
13 March, Friday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
Official opening
55 Years March Music Days I.F.
55 Years "Prof. V. Stoyanov" NSA - Ruse
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Conductor EMIL TABAKOV
Soloist SVETLIN ROUSSEV violin
L. v. Beethoven – Violin concerto, op.61
N. Rimsky Korsakov – Scheherazade op.35
14 March, Saturday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
BULGARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor EMIL TABAKOV
Soloists MINCHO MINCHEV violin
ALEXANDER ZEMTSOV viola
W. A. Mozart – Sinfonia concertante, K.364
A. Bruckner – Symphony No.4 Romantic
15 March, Sunday, TH, Europe Hall, 7 pm
SILHOUETTES ENSEMBLE
VENTSESLAV NIKOLOV cello
Soloists GALYA SIMEONOVA soprano
NATALIYA AFEYAN mezzo-soprano
Y. Dafov – In the course of time (premiere)
A. Schoenberg – Pierrot Lunaire (melodrama)
16 March, Monday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
TANGO versus JAZZ
KREMERATA BALTICA
special guest DIDER LOCKWOOD violin
Soloists
Anastasia Voltchok piano
Andrei Pushkarev vibraphone
Programme:A. Piazzolla, O. Golijov, D. Lockwood
Jazz standarts by Ch.Corea, D. Elington S. Wonder, S. Rollins
17 March, Tuesday, TH, Europe Hall, 7 pm
NOVUS STRING QUARTET
W. A. Mozart – String Quartet, K.465
A. Dvorak – String Quartet, op.96
L. v. Beethoven – String Quartet, op.127
18 March, Wednesday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
RUSE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
DUNAVSKY ZVUTSY Choir
Conductor VLADIMIR KIRADJIEV
Soloist VANYA MILANOVA violin
M. Bruch – Scottish Fantasy op.46
J. Brahms – Schicksalslied op.54
J. Sibelius – Symphony No.5, op.82
19 March, Thursday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
EVGENI BOZHANOV piano
F. Chopin – Nocturne op.61, N1, H dur
F. Chopin – Piano sonata op.58, N3, h moll
M. Ravel – La Valse
T. Takemitsu – Rain Tree Sketch
F. Chopin – Piano sonata op.35, N2, b moll
F. Liszt – Mephisto valse
20 March, Friday, Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm
PIANO BATTLE
ANDREAS KERN piano
PAUL CIBIS piano
21 March, Saturday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
RUSE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
VASIL PETROV
Piano trio:
ANGEL ZABERSKY piano
BORIS TASLEV double bass
STOYAN YANKULOV percussion
Conductor SLAVIL DIMITROV
22 March, Sunday, TH, Europe Hall, 11 am
50 Years Artistic Carrier
GEORGI SPASOV flute
22 March, Sunday, TH, Europe Hall, 5 am
Closing concert of the violin master classes
22 March, Sunday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
ROMANIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Conductor CRISTIAN MANDEAL
Soloist PLAMENA MANGOVA piano
W. A. Mozart – The Magic Flute Overture
L. v. Beethoven – Piano concerto No.1, op.15
J. Brahms – Symphony No.1, op.68
23 March, Monday, TH, Europe Hall, 7 pm
MUSICA NOVA ENSEMBLE
PROF. VASSIL ARNAUDOV Choir
Conductor DRAGOMIR YOSSIFOV
Soloists ANDREANA NIKOLOVA mezzo-soprano
BILIANA VOUTCHKOVA violin
TSVETANA IVANOVA piano
Mahler/Schoenberg – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
L. Janacek – Rikadla (Nursery Rhymes)
A. Berg – Chamber concerto
24 March, Tuesday, TH, Europe Hall, 7 pm
LES VIOLES DU ROI SOLEIL
The Great Baroque Masters: Marin Marais
JORDI SAVALL viola da gamba
XAVIER DÍAZ-LATORRE theorbo & guitar
PIERRE HANTAÏ harpsichord
25 March, Wednesday, Opera House, 7 pm
RUSE STATE OPERA
KATERINA ISMAILOVA
Opera by D. Shostakovich (premiere)
Conductor NAYDEN TODOROV
Stage director VERA NEMIROVA
Set designer & costumes DIMANA LATEVA
Choreographer SYLVIA TOMOVA
Cast:
Elena Baranova, Plamen Beykov
Petar Kostov, Alexander Baranov
Teodora Chukurska, Georgios Filadelfves
Stoyan Stoyandzhov, Momchil Milanov
Kaloyan Hristov, Petya Tsoneva
26 March, Thursday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
MOSCOW SOLOISTS
P. I. Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, op.70
Brahms/Bashmet – Quintet op.115
Conductor & Soloist YURI BASHMET viola
27 March, Friday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
MOSCOW SOLOISTS
J. Haydn – The seven last words of Christ
B. Britten – Lacrymae for viola and strings
F. Schubert/G. Mahler – Death and the Maiden
Conductor & Soloist YURI BASHMET viola
Speaker Feodor Katranov
28 March, Saturday, Opera House, 11 am
PLOVDIV STATE OPERA
ТHE BEWITCHED
Madrigal comedy by B. Spassov (premiere)
Conductor DRAGOMIR YOSSIFOV
Stage director SIMEON SIMEONOV
Choreographer TATYANA SOKOLOVA
Set designer&Multimedia VALENTINA BONEVA
Costumes YANA DVORETSKA
28 March, Saturday, TH, Ruse Hall, 4 pm
Closing concert of the singing master classes
28 March, Saturday, TH, Europe Hall, 7 pm
MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone
MARIA PRINZ piano
F. Schubert – Winterreise op.89
29 March, Sunday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
Closing concert
RUSE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor NAYDEN TODOROV
Soloist MILA GEORGIEVA violin
J. Brahms – Violin concerto, op.77
I. Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
PARALLEL PROGRAMME
MARCH MUSIC DAYS JUNIOR
19 March,Thursday, TH, Europe Hall, 11 am
THE SEVEN BIG BAND SAMURAI
VENTSISLAV BLAGOEV Jazztet
Ruse Big Band
20 March, Friday, Philharmonic Hall, 7 pm
PIANO BATTLE
Andreas Kern piano
Paul Cibis piano
video >>>
22 March, Ruse Museum, 11 am/5 pm
BRASS PILLOW CONCERT
Yan Dunev trumpet
Ivelin Kolev trumpet
Michail Michailov horn
Yavor Kostov trombone
Georgi Iliev tuba
25 March,Wednesday,TH, Europe Hall, 11/12:30
MA MERE L'OYE
Music - M. Ravel
Libretto, adptation and staging Ивайло Христов
Drawings Penko Gelev
Brass Quintet and Gergana Gugova actress
EXHIBITIONS
13 – 29 March, Theatre Hall, Foyer
VIOLETA RADKOVA painting
14 – 29 March, Ruse Art Gallery
THE STAND exhibition – contest
Organizers: Ruse Art Gallery
March Music Days International Festival
Union of the Bulgarian Artists
16 – 29 March, Ruse State Opera, Foyer
55 Years "Prof. V. Stoyanov" NSA - Ruse
IVAN D. IVANOV – YOANII
IUS IMAGINUM painting & master classes
21 March - 10 April, Ruse Art Gallery
55 Years "Prof. V. Stoyanov" NSA - Ruse
VENTSISLAV BOGATSKI
Thracian heritage - necklaces&food vessels
(unique craftsmanship)