The city of Burgas and Bulgaria lost a prominent figure in folk music – Prof. Dr. Stefan Chapkanov. One of the most celebrated musicians and folklore experts died at the age of 82.
The composer is known as a conductor, a pedagogue, founder andmotor of the Strandzha folklore ensemble of Burgas.
In memory of Prof. Chapkanov, we go back to an interview he gave Radio Bulgaria in 2016.
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95 years ago, on 2 April 1930, Bulgarian folk singer Stefka Sabotinova was born in the village of Rozov Kladenets in the Stara Zagora region, in the home of settlers from Aegean Thrace. It was from her grandmother, Dobra, a remarkable singer herself,..
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