PROGRAMME 2007

17 MARCH, Saturday Theatre Hall, 7 pm O p e n i n g ROUSSE PHILHARMONIC Conductor - Emil TABAKOV Soloists: Tim HUGH – cello Mincho MINCHEV – violin Nikolay MINCHEV – violin Programme: E. Tabakov – Cello concerto (premiere) A. Schnittke – Concerto grosso for 2 violins No 1 D. Schostakovich – Symphony No 9

18 MARCH, Sunday Plenary Hall, 11 am 50 years DIMOV Strinng Quartet Programme: F. Schubert, J. Brahms

Theatre Hall, 7 pm CLASSIC FM RADIO ORCHESTRA Conductor Simon GAUDENZ Soloist - Alexander ROZHDESTVENSKY - violin Programme : R. Strauss – Tone poem Don Juan A. Glazunov – Violin concerto P. I. Tchaikovsky – Waltz-scherzo for violin and orchestra R. Strauss – Tone poem Till Eulenspiegel

19 MARCH, Monday Capo Night Club, 7 pm Classical club night O DUO Percussion duo – Great Britain Antony DONCHEV – piano Georgy DONCHEV – double bass Rosen ZAHARIEV – trumpet Arabel von KARAJAN – vocal

20 MARCH, Tuesday Theatre Hall, 7 pm KREMERATA BALTICA features the prizewinners at Rostropovich Competition in Paris, 2005 Marie – Elizabeth HECKER – cello Giorgi KHARADZE – cello Programme: J. Haydn - Cello concerto D dur P. I. Tchaikovsky – Elegie for strings P. I. Tchaikovsky – Pezzo capriccioso V. Azarashvili – Cello concerto A. Ginastera – Glosses para un teme de Pau Casals Chick Corea – La Fiesta for 2 celli, drums and strings

21 MARCH, Wednesday Plenary Hall, 7 pm FORMANTIQUE Wind Quintette Ruse Opera-Philharmonic Society with the participation of Evgeny ZHELIAZKOV – piano Programme: F. Poulenc

22 MARCH, Thursday Rousse Hall, 5 pm Final public audition of the violin master classes

Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm Famous violin pieces DMITRI SITKOVETSKY – violin PAVEL GILILIOV – piano Programme: G. Tartini, L. van Beethoven, E. Grieg, F. Kreisler

Plenary Hall, 9 pm LIVE ELECTRONIC CONCERT I Soloist – Catherine Vickers - piano Programme: N. Huber, L. Nono, L. Bruemmer

23 MARCH, Friday Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm YOUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PROF. VASSIL ARNAUDOV Mixed Choir - Ruse Conductor - Dragomir YOSSIFOV Soloists: Olga MIHAYLOVA - mezzo Mario ANGELOV - piano, Yavor ZHELEV - flute Speaker – Itshak FINTSI Programme: Gesualdo-Sciarrino, K. Iliev, O Messiaеn

Pleanry Hall, 9 pm LIVE ELECTRONIC CONCERT II Programme: L. Bruemmer, B. Spassov, F. Dhomont

24 MARCH, Saturday Philharmonic Hall, 11 am Piano duo Catherine VICKERS & Diana FILIPOVA Programme: W. A. Mozart, L. Nikolov, C. Debussy, S. Rachmaninov

Theatre Hall, 7 pm LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Soloist: Misha MAISKY – cello Programme: P. I. Tchaikovsky – Andante cantabile for strings and cello P. I. Tchaikovsky – Serenade for strings W. A. Mozart – Divertimento KV 137 J. Haydn – Cello concerto C dur

25 MARCH, Sunday Plenary Hall, 11 am GEORGI BADEV – violin BOZHIDAR NOEV – piano Programme: J. Brahms - Sonatas for violin and piano op.78, op.100, op.108

Theatre Hall, 7 pm RUSE PHILHARMONIC DUNAVSKY ZVUTSI Choir – Ruse Conductor - Nayden TODOROV Soloists - Svetlin Roussev – violin Emilia IVANOVA – soprano, Stilyana DIMITROVA – soprano, Nikolay MOTSOV – tenor, Anita DAFINSKA – mezzo, Plamen BEYKOV – bass Programme: J. Brahms – Violin concerto M. A. Charpentier – Te Deum for soloists, choir and orchestra

26 MARCH, Monday Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm BUDAPEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Soloist - Balazs SZOKOLAY - piano Programme: W. A. Mozart – Divertimento KV 138 W. A. Mozart – Piano concerto KV 414 W. A. Mozart – Rondo KV 382 G. Ligeti – Old Hungarian melodies L. Weiner – Fox dances B. Bartok - Romanian dances

27 MARCH, Tuesday Plenary Hall, 7 pm Tangos PIACEVOLE Ensemble – Belgium & Alfredo MARCUCCI - bandaneon, Argentina Programme: A. Piazzolla, C. Lusher, V. Greco, M. Mores

28 MARCH, Wednesday Plenary Hall, 5 pm Final public audition of the flute master classes

Theatre Hall, 7 pm PETERSEN Quartet – Germany Programme: W. A. Mozart – String quartet F dur D. Schostakovich – String quartet No 8 R. Schumann – String quartet op.41, No 3

29 MARCH, Thursday Plenary Hall, 4.30 pm Final public audition of the piano and the cello master classes

Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – PAZARDZHIK features the soloists of the Viena Philharmonic Wolfgang SCHULZ – flute Matthias SCHULZ - flute Franz BARTOLOMEY – cello Maria PRINZ – piano Conductor - Grigor PALIKAROV Programme: D. Cimarosa, E. Schulhoff, V. D’Indy, F. Doppler

30 MARCH, Friday Opera House, 7 pm RUSE OPERA LA BOHEME - G. Puccini (premiere) Conductor - Stage producer Milen NACHEV Director - Rafaele GUISO Chorus master - Hristo STOEV Soloists: Mihaela STANCIU, Daniela KARAIVANOVA, Petar KOSTOV, Bozhidar VASILEV, Yordan HRISTOZOV, Momchil MILANOV

31 MARCH, Saturday Ruse Hall, 11 am F. Poulenc - La voix humaine (premiere) Cast: Violeta SHAHANOVA – soprano Evgeny ZHELIAZKOV – piano Director and stage version - Teodor STAMBOLIEV Sets - Violeta RADKOVA Video - Arena media

Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm C l o s i n g ROMANIAN NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA Conductor - Ovidiu BALAN Soloists: Piano duo Aglika GENOVA & Liuben DIMITROV Programme: G. Enescu – Rhapsody No 2, op.11 W. A. Mozart – Concerto for two pianos, S dur C. Franck - Symphony, d moll

SPECIAL PROJECTS

17 – 29 March Prof. SAHSA POPOV International Music Academy Master classes: violin, piano & piano duos, flute, cello

18 MARCH, 10 am, Municipality of Rousse, Hall 1 Workshop: The current music stage – opportunities and challenges for the young musicians

26 MARCH,Monday, 17.30 pm, KDK Promotion of Georgy CHENDOV’s book: A Feather of the Peacock – first edition

Exhibition:

18 - 31 MARCH Music is a Woman - Ivan Ivanov – Yoaniy, paintings

20 MARCH, 6 pm, European Culture Centre The European Culture Centre presents: The violin and cello making tradition of the Kaloferovs Exhibition of photos Curator: Ivo HADZHIMISHEV With the participation of: Georgy BADEV – violin Bozhidar NOEV - piano

The programme is subject to alteration. Last updated: 01.03.07

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