Genre Chamber music Years active 1964 to present | Location(s) Plovdiv | |
The International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv was founded in 1964 by a group of music enthusiasts, with the support of the Plovdiv Municipality and the Ministry of Culture.
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History
The first edition of the Festival was held from June 1 to June 12, 1964 in the Ethnographic Museum in the Old Plovdiv Architectural and Historical Complex. The event quickly an international venue for performances by established classical musicians and a chance for young Bulgarian musicians to witness world-class professionalism. Some of the founders and organizers are Prof. Vladimir Avramov, Prof. Alexandar Neynski, Dobrin Petkov, Marko Mesholam, the municipal institutions of Plovdiv and the Bulgarian Concert Agency – Sofia.
Musicians who have appeared at the festival include Yfrah Neaman, Michael Frischenschlager, the duo Emil Kamilarov and Dina Schneidermann, Stoika Milanova, Yuri Bukov, and Mincho Minchev. The festival has featured premiere performances of musical compositions, celebrations of composers, conductors, ensembles, and solo performers of chamber music.
A foundation of the same name was created in the 1980s, and active members in it were the conductor Plamen Djurov, Jivko Jekov – director of the Regional Concert Agency, Georgi Ivanov, and others.
The selection and preparation of the annual festival programs are performed by an advisory board, on which have served distinguished Bulgarian musicians – Prof. Anastas Slavchev, Prof. Georgi Kanev, Prof. Alexandar Spirov, Assoc. Prof. Krikor Chetinyan, Prof. Dr. Julian Kujumdziev, Prof. Dr. Plina Kujumdzieva, Dr. Veselin Emanuilov, Adelina Kaludova, Julia Manolova, Dr. Polia Paunova-Tosheva, and others.
In 2008 the new market circumstances for the cultural processes in the country demanded the creation and application of a statute for the preparation, organization, and realization of the Festival, as a means and grounds for its renovation and contemporary image. As defined in the established statute, the International Chamber Music Festival – Plovdiv is managed and directed by a coordinating council with the Plovdiv Municipality, presided by the Head of the Culture Department, and producer and organizer is the ‘Interart Fest’ Association. Dimitar Malashinov is a long-standing manager of the Festival.
Managers
During the past 30 years the Festival has been organized by the ‘Muzika’ Agency, the ‘Interart Fest’ Association, and their long-standing manager Dimitar Malashinov.