May 18(Sat)~25(Sat), 2006 / May 27(Mon), 2006
May 18(Sat)~25(Sat) : Youngsan Art Hall 27(Mon) : Daegu Culture & Arts Center
Pro-art Arts Management. Co., Ltd.
20,000won
   

 History
 
Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra is a non profit organization which was created by the musicians in 2002. This organization is represented by Emilia Drieva and Maestro Plamen Parvanov is Musical director.
In the 17.June 2002 in Plovdiv we invited the Istanbul Orchestra to make a concert in Plovdiv. On the 23.08.2002 in Ioannina, Greece in collaboration with "Tsakalof Opera" we have performed "The Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky with great success.

From 29.03.2003-08.04.2003 we make a big tour in Spain with five philharmonic concerts in Madrid, Toledo, Orense and Pontevedra.
On the 19.May 2003 in Ioannina Greece we make a big philharmonic concert.

The orchestra have worked successfully with all opera theatres and symphonic orchestras in Bulgaria, whose repertoires in the operatic, musical comedy and ballet genres have been presented in Bulgaria and abroad.

Besides, it has worked with young musicians newly graduated from Musical school and Musical Academy and have helped them in their career. It has also organized education courses for young talented musicians and conductors.

This distinguished orchestra has been giving many opera and philharmonic concert in Plovdiv and big cities in Bulgaria every season.
The repertoire of the orchestra includes works from all genres and epoch-baroque, classic and contemporary music; works by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Carl Orff, Ravel, Stravinsky, Saint-Saens, Mascagni, Gershwin and many others. The operas such as "Aida", "Carmina Burana", Nabucco", "Il Trovatore", "Tosca", "Ernani", "Don Carlos". "Rigoletto", "Bohemi", "Traviata", "Prince Igor", "Peter the First", "Othello" and many other opera works are in its repertoires.

Guest soloists of the Orchestra were Kaludi kaludov, Nikola Guzelev, Raina Kabaivnska, Ghena Dimitrova, Knott and also many distinguished instrumentalists, Mincho Minchev(violin), Mila Georgieva(violin), Erik Heidzik(piano,France), Mario Hosen(violin, Austria) and many, many other.

For the last years the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra has been on many tours in many countries-Germany, Spain, Denmark, Rusha, France, Sweden, Norway , Malta, Belgium, Italy, The Nether-lands, Portugal, Greece.


Conductor : Plamen Parvanov


He graduated the State Musical Academy-Sofia-orchestra and choir conducting. His career as a conducting began almost thirty years ago.

At beginning of his career he took prizes from conducting competitions; in 1980, the first prize in the conducting competition for young musicians in Sofia, and in 1981, third prize in the Puldin Summer Festival in Plovdiv.

And then he had a special concert in the Bolshoi Theatre with the Moscow Philharmnony in Moscow in 1984.

He was a conductor of Pleven Opera and Philharmony. He also has been a conductor of Plovdiv Opera and Philharmony and Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra for many years.

Besides, he is a professor in the State Musical Academy in Sofia and National College of music in Plovdiv.

Now he is a Musical Director of Plovdiv Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a Musical Director of Simphonieta "D. Petkov" in Plovdiv.

He has had many concerts and opera performances all over the Europe and Russia.

 
 Program

W.A.Mozart Overture “The Marriage of Figaro” K.492
C.Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in a minor, Op.33
Allegro non troppo
Allegretto con moto
Up peu moins vite
F.Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 "Italian"
Allegro vivace
Andante con moto
Con moto moderato
Saltarello. Presto


 Reviews

"Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra and its ballet presented a marvelous an open-air performance of "Swan Lake"-Tchaikovsky on a pontoon in the middle of The Lake of Ioannina. Our public has never seen such an impressive and spectacular ballet performance with excellent ballet-dancers, phenomenal musicians and perfect stage effects."
<Local Newspaper of Ioannina, Greece, 2002>

"Last night 23 of May 2003 Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra presented in the city concert hall a brilliant easter concert with a nice program, interesting soloists and perfect musical performance"
<Newspaper of Ioannina, Greece, 2003>

"A great concert of Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra was presented in the music hall in Orense. The program of Mozart, Brahms, Verdi was perfectly performed of the orchestra which showed a very good rhythm and perfect harmonic sounding"
<Orense TV, Local Orense Newspaper, Spain, 2005>

¡°On 20 and 21 of May 2005 in Auditorio di Orense Plovdiv Philharmonic orchestra together with Varna Opera present two opera performances "Il trovatore" and "Aida" by Verdi. It is a real music festival for all the opera-minded people. The performances are at very high quality as scenery, sound of the orchestra and perfect soloists."
<La Region-Orense, Spain, 2005>

¡°Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra and talented students from the Musical School in Plovdiv have made a serial of 7 Christmas concerts-popular program-which showed a very high class of all the participants-orchestra and soloists.¡±
<Maritza Today, Bulgaria, 2005>