XVII ARTS FESTIVAL BORIS CHRISTOFF 18 May - 8 July 2021
Tuesday, may 18, 2021

18th May, Tuesday, 18.30 

BORIS CHRISTOFF– Stage costumes and roles

Photoexhibition

ADMITTANCEWITHAFLOWERFORBORISCHRISTOFF’SGARDEN

The exhibition can be seen till 31st May. 

 

19.00 - MUSICMARATHON

WiththeyoungtalentsofNewBulgarian University

Piano accompaniment – ERMILA SCHWEIZER and NONA KRINCHEVA 

The programme includes arias from operas and musicals, instrumental classical and contemporary pieces. 

ADMITTANCEWITHAFLOWERFORBORISCHRISTOFF’SGARDEN

 

  20th May, Thursday, 19.00

A JOURNEY WITH BINOCULARS AND A MAGNIFYING GLASS 

A piano concert for two and four hands 

VICTORIA PETKOVA and NIKOLAY PETKOV 

The programme includes pieces by Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, Georges Bizet, Francis Poulenc 

TICKETS - 5 BGN

 

21st May, Friday, 18.00 

OpeningofanexhibitionofIVADOBREVA – DRAGOSTINOVA

21 IN BLUE 

Paintings 

The exhibition can be seen till 4th June. 

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

19.00 

IN THE WORLD OF THE VIOLIN SONATA 

A concert of DAMYANA KAMENOVA 

Piano accompaniment – NONA KRINCHEVA 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyLudwigvanBeethoven, GabrielFaure, EugeneYsaye 

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

26th May, Wednesday, 18.00

A BARITONE WITHOUT A MICROPHONE 

A concert of KRUM GALABOV and friends 

Piano accompaniment ZARINA GHETOEVA 

In the programme masterpieces of singing art 

TICKETS - 10 BGN 

                         

27th May Thursday, 19.00 

TOMORROW’S PASSED

First presentation of the first album of DIMITAR GORCHAKOV – piano 

With the support of the national fund Culture

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

28th May, Friday, 19.00

A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OF THE OLD MUSIC 

ANTOANETA ALEKSIEVA – violin 

VESSELA DURVAROVA – cello 

VYARAGRUNCHAROVA– viola da gamba

BORISPAVLOV – guitar

IVABIZEVA – ZASHEVA – soprano

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyW. A. Mozart, J. S. Bach, HenryPurcell, Jean-BaptisteLully 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

                       

31st May, Monday, 18.30 

THE ROUTE OF THE GOOD SOUND 

A concert of the school of music of ANGHELINA MANCHEVA

and ROBERTA MATELLI 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyW. A. Mozart, P. I. Tchaikovsky, Gioachino Rossini 

Piano accompaniment– SNEZHINA ABRASHEVA 

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

1st, June, Tuesday, 19.00 

A STORY ABOUT A LUTE FROM THE GERMAN RENAISSANCE 

A concert of YAVOR GHENOV 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyHansNeusidler, Josquin des Prez, Heinrich Isaak and Ludwig Senfl

TICKETS - 10 BGN

 

20.30 

Opening of an exhibition of NELI GASHAROVA 

SANTORINI

Paintings

Theexhibitioncanbeseentill 30th June.

                 

2nd June, Wednesday, 19.00 

A ROMANCE FOR A VOICE AND PIANO 

                          AconcertofGIRGINAGIRGINOVA– mezzo-soprano and

VLADIMIRPOPOV – piano

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyHenryPurcell, G. F. Handel, W. A. Mozart, FranzSchubert, FredericChopin, SergeiRachmaninoff, DobriHristov, ParashkevHadzhiev. 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

                     

7th June, Monday, 19.00 

A BAROQUE EVENING 

A concert of HRISTO MARINOV – flute 

KONSTANTIN KOZHUHAROV – recorder – oboe 

SABINA YORDANOVA – bassoon 

YOSIFGHERDZHIKOV- piano 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyGeorgPhilippTelemann, AntonioVivaldi, WilliamBird, Thomas Morley, Johann Christian Schickhardt

TICKETS - 8 BGN

               

8th June, Tuesday, 19.00 

THE OPERA – A COMEDY AND A DRAMA 

AconcertofMARIANATSVETKOVAandVLADIMIRMARINOV

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyGioachinoRossini, GaetanoDonizetti, GiacomoPuccini, FrancescoCilea

TICKETS – 10 BGN

 

9th June, Wednesday, 19.00 

VIRTUOSOPIANOMASTERPIECES

BySergeiRachmaninoff, FerencLiszt, PanchoVladigherov

A concert and presentation of the album of MARTINA TABAKOVA 

With the support of the Ministry of Culture 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

                 

10th June, Thursday, 19.00 

                           FIREBIRD

A piano concert of ROBERTO ILIEV 

Theprogrammeincludespiecesby: Carl – Maria von Weber, FredericChopin, IgorStravinski, Guido Agosti 

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

14th June, Monday, 19.00

MOONLIGHT FOR FOUR HANDS 

AconcertofMILENAMOLLOVAandMILENALAZAROVA

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyW. A. Mozart, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Clause Debussy

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

15th June, Tuesday, 19.00 

LET’S REVIVE THE BAROQUE 

A concert of 

GIRGINAGIRGINOVA – mezzo-soprano, KONSTANTINKOZHUHAROV – recorder, oboe, SABINAYORDANOVA – soprano, PLAMENAGIRGINOVA – soprano, YOSIFGHERDZHIKOV – tenorandpiano, VLADIMIRPOPOV – baritoneandpiano 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyG. F. Handel, Henry Purcell, W. A. Mozart

