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BNR Director General Milen Mitev and Gabriela Georgieva

Soprano Gabriela Georgieva is the "Musician of the Year 2024"

Opera prima Gabriela Georgieva is the "Musician of the Year 2024" in the national poll of the classical music show "Allegro Vivace" on the Bulgarian National Radio. The soloist of the Sofia Opera is among the leading sopranos in Bulgaria. Gabriela..

published on 5/13/25 9:21 AM

Thanks to Donvena Pandoursky, people in Germany pronounce the name Stara Zagora very well

Donvena Pandoursky, a Bulgarian ballet master with an impressive European career, graduated from the State Choreography School in Sofia in the late 1970s and joined the Sofia Opera Ballet. In 1988 she graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov State..

published on 5/12/25 12:47 PM

Sofia as a dazzling gallery under the stars – LUNAR Festival of Lights 2025

The LUNAR Festival of Lights returns to Sofia for its fourth edition, transforming the capital into an extraordinary open-air gallery. Every evening in the period May 8 to 11, the audience will be immersed in a world of..

published on 5/7/25 4:54 PM

BNR building still turns heads 55 years after its construction

This year, 2025, marks the 55th anniversary of the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bulgarian National Radio building at 4 Dragan Tsankov Street. Construction began on 17 August 1970 on what would become one of Sofia's most famous buildings. It is..

published on 5/5/25 9:40 PM
Ivan Yanakov

Pianist Ivan Yanakov: Many good things are happening in Bulgaria!

A pianist and conductor with a world-class career, Ivan Yanakov has been performing on several continents for decades. He has played as a soloist with prestigious orchestras in famous halls, such as New..

published on 5/1/25 11:04 AM

The Night of the Musicals Brings Broadway Magic to Veliko Tarnovo

The Night of Musicals takes place tonight at the Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports in Veliko Tarnovo.    Artists from the USA, Australia, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, and Italy, supported by internationally..

published on 4/29/25 8:45 AM

"Parisian Nights" - ballet premiere at the Stara Zagora Opera in its jubilee year 2025

The first major ballet event in the festive jubilee programme celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stara Zagora Opera is the premiere of "Parisian Nights" , set to music by Weber, Rachmaninoff and Offenbach. The libretto, choreography and staging are..

published on 4/27/25 8:30 AM

Tom Stoppard's hit play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead premieres at the National Theatre

With Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , young Boyan Kracholov - one of the most compelling contemporary Bulgarian theatre directors - makes his debut on the main stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. Kracholov won the 2017 Askeer Award in the..

published on 4/26/25 9:05 AM

A thirty-six-hour theater and cinema marathon begins at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts

A thirty-six-hour theater and film marathon will be presented to audiences in Sofia by the students of the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov". The 20th anniversary edition will take place from today until Sunday...

published on 4/25/25 6:05 AM

Marena Dzhingova - one of Bulgaria's most remarkable ceramic artists

"Tableware", "assembly line", "production process" - this is the terminology of the so-called applied artists of 20th century Bulgaria. But one artist, trapped within the confines of a socialist factory, broke free and gave wings to her talent...

published on 4/24/25 4:01 PM