Varna International
Having just returned from Austria, in preparation for our performances of Brahm’s Requiem, Faure & Durufle Requiems, & Kodaly’s Missa Brevis, we can tell you that there are great things in store for those coming abroad with us.
We had many meetings during our 10 days in Austria, with the gracious hosts of our featured venues. They are spectacular!
Most notably, we are adding the New Cathedral, Linz as the performance venue on June 15th for the Faure and Durufle performance. This is extremely exciting!
Why? The New Cathedral, Linz is the largest in all of Austria. For those interested in acoustics, it has an EIGHT SECOND echo. Say something and then sit and wait; one one-thousand, two one-thousand, etc. Not to mention, it’s very difficult to gain access and get the privilege to perform. It’s a great honor that Varna International’s concert will be hosted at the New Cathedral, Linz.
For our 15th Music Academy in Vienna, we visited The Gustav Mahler Conservatory of music. It is a very spacious and new facility. Everything is nice. It even smells new. Plus, it is right behind the main concert hall in the center of the city. We could not ask for a better location.
Our 2013 tours in Austria are really coming together. Those who have already joined - be excited. It can only get better. Those interested, contact us and let us know what you want to do.
Not a singer or musician? Not a problem. We would love to have you along on our day-tours, in attendance during a show, or even behind the scenes as the performance days approach. Let us know!
Congratulations to Stetson University and their execution of two fully-staged orchestral performances of Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi at the State Opera House of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria during the Varna International Opera Academy earlier this week.
The opera performances were held in participation of the Stara Zagora Symphony Orchestra.
June 9th Concert- Section of Suite PreBulgarians, Devoiko and The Golden Fleece by Georgi Andreev
Gala Concert of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony at the Festival and Congress Center, Varna.
The World Premiere of award-winning Bulgarian composer: Georgi Andreev: Suite Prebulgarians — in Varna, Bulgaria.
The Colorado Springs Youth Symphony June 2nd concert at the State Opera House in Stara Zagora was warmly-received by an excited audience. A standing ovation!
For the encore, the orchestra played Gallop from “The Comedians” by Dmitri Kabalevskya blind-folded!!!
Next, the orchestra is headed to the Rose-Picking Festival in Kazanluk and then to Varna for the Varna International Music Academy.
Here’s a CS Freshink article all about their incredible journey!
Varna International wishes success to Maestro Gary Nicholson and the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony as they get ready to travel to Bulgaria and Istanbul for their concert tour.
Northern Kentucky University Chamber Choir took Second Place in the International May Choir Competition Prof. G. Dimitrov – Varna!
They also rendered an absolutely beautiful and emotionally moving concert on Sunday at the Bach Hall of the Evangelical Methodist Church.
Varna Opera Academy Roles Available.
Presented by: Varna International
Last year the second Songs of Life Festival presented the world premiere tour of A Melancholy Beauty in the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, and the Wang Theatre in Boston. The performances were accompanied by The National Philharmonic in Washington, DC and NYC, and by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in Boston.
The performers delivered impeccable performances, which was covered by the world press and received a standing ovation by the thousands of people in attendance.
A Melancholy Beauty depicts the heroic rescue of 49,000 Jews during the Holocaust. In 2013 we will commemorate 70 years since the rescue.
A Melancholy Beauty, composed by the award-winning Bulgarian composer Georgi Andreev, is a major choral-orchestral work with a performing force of over 250 musicians.
We invite you to the European Premiere of A Melancholy Beauty, which will be held in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, Bulgaria (May 31 – June 10, 2013).
