Another June choir festival has ended! It began with a procession, ended with a prayer! Another edition of the festival turned into a three-day triumph of song and friendship. From July 6 to 8, the love for choral art, conversations with colleagues and like-minded people, and endless inspiration met in Targovishte.
This year, the choir festivals were organized under the project “Folklore Magic in the Festivals of Women’s and Girls’ Choirs”, funded by the National Fund for Culture.
On the stage of the National Theatre “Napredak – 1864” performed the choir “Detska Kitka” – Plovdiv, the children’s choir at the Svilengrad choir school, the chamber choir “Voices of Orpheus” – Sofia, the folk choir “Shareno Gerdanche” – Targovishte, the children’s choir of the Romanian Radio – Bucharest and the host choir “Zlatna Lira” – Targovishte.
The performances of the children’s choirs from Plovdiv and Bucharest were impressive, showing a very high professional level of interpretation. The performances in the church “St. Ivan Rilski” on Pentecost were exciting and touching.
The authoritative jury presented awards to the participants, among which the Debut Award to Demetra Anzhalika – conductor of the chamber formation “Voices of Orpheus” and the Overall Performance Award to the choir “Children’s Hand” – Plovdiv stood out. This award is presented by the “Yordan Kamdzhalov” Foundation annually. All participants received a Diploma for participation from the mayor of Targovishte and a Diploma for worthy performance from the Bulgarian Choral Union
A round table dedicated to folklore in the repertoire of women’s classical choirs was also held within the framework of the forum, with a lecturer Mr. Tsenko Minkin. A workshop dedicated to folklore for the study of the song “Neranza” was held for the choristers, led by Ms. Svetla Stamenova – conductor of the folk choir “Shareno Gerdanche”. The second festival evening ended with the joint performance of the song.
Among the official guests of the festivities were Mr. Yordan Kamdzhalov – co-founder and president of the “Yordan Kamdzhalov” Foundation, Mr. Tsenko Minkin – chairman of the Bulgarian Choral Society, Mr. Gancho Ganchev – chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Choral Society, Ms. Elena Shopova – deputy chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Choral Society, conductors Prof. Zlatina Deliradeva, Tanya Nikleva, Galina Stanisheva, Denitsa Uzunova, Nikolay Neychev.
The choral festivities are organized with the support of the Bulgarian Choral Union.