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

21st June, Monday 19.00

OPERAWORLDS

AconcertofANGHELINAMANCHEVA – soprano, ROBERTAMATELLI -, ANTONRADEV– bass

Piano accompaniment – MILENA LAZAROVA 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyGiovanniBattistaPergolesi, GiuseppeVerdi, GaetanoDonizetti, GioachinoRossini

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

 

22nd June, Tuesday, 19.00 

CLASSICS AND JAZZ FOR DOUBLE BASS 

AconcertofProf. PETYAGUGOVSKA, SVOBODABOZDUGANOVA, DIMITURARNAUDOV, EMILGUNEV

Pianoaccompaniment: MALINATASKOVA, INESSIMEONOVA

Theprogrammeincludespiecesby: GiovanniBottesini, ManueldeFalla, VittorioMonti, GeorgeGershwin, FrancoisRabbath, SimeonVenkov, SlavilDimitrov 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

 

23rd June, Wednesday, 19.00

BONJOUR, MON COEUR!

A concert of

DONASTOYANOVA - soprano

DAMYANADAMYANOVA – recorder

SABINA YORDANOVA – recorder 

MIHAELALULCHEVA –  recorder

ANNAKARALASHEVA – violadagamba

EMILMIHOV – recorder, violadagamba

TheprogrammeincludespiecesofsecularRenaissancemusicbyMichaelPraetorius, OrlandodiLasso, AdrianWIllaert

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

24th June, Thursday, 19.00 

PRESENTING A BOOK ABOUT HIKMET MEHMEDOV 

FOUR NAMES ONE PERSON by NEDKO GHEORGHIEV 

Images from performances with the choreographer 

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

25th June, Friday, 19.00

A CONCERT FOR FRIENDS – III 

Pieces from here and there 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyJ. S. Bach, JohnDowland, IsaacAlbeniz, AgustinBarrios – Mangore 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

28th June, Monday, 19.00 

IN MEMORIAM to BORIS CHRISTOFF 

PianoaccompanimentERMILASCHWEIZERandVIVIANAGRUDANSKA

  Gala concert of the participants in the project 

OMEGA OPERA CONCERT 

 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

 

29th June, Tuesday, 19.00 

BELLA ITALIA

AconcertofSREBRINAMINEVA – sopranoandERMILASCHWEIZER – piano 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyVincenzoBellini, ErmannoWolf – Ferrari, FrancescoTostiandPietroMascagni 

TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

30th June, Wednesday, 19.00 

SUMMER ROMANCE 

AconcertoftheparticipantsinSofiaOperaSeminars and soloists of the Youth Opera Theatre 

SpecialguestPETERDANAILOV – baritone

Prof. GHENKOGESHEV – bass-baritone

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyGiuseppeVerdi, GiacomoPuccini, ErnestodeCurtis, LuigiDenza, PaoloTosti

 

Pianoaccompaniment – ZORNITSAGHETOVA

HAOCHENLI (China)

                         TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

                           

                         1st July, Thursday, 19.00

                          MOZART FOREVER 

                       

                        A concert of YULIA MILANOVA – soprano 

                         VIOLINABURZAKOVA – violin

                         KRASIMIRAHRISTOVA – piano

                       Dedicatedtothe 230 anniversarysinceMozart’sdeath

                        TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

                         

                         5th July, Monday, 19.00 

                         IMAGES AND METRORHYTHMS 

                         A concert of 

                         GERGANARUSEKOVA – mezzo-soprano

                         KRISTINAHINOVA– violin 

                         SIMEON ZLATKOV - piano

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyLyubomirPipkovandDmitriShostakovich 

                        TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

 

                         7th July, Wednesday, 18.30 

                        A CONCERT OF THE DUO PIANO 

                    JASNAAVRAMOVSKA – DARKOMARINOVSKI

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyLudwigvanBeethoven, Alexander Yosifov, Franz Schubert, Bedrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak, 

                 In collaboration with the Cultural Centre of Republic of North Macedonia

                                 ADMITTANCEWITHINVITATIONS 

 

                         8th July, Thursday, 19.00 

                         NEW MUSICAL SOLUTIONS

                        A concert of 

ALEXANDERANDONOV – percussions, arrangement

                         TANYAUGRINOVA – soprano

                          MARIASPIRIDONOVA – piano

                         DIMITURMARINKEV – flute

                         MALINAMANCHEVA – violin

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyHenryBishop, BartolomeoCampanella, Moris        Ravel                         Camille Saint-Saens, Jacques Offenbach, Johannes 

                       TICKETS - 8 BGN

 

 

                       

CHILDREN CORNER 

4th June, Friday, 19.00 

                           PIANO DIRECTIONS 

A concert of ALBENA DENEVA 

TheprogrammeincludespiecesbyJ. S. Bach, L. vanBeethoven, ClaudeDebussy

ADMITTANCE WITH INVITATIONS 

 

11 June, Friday 18.00 

THE ENLIVENED NOTES 

A concert of the pianists from House of Culture Bacho Kiro – 1945

Teacher – ALBENAVULKANOVA – STANCHEVA

ADMITTANCEWITHINVITATIONS 

TheMuseum, the current and permanent exhibitions can be seen every work day during the festival from 14:00 to 17:00. You can also hear Boris Christoff singing every time you visit the museum. Due to the limited number of seats in compliance with the measures against the spread of COVID – 19, the tickets for all events must be booked in advance at 

0879 88 93 24,

  0879 88 93 26 or 0887 062 660.

Museum Boris Christoff

1000 Sofia, 43, TsarSamuil, St.

Tel. 0879 88 93 24, 0879 88 93 26 and 0887 062 660

e-mail: boris_christoff@abv.bg,

www.borischristoff.com

Director – Elena Dragostinova

Curator – Zlatina Todorova