concerto No. 1; Sonata for cello and double bass, K. 292 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Mozart’s Birthday

In the Passion of Tango

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Svoboda Bozduganova) with Veronika Todorova — accordion, and Mariya-Desislava Stoycheva — piano. Featuring Martin Blazhev and Nikol Samareva — harp, Alina Mihaylova — cello, and Mira Karadilova and Andrey Nenchev of Tango Hype Academy.

Piazzolla, Deborah Henson-Conant, Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Ortiz · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

In the Passion of Tango

Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) with Veneta Neyska — piano.

Mozart — “Kegelstatt” Trio in E-flat major, K. 498; Beethoven — Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11; Brahms — Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms

Staves and Inspirations

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Galina Lyubenova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Svoboda Bozduganova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) presents composer Kostadin Genchev. Featuring Gergana Dimitrova — vocals, Hristina Beleva — gadulka, Ivan Tsonkov — vibraphone, and guitarists Dimitar Kostadinov, Aleksandra Ivanova, Vasiliya Petrova and Neo Kurtev.

Music by Kostadin Genchev · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

Staves and Inspirations

The Philosophy of Art

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Svoboda Bozduganova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov) with Martina Dimova — violin. Premieres and arrangements by composer Slavi Dimov.

Shostakovich — Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (arranged for violin and string quartet); Slavi Dimov — Poem of Silence for violin and string-and-wind sextet; Grieg — String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

The Philosophy of Art

Season 2021–2022

Masterpieces of 20th-Century French Music

ClassicArt String Quartet & Ensemble (Kalina Hristova, Rosen Ivanov, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Yavor Dobrev, Mihail Mihaylov, Vesela Trichkova — harp, Valchan Valchanov — oboe, Kremena Acheva — flute, Martin Stoyanov — bassoon, Kristian Kaloyanov — clarinet). Guest soloists: Alexis Kossenko — flute (France), Tanya Ugrinova — soprano, Mario Bobotsov — piano.

Jean Françaix — Wind Quintet No. 1; André Jolivet — Chant de Linos; Maurice Ravel — Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé; Maurice Delage — Quatre poèmes hindous · Bulgaria Hall

Masterpieces of 20th-Century French Music

100 Years of Piazzolla

ClassicArt (Kalina Hristova, Rosen Ivanov, Evgenia Baadjieva-Dimova, Kristiana Mihaylova, Mihail Mihaylov, Yavor Dobrev) with Sara Chakarova — marimba, Lora Markova — violin, Georgi Dimitrov — classical guitar, Sofia Mitrova — piano, Alina Mihaylova — cello, Maya Goleva — percussion, and Alex Atanasov — double bass. Arrangements by Slavi Dimov.

Piazzolla — The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Triunfal, Ave Maria, Libertango · Bulgaria Chamber Hall

100 Years of Piazzolla

Season 2018–2019

Favorites

Strauss–Schoenberg, Staynoff–Boyadjieff Jr., Schubert · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Reverberations: Vassilena Serafimova

With special guest Vassilena Serafimova — marimba & vibraphone · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Reverberations: Vassilena Serafimova

All Mozart Program

Chamber Hall Bulgaria

All Beethoven Program

Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Australian Resonances: Ian Munro

With special guest Australian composer & pianist Ian Munro · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Season 2017–2018

Light & Soul

Dvořák & Dohnányi. With special guest poet Simeon Asparuhov · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Light & Soul

Songs in Instrumental Hues

Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Boyadjieff Jr., Schubert. With the paintings of artist Valentina Popova · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Songs in Instrumental Hues

Etherial and Earthly

Mozart & Boyadjieff Jr. · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Etherial and Earthly

Inaugural Concert: A Palette of Timbres

Bruce Adolphe, David Amram, Ian Munro, Gabriel Fauré, Rumen Boyadjieff Jr. · Chamber Hall Bulgaria

Inaugural Concert: A Palette of Timbres

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