Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
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The Plovdiv
Philharmonic Orchestra is a Bulgaria
n orchestra whose origins date back to 1945. It is rooted in the hundred-year-old orchestral traditions of the largest cultural center of Thrace
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Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
Philharmonic Orchestra is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n orchestra whose origins date back to 1945. It is rooted in the hundred-year-old orchestral traditions of the largest cultural center of Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
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Recordings
- Mozart Opera Arias for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra – Irena PetkovaIrena PetkovaIrena Petkova is a Bulgarian opera singer. The mezzo-soprano Irena Petkova was born in Bourgas, Bulgaria. She graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Music Academy, Sofia under professor Lilly Stefanova....
(mezzo-soprano), Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Nayden TodorovNayden TodorovNayden Todorov is a Bulgarian conductor.- Positions :*Plovdiv Youth Orchestra *Vratza Philharmonic Orchestra *Sofia Festival Orchestra...
(conductor), 1999. Label: Music Minus One. ISBN: 1596155523 - Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto in A. Ivan Drenikov, piano. Dobrin PetkovDobrin PetkovDobrin Petkov was a Bulgarian conductor.-Life and career:Born in Dresden, Germany, Petkov was the son of a famous violin pedagogue, whose students were leading musicians in Bulgaria and abroad. His mother, Tsvetana Zografova, studied singing in Vienna, Austria...
, conductor BALKANTON LP BCA 10290, CD Balkanton 030197/ Castle Communications / St.Clair - L.V.Beethoven - Piano Concerto N°4 in G. Ivan Drenikov, piano. Dobrin PetkovDobrin PetkovDobrin Petkov was a Bulgarian conductor.-Life and career:Born in Dresden, Germany, Petkov was the son of a famous violin pedagogue, whose students were leading musicians in Bulgaria and abroad. His mother, Tsvetana Zografova, studied singing in Vienna, Austria...
, conductor Live Sofia 1979 BALKANTON CD 030197Category:Bulgarian orchestras