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Some appraisals and opinions about vocal mastery and artistic qualities of the choir:
“A wonderful Bulgarian children choir with a wonderful conductor! Still another mystery of the Bulgarian voices!”
Prof. Paul Wehrle, conductor, Germany
“The Gods were with us because of the luck that we had to hear the concert of the Sofia Boys' Choir. We are stunned by the precision and the musicality of your interpretations. A thousand times BRAVO!”
Claude Pantern, founder and artistic director of the Choir Competition in Tour, France
“I have never heard anything so beautiful before! This children choir possesses voices of unrivalled freshness and purity. All sing from the bottom of their hearts and place extraordinarily interesting stresses to send their message. The conductor, Adriana Blagoeva, leads them with mastership and musical sense, which are evident in every song.”
Claude Telman, musical critic, France
“A marvelous choir! Amazing and breathtaking musicality, so much more impressive for being confident and without any effort”
Dr. Jerry Jordan, conductor, USA
“My congratulations for the vocal quality of Sofia Boys Choir! I admire this inimitable sonority!”
Vick Nees, composer, Belgium
“Marvelous voices, incredible musical mastership, rich expressiveness, sonority of the highest world level!”
Nobuhiti Tsubakino, conductor, Japan
“I am delighted! An incredible choir!”
Jose de Felipe, conductor, Spain
“The professionalism of the conductor and the choir make a deep impression: perfect technique and intonation, colorful voices, high performance culture!”
Edward Slawik, conductor, Sweden
“The sound of the choir is exceptionally beautiful. I was very impressed by selflessness and the incredible discipline of the choir. Every song was performed on a high professional level!”
Dr. Gene Brooks, Executive director of the Association of the American choir conductors, USA
The Sofia Boys Choir has very opulent range of musical repertoire: Bulgarian choral music, Orthodox music, Bulgarian folklore music, Catholic music, choral pieces of various genres from 14 century till nowadays, participates in musicals, operas. There are many recordings of the choir in the musical archive of the Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian National TV.
The Sofia Boys Choir has issued eight audio CDs - in the picture below, and takes part in other eight CDs with other musical ensembles.
A part of review for the disc "Hosanna in Excelsis":
"Here we have again a group with a very well developed, distinct boy-choir sound! The boys are superbly trained in all aspects of the art, exhibiting clean intonation, well controlled dynamics, precise phrasing, and a beauty of sound which many of the more famous boy choirs can only dream of!" - Manfred Mornhinweg
Orthodox Chant from disc "Hosanna in Excelsis":
Angel's song, D.Hristov, disk "Orthodox Music"
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The Sofia Boys Choir is actively performing and recording. The Christmas and Easter concerts are a tradition for the choir. The choir has many participations in national and international festivals and competitions.
The Sofia Boys choir has toured with great success in Russia, Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, Serbia, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Japan.
The Youth Formation in The Palace of Music, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
Gala Christmas Concert, 2007
Soloist Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Classic FM Orchestra, conductors Adriana Blagoeva and Luciano di Martino
Sanctus from Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, Nancy, France, 2009
Song by Herbert Bittrich, Young Formation, 2009
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Adriana Blagoeva
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Sofia Boys' Choir
BIOGRAPHY
The Sofia Boys Choir is the first boys choir founded in Bulgaria in 1968. The performers, aged 8-15, are selected from different schools in Sofia.
The conductor of the choir from 1968 to 1989 was Lilyana Todorova. Since 1989 Adriana Blagoeva has been the conductor of the choir. She graduated from the National Musical Academy in Sofia as a choir conductor. Besides of her active conducting practice, Adriana Blagoeva is an associate professor in choral conducting at the National Music Academy in Sofia. Under her direction the Sofia Boys Choir considerably extended its musical repertoire, activated its concert and recording activities, perfected its artistic qualities. In 1997 she founded the Youth Formation with the Sofia Boys Choir, consisting of former members of the boys choir. Now the choir is presented by three formations - boys, youth and mixed.
The Sofia Boys choir has toured with great success in Russia, Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, Serbia, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Japan.
AWARDS
Since 1993 the Sofia Boys Choir has won a lot of awards at 6 international choral competitions - a Grand Prix, four First prizes and four Second prizes.
Adriana Blagoeva won the special prize for conductors at the 1-st International Choral Competition in Bolzano, Italy, in 2000.
The Sofia Boys Choir has been awarded with prize "Musician of the 2002 year" by the Bulgarian National Radio, The Silver Lyre and The Golden Lyre of the Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers Union, The Golden plaque of the Bulgarian Choral Union etc
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Bulgarian language website - sofiaboyschoir.webnode.com
Contact us - ssbbcc@abv.bg
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