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Stoyan Botev International Press Center London – 11.24.2010 The Forte String Quartet – Hristo Popov, violin; Stanislav Nikolov, violin; Krasi Ivanov, viola; Kalin Ivanov, cello – arrived from New York on November 16 to participate in the 1st London Festival of Bulgarian Culture – November 2 – 26. The concert took place on November 19th […]

Interview by Yana Radilova with the music band RISE How did you get involved with music? Chloe: We got involved in music in many different ways. Firstly, our parents are folk musicians and brought us up with old time Appalachian music and dance since we were little girls. We spent many weekends in the mountains […]

In Kill This Woman Svetlana Atanassova Grabs the Emotions of the Audience When Svetlana Atanassova is on stage in this play by Mayia Pramatarova, she holds nothing back. Yet, miraculously, she does not appear exposed or vulnerable. It is those of us sitting in our comfortable theater seats that begin to feel defenseless when she […]

Velina Vateva’s interview with Digital Angel What does “to create” mean to you? Do you think the word tremendously changes its meaning because of the new techniques? “To create” means to make something out of nothing. I don’t think that words should change their meaning. New techniques are not dangerous for real music or – […]

Velina Veteva presents Veronika Harcsa Music makes me as open as I can be. Since I’m on stage I’ve become much more open in my personal life. I’ve learned that only honest things work. If music did not exist, I would be a computer scientist. I almost finished the Technical University, but thanks to music, […]