Ongoing Ardenza Projects
Ardenza Premieres
encouraging the creation and performance of new solo and chamber works by (not only) Bulgarian composers
New works premiered to date:
Gheorghi Arnaoudov Barocus ex machina - triple concerto for harpsichord, fortepiano, and piano (2014)
Victor Chuchkov Winter Lullaby for piano (2014)
Gheorghi Arnaoudov Lullabies I, II, III (2014)
Petros Ovsepyan Stilled for mixed ensemble (11 players) (2013)
Velislav Zaimov Sonata for trombone and cello (2013)
Parashkev Hadjiev centennial tributes (2012) by
Gheorghi Arnaoudov
Atanas Atanassov
Ventzislav Dikov
Martin Georgiev
Tsenko Minkin
Borislava Taneva
Velislav Zaimov
John Cage centennial tributes (2012) by
Tsvetana Ivanova
Mihail Goleminov
Andrian Pervasov
Roumen Balyozov
Artin Potourlian Suite of five piano pieces (2011)
Dragomir Yossifov Rothko Echoes for voice and keyboards (2011)
Stefania de Kenessey Mirages for voice and piano (2011)
Gheorghi Arnaoudov Cello Songs for voice and cello (2011)
Ventzislav Dikov Suite for cello and pre-recorded sound (2011)
Mihail Goleminov Cyclops for instrumentalist, video-camera, computer (2011)
Roumen Balyozov Capriccio per Geoffrey Dean for solo cello (2011)
Paul Elwood Dry and Dusty for banjo, tamboura and string ensemble (2010)
Valeri Dimchev Memory of Plovdiv for tamboura and string ensemble (2010)
Balyozov/Goleminov/Pervazov/Tsenova (collectively composed):
Party Pieces II for mixed ensemble (2009)
Mihail Goleminov Sound Shredder for piano trio and live electronics (2008)
Artin Potourlian Epitaph in memory of Lazar Nikolov for piano trio (2007)
Vocal Visions Series at the AmBul Festival (2007-)
furthering the art of chamber singing through innovative performance
Charles Ives Song Book (2007)
First performances in Bulgaria of Charles Ives songs
with Nellie Koycheva, mezzosoprano and Nadezhda Kuzmanova, piano
A Century in American Song (2008)
with Amy Jarman, soprano (USA) and Mario Angelov, piano
Balkans and Beyond: Women’s Voices (2009)
with Susan Brownfield, soprano (USA) and Daniela Dikova, piano
Florestan and Eusebius: Barber meets Stoyanov (2010)
First Bulgarian performances of early Samuel Barber songs
with Susan Brownfield, soprano (USA) and Daniela Dikova, piano
Florestan Recital Project (2011)
Stefania de Kenessey world premiere, Libby Larsen Bulgarian premiere
with soprano Susan Brownfield (USA), baritone Aaron Engebreth (USA)
and pianists Alison d'Amato (USA) and Daniela Dikova
Bulgarian Song Project (2012)
World premieres of songs by 7 contemporary Bulgarian composers,
inspired by songs of Parashkev Hadjiev
with Elena Baramova and Rossitsa Grigorova, soprano and Daniela Dikova, piano
Bulgarian Anniversary Series (2008-)
Presenting music of important Bulgarian composers such as
Marin Goleminov in honor of birth centennial, 2008
Dimiter Christoff in honor of 75th birthday, 2008
Vassil Kazandjiev in honor of 75th birthday, 2009
Andrey Stoyanov in honor of 120th birth anniversary, 2010
Dimiter Nenov in honor of 110th birth anniversary, 2011
Blago Simeonov in honor of return to Bulgaria, 2011
Lazar Nikolov in honor of 90th birth anniversary, 2012
Parashkev Hadjiev in honor of birth centennial, 2012