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Interview with the Norwegian musician Jarle Bernhoft by Dessislava Berndt The first time I heard Bernhoft was at the Traumzeit festival in Duisburg last summer. He was incredible. Such a live performance is not very common. “Bernhoft is a one man show” it was said. Yes, he is. That means playing guitar, recording himself while […]

Interview with the singer, actor and producer Dessy Tenekedjieva by Dessislava Berndt Translation by Polina Georgieva I met Dessy last year at the Bansko Jazz International Festival. Our common love for music met us. Natural and cordial, Dessy promised to give an interview for our readers. I really wanted to show not only the actress, […]

The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year in August in the small town of Bansko. The concerts are free for the public. Traditionally, […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with record producer, songwriter and actor Simon Britton Simon Britton is an Emmy and British Television Awards winner. He has sold more than 50 million singles as musician, producer and songwriter worldwide. He is one half of the Red Rhythm remix, production and writing team having worked with artists like Ashanti, […]

Interview with the singer, actress and producer Dessy Tenekedjieva by Dessislava Berndt Translation by Polina Georgieva DessyTenekedjieva, Photo: Elena Spasova Dessy, what is music to you? Music is one of the first arts that touches a human’s soul in the most emotional, inmost and pure way possible. A song can make you happy, but a […]

An Interview with DJ Stan Kolev, DJ Matan Caspi and Poli Hubavenska Stan Kolev’s bio Matan Caspi’s bio So how did the madness get its start, how did you start DJing? We’ve always been involved in this world called music, since childhood. We both fell in love with electronic music a bit more than a […]

Don’t Take the Bridge A new play for three characters and a parrot By Mayia Pramatarova Directed by Stavri Karamfilov Music by Gheorghi Arnaoudov Interactive media by Vladimir Gusev English translation by Assya Nick Cast: Hristina Hristova, Jo Jo Hristova, Albena Kervanbashieva, Vanina Kondova, Sergey Nagorny, Tony Naumovski*, Evgeniya Radilova* *Actors appearing courtesy of AEA, […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with The Jive Aces The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the small […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the guitarist and music composer Yoni Vidal The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to […]

Stefan Prokhorov was born in 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a student at the Lyceé français № 9, “Alphonse de Lamartine”, Sofia. He started writing eleven years ago, when he was distinguished at the literary contest “Iskri”. He has won various awards for poetry, and his works have been published in “Savremennik”, “Literaturen Vestnik,” […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Ondřej Štveráček The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the small town […]

Interview of Yana Radilova and Violeta Petkova with Borgore Yana and Borgore Violeta and Borgore Who is Borgore? If you search in the web, you will see that he is an Israeli dubstep dj and producer, the founder of Buygore Records and former drummer of Israeli death metal band Shabira. He also initiates the style […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the musician Jarle Bernhoft Jarle, what does music mean to you? I guess music encompasses everything in my life, thus being the meaning of it all. Photo: Fred Jonny Hammeroe How and why did you get into music? It wasn’t much of a choice really, my parents are both musicians, […]

The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the small town of Bansko. The concerts are free for […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the singer Lila Ammons The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the song writer and singer Gabriella Massa Gabriella Massa, Photo: Jere-Me

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the singer Elina Duni The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the singer Jackie Ryan The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the band “The Kandinsky Effect” The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Vinko Mihajlovic, director of the Petrovac Jazz Festival Nikola Mimo Mitrovica, Photo: Nikolay Why and how was the Petrovac Jazz Festival founded? When was the first festival? NGO Urban Cult is a non-profitable, non-government organization, which started the first Petrovac Jazz Festival in 2007. The idea began back in 2005, […]