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      ​Ongoing Ardenza Projects

       

      ​Ardenza Premieres

      encouraging the creation and performance of new solo and chamber works by (not only) Bulgarian composers

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      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)

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      ​Vocal Visions Series at the AmBul Festival (2007-)​​​​​​​​​​
      ​​furthering the art of chamber singing through innovative performance​

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      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

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      Florestan Recital Project (2011)
        Stefania de Kenessey world premiere, Libby Larsen Bulgarian premiere
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        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

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      Bulgarian Anniversary Series (2008-)​​​​​​​​​​
      Presenting music of important Bulgarian composers such as
       

        Marin Goleminov in honor of  birth centennial, 2008

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      ​  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​​​​​