“The main figures of that event are soloists Alexander Somov (cello) and Stoimen Peev who is to play on the violin and on the viola. The programme is quite rich and bears the name Premieres. The first piece the audience is going to listen to is Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in G major by Luigi Boccherini. As far as we know that piece has never been performed in Sofia. Moreover, the concert will be performed under Boccherini’s authentic musical score. We have also included in the music programme a piece by Giya Kancheli which was performed some time ago in the city of Ruse to the rendition of Yury Bashmet. It is named Chiaroscuro. Soloists Stoimen Peev is to play on the viola in that piece. Colleagues from the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra will join the Sofia Soloists Orchestra, because that music score is for string orchestra, percussions and bass guitar. Fantasy by Gioachino Rossini is another piece that has never been performed in Bulgaria so far. That piece is also known as A Tear.”

The concert will end with the popular string quartet Death and the Maiden by Franz Shubert arranged by Gustav Mahler. Gustav Mahler made that version at the end of the 19th century. The composer used to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at that time. We are to present that piece with the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra. I hope that we will be able to present that music programme elsewhere, too, especially Chiaroscuro by Giya Kancheli, which is a very unusual piece- slow and filled with a lot of psychological analysis. Perhaps this is one of the brightest artistic features of Giya Kancheli.

At the end of June 2017 the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra is to take part at the Varna Summer music festival. The programme includes The Seasons by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, soloist Georgii Cherkin (piano). This is followed by two concerts within the frameworks of Balchik Classic Days. During the Apollonia Art Festival the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra will present a music programe that was performed abroad only. According to Professor Dzhurov, the most interesting piece of that programme is a concerto for guitar and accordion, soloists Krasimir Shterev (accordion) and Georgi Vasilev (guitar). Krasimir has been living in Vienna for years and Georgi lives and works in Switzerlad. At the end of September 2016 the Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra will present the awarded pieces of the 8th edition of Sofia 2017 International Composition Competition organized by Krasno Selo Municipality. This if followed by concerts of the new concert season. The first one will be held together with Quatro Quartet.

English version: Kostadin Atanasov