31 March / Tuesday
FIRST NATIONAL MUSIC CONFERENCE "NEW CREATIVE HORIZONS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MODERN BULGARIAN GUITARIST"
Artistic Director: maestro Ognyan Valev
13:00 Arrival and Check-in
15:30 Pressconference
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
17:30 "National Review of Guitar Schools"
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
Participation regulations:
Those wishing to participate will have to perform one solo piece or one piece for chamber music from the classical guitar books "The Harp of God" or "In the Footsteps of Pythagoras".
For more information, please call +359895104238 - Ognyan Valev.
1 April / Wednesday
9:00 Rehearsal of the National All-Bulgarian Guitar Orchestra "Children of Orpheus"
conductors: Ognyan Valev, Gotse Delchev and Pavlin Pavlov,Teteven,
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
11:00 Rehearsal of the National All-Bulgarian Guitar Orchestra "Children of Orpheus"
Conductor: Antoni Massua, Ruse
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
14:30 Rehearsal of the National All-Bulgarian Guitar Orchestra "Children of Orpheus"
Conductor: Stefan Hristov, Kazanlak
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
15:30 Seminar on the topic: "Basic principles and methods of training in modern guitar pedagogy. The contribution of community center guitar schools to the development of Bulgarian music culture"
Moderators: Ognyan Valev and Rumelia Hristova, Kazanlak
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Blue Hall
18:00 Recital by Ognyan Valev, Gotse Delchev
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
19:00 Concert "String Tales" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valeri Dimchev / tambourine/ and Anton Apostolov /guitar/, Bulgaria/Canada
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
2 April / Thursday
9:30 Rehearsal of the National All-Bulgarian Guitar Orchestra "Children of Orpheus"
Conductor: Preslav Stoyanov, Sofia
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
11:00 Preparation of the National All-Bulgarian Guitar Orchestra "Children of Orpheus" for the Grand Opening of the Competition
17:00 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE COMPETITION
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
17:30 Recital of Elvis Sivcevic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18:15 Recital of Thu Le, Vietnam/Bahrain
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
19:00 Recital of Gjulian and Elvis Bytyqi, Kosovo Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
19:45 Recital of the Guitar ensemble at the National School of Arts, Pleven, Bulgaria artistic director: Nikolay Mihaylov
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Big Hall
3 April / Friday
8:30 Drawing lots and Competition of Ist age group
Big Hall – Jury C
8:30 Drawing lots and Competition of IInd age group
Hall №5 – Juri B
9:00 Drawing lots and Competition of IIIth age group
Blue Hall – Jury A
12:00 Drawing lots and Competition of IVth age group
Blue Hall – Juri B
16:00 Presentation of new guitar literature – Ognyan Valev
Bratstvo 1869 Community Centre - Blue Hall
16:30 Presentation of the album by Theo Nikolov /guitar/ and Yana Lolova /piano/, Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 Announcement of the results from the Competition and Recital by Darko Karajic /antique instruments/, Serbia
18:00 Recital by Campbell Diamond, Austria
18:45 Recital of the Guitar Trio Nikolay Mihaylov, Svilen Voychev and Yosif Shukerov-Shertsel, Pleven, Bulgaria
19:30 Recital by Valentina Kirichenko /domra/, Yulia Oleksiy /piano/ and Guitar Quintet from Odessa
National Academy of Music, Ukraine
Big Hall
4 April / Saturday
9:00 Drawing lots and Competition of Vth group – “Free Stage of the Soloist”
Blue Hall – Jury A
10:00 Drawing lots and Competition of VIth roup - “Guitar+”
Hall №5 – Juri B
10:00 Drawing lots and Competition of VIIth group - “Chamber Music’
Big Hall – Juri C
13:00 Drawing lots and Competition of VIIIth group – “Guitar Ensembles and Orchestras“
Big Hall – Juri B
16:30 Announcement of results and Recital by Emma Toromanyan, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
17:30 Recital by Bilyana Dinkova /piano/, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
18:00 Recital by Miloš Vuković and Jana Marinković, Serbia
18:30 Recital by Boyan Doychev and Mihail Iliev, Varna, Bulgaria
19:00 Recital by Quintet "Sesony", Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 Recital by National All-Bulgarian Orchestra
Big Hall