For the thirteenth time the town of Balchik welcomed the participants in the International Choral Festival “Chernomorski zvutsi” – 16 choirs from seven countries. From the first festival day, the flags of Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, North Macedonia, Armenia, the Czech Republic and Turkey flew on the festival stages.
483 hearts in love with choral art filled the White City with their voices during the four festival days. Six concerts and three choir workshops for Contemporary Bulgarian Choral Music, led by Prof. Dr. Rada Slavinska, Marieta Seklemova and Krasen Ivanov.
Representatives of Bulgaria:
Mixed Choir “Panayot Pipkov” at the Lovech Community Center “Nauka-1870” town of Lovech; conductor: Teodora Nikolova
Mixed Choir “Thracian Lyre”, town of Pazardzhik, conductor: Nikola Ananiev
Children’s Choir “Rodna Pesen”, town of Pernik, conductor: Tome Trendovski
Cantanti Dai Monti Verdi, Sofia, director: Severin Vassilev
Representative Women’s Folk Choir for Authentic Folklore and Men’s Singing Group, Sokolovo village, Balchik municipality, conductor: Stamatka Kirilova
And the host formations from the National Theatre “Paisiy Hilendarski-1870”
Mixed Choir “Black Sea Sounds”, Women’s Chamber Formation and Children’s Vocal Studio “Music & Joy” with conductor, the creator and artistic director of the festival: Dr. Valentina Georgieva
Choirs from abroad:
Female Composers Choir – Yerevan, Armenia, conductor: Ani Petrs-Bartsumian
Kose Chamber choir – Estonia, conductor: Heli Sepp
Muğla Bilsem Children choir – Turkey; conductors: Derya Yaman and Buğra Soğukpinar
Mixed Choir “Trison”, Braila, Romania, conductors: Marcica and Ștefan Lupu
Children’s Choir MIBIDIZO z.s., Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic, conductor: Mgr. Eva Ježíková
Children’s Choir “Radost Praga”, Prague, Czech Republic, conductor: Jan Pirner
Youth Women’s Choir – Skopje, North Macedonia, conductor: Sasho Tatarchevski
Two premiere works were performed on stage in Balchik – “Zadyavka” /for folklore ensembles/ by Prof. Dr. Rada Slavinska and “Music in Me” /for children’s and single-member choirs/ by Bilyana Chokoeva Angelova.
The festival was held under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the Mayor of Balchik Municipality, Mr. Nikolay Angelov, with the financial support of the Balchik Municipality and the National Culture Fund, and the partnership of the Bulgarian Choral Union and dozens of organizations and creative unions.
For another year, the Bulgarian Choral Union presented the Award for the best-performing Bulgarian choir – a Diploma and a cash prize of 250 euros.
Eight choirs entered the competitive competition
The Grand Prize for Overall Performance at the XIII International Choral Festival “Chernomorski zvutsi” – a Diploma, a gold-plated statuette and a cash prize
Youth Women’s Choir – Skopje, North Macedonia, conductor: Sasho Tatarchevski
Diploma and a cash prize from the “Musical World-Balchik” Association for the children’s choir “The Future of Europe” and winner in the children’s choir category
Children’s Choir “Radost Praha”, Prague, Czech Republic, conductor: Jan Pirner
Diploma and a cash prize from the “Musical World-Balchik” Association for the children’s choir “The Future of Europe” – FIRST DEGREE
Children’s Choir MIBIDIZO z.s., city Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic, conductor: Mgr. Eva Ježíková
Diploma and cash prize from the Association “Musical World-Balchik” for the children’s choir “The Future of Europe” – SECOND DEGREE
Children’s Choir MuğlaBilsem – Muula, Turkey; conductors: Derya Yaman and Buğra Soğukpinar
Diploma and cash prize from the Association “Musical World-Balchik” for the children’s choir “The Future of Europe” – THIRD DEGREE
Children’s Choir “Rodnapesen”, Pernik, conductor: Tome Trendovski
Diploma, Statuette and cash prize from the Union of Bulgarian Composers for the best performance of a work by a Bulgarian composer by a Bulgarian choir
Children’s Choir “Rodna pesen”, Pernik, conductor: Tome Trendovski, for the performance of the song “What I Thought of, Mom” by Krasimir Miletkov
Diploma, statuette and cash prize from the Union of Bulgarian Composers for the performance of a Bulgarian song by a foreign choir
Children’s Choir MIBIDIZO z.s., Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic, conductor: Mgr. Eva Ježíková – For the performance of the song “The Wonderful Dance” by Georgi Kostov
Diploma and cash prize from the Bulgarian Choral Union for the best-performing Bulgarian choir
Children’s Choir “Rodna pesen”, Pernik, conductor: Tome Trendovski
Diploma and plaque from the Union of Bulgarian Music and Dance Artists for conducting mastery
Eva Ježíková – Conductor of Children’s Choir MIBIDIZO z.s., Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
Diploma and plaque from the Union of Bulgarian Music and Dance Artists for accompanist
Libuše Jelínková – Pianist of the MIBIDIZO z.s. Children’s Choir, Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
Diploma and Subject Award from the National Choir “Paisiy Hilendarski-1870” for a young and promising choir
Muğla Bilsem Children choir – Muula, Turkey; conductors: Derya Yaman and Buğra Soğukpinar
CONCENTRATION DIPLOMAS
For interpretation of Eastern Orthodox music – Female Composers Choir – Yerevan, Armenia, conductor: Ani Petrs-Bartsumian
For artistic presentation of national folklore – Mixed Choir “Trison”, Braila, Romania, conductors: Marcica & Ștefan Lupu
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