Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Sylvie Vartan: Half of my heart remains in Bulgaria forever

БНР Новини
Photo: BGNES

I return to Bulgaria to recover the other half of my heart, which remained here when my family left our country. I was 7 then, the famous singer said at a press conference in the BNR. Sylvie Vartan is in Sofia for her third concert due on April 24, at the big hall of the National Palace of Culture. The concert features her latest album “Sylvie at Nashville”. After a period when my concerts were rather recitals, I decided to return to something livelier and more rhythmic, like country and rock music, Mrs. Vartan explained. She called shattering her first return to her country in 1990. Then she saw again her grandfather’s house, which was untouched. But the country she saw then was “bled” and that’s what drove her to create her foundation “Sylvie Vartan for Bulgaria”, which regularly donates equipment for the treatment of prematurely born babies in many Bulgarian hospitals. Upon her arrival she was able to see two Bulgarian icons restored with the sponsorship of the foundation. These icons are to enter the exposition of the future Museum of Sofia. I am eager to see it open, said the icon of world Ye-ye music, which 50 years ago she had the chance to sing together with the other idols of the time – the Beatles. Later today, in the building of Alliance Française in Sofia Sylvie Vartan will present her second book published in Bulgarian under the title “Word by word”.





Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Photo: FB/Bulgarian Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea

Iconic places in Seoul illuminated with the colours of the Bulgarian flag on March 3

For the first time in the 35-year history of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and the Republic of Korea,  the city hall building was illuminated in the colours of the Bulgarian national flag  on the Bulgarian National Day of March 3. This was made..

published on 3/4/25 9:13 AM

On March 3, President Radev spoke against the demolition of historical monuments

History is not a reason for division, but a common destiny, a lived experience from which we must emerge wiser, more tolerant, more united and stronger. This was stated by President Rumen Radev in his official speech on March 3. “Today, in..

published on 3/4/25 8:50 AM

Re-registration of persons from Ukraine under temporary protection in Bulgaria begins

The re-registration of displaced persons from Ukraine who have temporary protection in Bulgaria will take place from March 4 to April 30. This will be done at the police stations across the country based on the address registration of people who..

published on 3/4/25 6:05 AM