March Music Days in the town of Rousse
Anita Valentinova, 15.03.2008

Every year during the second half of March the town of
Rousse welcomes elitist Bulgarian and foreign musicians from different places of the world who come to visit and participate in one of the oldest
international music festivals in Bulgaria - March Music Days.
The long historical record of the festival has listed hundreds of new
Bulgarian and foreign premieres, a number of opuses specially composed for the festival as well as numerous remarkable visits and lasting artistic contacts.
Having the remarkable tradition as a background, the festival today is being developed as an open, dynamic form of culture, as an universal space for contacts and exchange among different cultures and nationalities thus integrating diverse forms of contemporary artistic facts. Go to Rousse and spend your wonderful time there!Enjoy yourself, have some time special for your soul!
This is the programme for March Music Days 2008:
15 March, Saturday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
RUSE PHILHARMONICS
DUNAVSKY ZVUTSY CHOIR
Soloist Vanya MILANOVA violin
16 March, Sunday, Plenary Hall, 11 am
Piano trio
Bilyana VUCHKOVA violin
Aga DZIUBAK cello, Poland
Antony DONCHEV piano
Programme: M. Ravel, M. Kagel, D. Shostakovich
<16 March, Sunday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
ISRAEL CONTEMPORARY STRING QUARTET
D. Shostakovich String quartet No 3
J. Bardanashvili String quartet No 1
S. Reich Different Trains
17 March, Monday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
GIDON KREMER & KREMERATA BALTICA
J. Haydn The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
L. Desyatnikov - Wie der alte Leiermann
A. Piazzolla Suite Punta del Este
Soloists
Gidon KREMER violin
Andrey PUSHKAREV vibraphone
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18 March, Tuesday, Plenary Hall, 7 pm
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Erich SCHAGERL violin, Austria
Raphael FLIEDER cello, Austria
Jancu VADUVA trumpet, Romania
Georgy SPASSOV flute
Maria PRINZ piano
Programme: J. Haydn, F. Schubert, T. Albinoni
19 March, Wednesday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
J. S. Bach Brandenburgische Konzerte No 4, No 5
K. Iliev Tempi Concertati II
B. Spassov Concerto for flute, 13 strings and celesta
Conductor DRAGOMIR YOSSIFOV
Soloists
Vanya MILANOVA violin
Yavor ZHELEV flute
Ivona NEDEVA flute
Tsvetana IVANOVA - cembalo
20 March, Thursday, Theatre Hall, Foyer, 7 pm
THE VOICES
Sing to God in All Tongues
HILLIARD ENSEMBLE Great Britain
Programme: sacred repertoire from the Catholic, Presbyterian, Russian, Creek and Armenian Christian traditions
21 March, Friday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
LETS PLAY ORCHESTRA
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA
G. Rossini Overture LItaliana in Algeri
L.van Beethoven Piano concerto No 1, op.15
F. Mendelssohn Symphony No 4, Italienische, op.90
Conductor Sir Neville MARRINER, Great Britain
Soloist Maria PRINZ piano
22 March, Saturday, Plenary Hall, 11 am
THE SPONTANEOUS PIANO
Basso Moderno Duo, USA
Allan von SCHENKEL solo double bass
Kristen WILLIAMS piano
and Liubomir DENEV piano
Programme: L. Bell, S. Lopez, W. Ortiz, Yoko Ono, L. Denev, P. Oliveros, R. St. Clair and
jazz improvisations on music by Haendel, Chopin, Debussy, Skriabin, G.Z.Cherkin
22 March, Saturday, Plenary Hall, 5 pm
Final Public Audition of the Conducting Master Classes
22 March, Saturday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
FOUR HANDS MUSIC
Piano Duo
AGLIKA GENOVA&LIUBEN DIMITROV
Programme: M. Ravel, G. Bizet, J. Brahms, S. Rachmaninov
23 March, Sunday, Plenary Hall, 11 am
NEW NAMES
Aylen PRITCHIN violin, Russia
First prize-winner at Pancho Vladigerov International Violin and Piano Competition Shumen, 2007
Keiko HATTORI piano, Japan
Segond prize-winner at Beethoven International Piano Competition Bonn, 2007
Programme: E. Ysaye, F. List, H. Wieniawski, L. van Beethoven
23 March, Sunday, Theatre Hall, Foyer, 7 pm
THE VOICES
Vassil Arnaudovs 75th birth anniversary
PROF.VASSIL ARNAUDOV MIXED CHOIR Ruse
Conductor DRAGOMIR YOSSIFOV
Programme: G. Faure, Gesualdo, A. Schnittke, S. Rachmaninov, W. A. Mozart
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24 March, Monday, Plenary Hall, 5 pm
Final Public Audition of the Piano Master Classes
24 March, Monday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
NEW RUSSIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
P. I. Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
S. Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade
Conductor YURI BASHMET
Soloist Katia SKANAVI piano
25 March, Tuesday, Plenary Hall, 5 pm
Final Public Audition of the Violin Master Classes
25 March, Tuesday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
NEW RUSSIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
E. Tabakov Ad Infinitum
A. Schnittke Viola concerto
P. I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6
Conductor and soloist YURI BASHMET
26 March, Wednesday, Plenary Hall, 7 pm
ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Germany
Programme: H. W. Henze, S. Sciarrino, L. Nikolov, W. Rihm, F. Donatoni, S. Scodanibbio
27 March, Thursday, Plenary Hall, 7 pm
Recital
MILCHO LEVIEV piano
28 March, Friday, Ruse Opera House, 6 pm
RUSE OPERA COMPANY
DON CARLOS G. Verdi (premiere)
Stage director Christian Mihailescu , Romania
Sets and costumes Viorica Petrovich , Romania
Chorus master Hristo Stoev
Conductor and stage producer NAYDEN TODOROV
Soloists
Ivailo DJUROV, Mariana TSVETKOVA, Mario MALAGNINI Italy,
Andreana NIKOLOVA, Aleksandar KRUNEV, Plamen BEYKOV
29March, Saturday, Plenary Hall, 11 am
FOUR HANDS MUSIC
Piano Duo
MARIO ANGELOV&ZLATKA ZLATKOVA
Programme: P. I. Tchaikovsky, I. Stravinsky
29March, Saturday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
G. Ligeti Concert romanesc
J. Brahms Violin concerto
L. van Beethoven Symphony No 5
Conductor HORIA ANDREESCU, Romania
Soloist Elmar OLIVEIRA violin, USA
30 March, Sunday, Plenary Hall, 11 am
Elmar OLIVEIRA violin
Liliya BOYADJIEVA piano
Programme: W. A. Mozart, E. Elgar, C. Debussy, S. Prokofiev
30 March, Sunday, Theatre Hall, 7 pm
C l o s i n g
PLOVDIV OPERA-PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
L. V. Beethoven Triple concerto
G. Mahler Symphony No 1
Conductor GEORGY DIMITROV
Soloists
Svetlin ROUSSEV violin
Elena ROZANOVA piano
Sebastien van KUIJK cello
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