Spring Newsletter 2025
INTRODUCING
OFF THE BEATEN PATH 2025
Wednesday, July 30
BISHOPRIC OF NEVROKOP
GOTSE DELCHEV
Thursday, July 31
DIMITAR BLAGOEV COMMUNITY CENTER
DOBRINISHTE
Friday - Sunday, August 1, 2, 3
SVETLINA CULTURAL CENTER
KOVACHEVITSA
Friday - Saturday, August 8, 9
HRISTO KARPACHEV COMMUNITY CENTER
KARPACHEVO
Tickets for our Seventh Edition are now on sale and can be purchased online via the link below or at Easypay kiosks. Please note that we offer reserved seating in the salon/stalls for the three concerts at the Svetlina Cultural Center in Kovachevitsa this year.
Limited Golden Tickets for all three concerts in Kovachevitsa are also available in advance with a 20 BGN discount. We highly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to ensure the same prices as last summer.
Note that tickets sold at the door will incur an additional charge of 10 BGN per ticket.
We look forward to seeing you in Bulgaria for another summer of adventures!
TICKETS ARTISTS
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Seventh Edition of the Off the Beaten Path Chamber Music Festival offers new adventures in several picturesque towns and villages of Bulgaria. In addition to Gotse Delchev and Kovachevitsa, this summer we invite you to attend concerts in two other beautiful community centers – in the town of Dobrinishte and the village of Karpachevo.
GUEST ARTISTS
Guest musicians Monica Ohuchi, piano (USA), Stefan Arzberger, violin (Germany), and Karin Dornbusch, clarinet (Sweden/Switzerland) will be joining us in presenting specially selected programs from the classical chamber repertoire.
BULGARIAN PREMIERES
We will present the Bulgarian premieres of three chamber works by composers Kenji Bunch (USA), Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine), and Henri Lazarof (Bulgaria/USA), and you will have another chance to hear recently created works by Bulgarian composers Dobrinka Tabakova and Peter Kerkelov.
NEWS FROM DAR SVETLINA
This summer we will continue raising funds for renovations at the Cultural Center Svetlina in Kovachevitsa. In March, we began renovations of the bathrooms. We also plan to renovate the concert hall's windows for easier access and ventilation. We need your support to make sure we have enough funds for these much-needed repairs.
Please join us by donating online or via bank transfer. 100% of the funds will go towards renovations.
DONATE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERSINGING HEARTS
Vocal Camp for Children Ages 6-15
July 14-18, 2025
Gotse Delchev
Group Size: 12-20 children from Southwestern Bulgaria
Admission Requirements: The camp is designed for children who love music and are interested in singing. We encourage applications from children who are professionally inclined as well as those who are simply interested in learning new skills and are drawn to the community that the camp fosters. Among former attendees, there are folk singers who had previously performed at various folk festivals across Bulgaria, as well as children without prior singing experience but with curiosity and love to express themselves through music.
MORE INFORMATION
INTRODUCING – NEW TEAM MEMBER
Ina Kostova, Event Manager, Karpachevo
Ina is an engineering manager by education and a graphic designer by profession, with extensive experience in prepress, print, and advertising. She organizes events and develops advertising campaigns and product branding. A naturalist and volunteer, she serves on the team of the Devetaki Plateau Association, an NGO working for the revitalization, development, and promotion of the eponymous plateau, and organizer of the JAZZ in the Devetaki Plateau festival.
Welcome to our team, Ina -- we look forward to collaborating with her this summer!
VOLUNTEERING
2025 will be one of our busiest and most rewarding summers. We will be traveling to new destinations and building new partnerships and friendships. To make the festival a true success, we also need YOU!
Volunteers wanted to help as ushers, stage managers, and guides during the festival.
If you are interested in joining our growing community of enthusiasts, please send us an email and let us know where you can help – we need you in Gotse Delchev, Garmen, Dobrinishte, Kovachevitsa, and Karpachevo.
INQUIRE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE WORKS
Video and Concert Presentations in the USA and the UK - Join us on April 2 in Washington, D.C., or May 1 in London and learn more about our work – we will present a short film about the festival as well as a concert with Bulgarian music. For more information, email neopathbg@gmail.com
Save the Date - July 2, 2025 - Off the Beaten Path fundraising event in Sofia, featuring renowned flutist and Juilliard professor Carol Wincenc. More information to follow.
Beyond the Music - Get to know our new destination – the Devetaki Plateau.
New Partnerships - This summer we are developing two new partnerships with the organization Zaedno v Chas (Teach for Bulgaria), and the European Festival Forrest. Stay tuned for news and ways to support these causes.
Green Partnerships – We will continue collaborating with Gorata.bg, Clean and Green Bulgaria, and Bulekopack on promoting responsible initiatives for our planet.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS US!
Our events in Garmen, Dobrinishte and Karpachevo are made possible by a grant from the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria under the program “Dissemination”.
Kovachevitsa in Spring, photo by Lavanda