Summer Newsletter 2025
WEDNESDAY
July 30, 2025, 7 pm
BISHOPRIC OF NEVROKOP
GOTSE DELCHEV
GALA CONCERT
Program: W. A. Mozart, Kenji Bunch, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Vincent d'Indy
THURSDAY
July 31, 2025, 7 pm
DIMITAR BLAGOEV CULTURAL CENTER
DOBRINISHTE
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK
Program: W. A. Mozart, Kenji Bunch, Dobri Hristov, Georgy Zlatev-Tcherkin, Alfred Schnitke, Dobrinka Tabakova
FRIDAY
August 1, 2025, 7 pm
SVETLINA CULTURAL CENTER
KOVACHEVITSA
OPENING NIGHT
World premiere of Three Madrigals for piano trio by Kenji Bunch (USA)
Program: W. A. Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Kenji Bunch, Alfred Schnitke, Paul Hindemith, Vincent d'Indy
SATURDAY
August 2, 2025, 7 pm
SVETLINA CULTURAL CENTER
KOVACHEVITSA
MOMENTS OF MEMORY
Bulgarian premiere of piano trio by Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine)
Program: Kenji Bunch, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Valentin Silvestrov, Frank Bridge
SUNDAY
August 3, 2025, 3 pm
SVETLINA CULTURAL CENTER
KOVACHEVITSA
AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bulgarian premiere of Continuum for string trio by Henri Lazarof (Bulgaria/USA)
Program: Paul Hindemith, Kenji Bunch, Henri Lazarof, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Maurice Ravel, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
FRIDAY
August 8, 2025, 7 pm
HRISTO KARPACHEV
CULTURAL CENTER
KARPACHEVO
STONE TRAIL
Program: Alfred Schnitke, Johannes Brahms, Paul Hindemith, Dobrinka Tabakova
SATURDAY
August 9, 2025, 7 pm
HRISTO KARPACHEV
CULTURAL CENTER
KARPACHEVO
КАМЕННА СЛЕДА
... and then space began to toll...
Program: Antonio Caldara, Johannes Brahms, Peter Kerkelov, Ernst von Dohnanyi
FESTIVAL EXPERIENCES
Join us on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 9 pm, immediately following the concert, for a special culinary experience prepared by our partners
Lavanda Restaurant with Rooms.
Limited availability; RSVP by July 15
TASTES AND TALKS
Meet the composers Kenji Bunch, Dobrinka Tabakova and Peter Kerkelov
Join us for informal talks with the composers in historic houses in Kovachevitsa and the newly renovated Melnitsa in Karpachevo. More details about events and locations will be provided at the start of the festival.
We are also planning several culinary experiences in collaboration with Lidl Bulgaria, Harmonica and Uva Nestum Wine and Spa.
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CONCERT FOR CHILDREN
WEDNESDAY
July 30, 2025 4 pm
With the musicians from Off the Beaten Path
FREE ADMISSION for children and their parents
Off the Beaten Path's educational outreach program is made possible by a generous grant from Ms. Nellie Gipson
FOCUS ON OUR PARTNERS
MINISTRY OF TOURISM, BULGARIA
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to Mr. Miroslav Borshosh, Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria, for his kind support of this year's festival edition. We are thrilled to be working with his team on brining you unique festival experiences in picturesque towns and villages in Bulgaria.
DONATE A CHAIR IN KOVACHEVITSA
BEFORE JULY 15
For those of you who wish to support our festival by leaving a special message on one of the chairs at the Svetlina Cultural Center, we invite you to join this initiative by mid-July so that we can order and install the plaques.
Thank you for your support and understanding!
More information HERE.
The festival is supported by:
Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria
Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria
Municipality of Letnitsa
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