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Tag: Bulgarian music

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Yuri Yunakov

Angel Romero May 8, 2017 No Comments Balkan musicBulgariaBulgarian musicGypsy musicRoma musicsaxophoneYuri Yunakov

Saxophonist Yuri Yunakov was born in Haskovo, southeastern Bulgaria, of Turkish Romani (Gypsy) ancestry and currently lives in the New York City area. He comes…

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Artist Profiles: Bisserov Sisters

Angel Romero May 2, 2017 No Comments Bisserov SistersBulgariaBulgarian music

The Bisserov Sisters, Lyubimka, Neda, Mitra, performed in public for the first time in 1978 when they became winners in the 11th World Youth festival,…

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Artist Profiles: Rumen Sali Shopov

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments BulgariaBulgarian musicRumen Sali Shopov

Percussionist Rumen Sali Shopov is a Roma (Gypsy) artist from Gotse Delchev, a crossroads town in Southwest Bulgaria near the borders with Greece and Macedonia,…

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Shamanic Electronica from Bulgaria

Angel Romero April 13, 2017 No Comments BulgariaBulgarian musicglobal electronicaVataff ProjectVeselin Mitev

Vataff Project – Solьmen (Fusion Embassy, 2017) Vataff Project is a Bulgarian act that brilliantly mixes trance and ambient electronics with traditional musical instruments. Electronic…

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Artist Profiles: Bulgarika

Angel Romero October 24, 2016 No Comments BulgariaBulgarian musicBulgarikaDonka KolevagadulkaNikolay KodzhabashevNikolay KolevTemelko Ivanov

Traditional Bulgarian music ensemble Bulgarika is led by gadulka (traditional Bulgarian bowed string instrument) master Nikolay Kolev; internationally prominent singer Donka Koleva; kaval (end-blown flute)…

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Bulgarian Clarinet Legend

Angel Romero September 13, 2016 No Comments BulgariaBulgarian musicclarinetGeorgi Koev

Georgi Koev – Georgi Koev (1910-1983) Legend of the Bulgarian Clarinet (BMA Productions BMA-1009 – Bulgarian Folk Archives collection, 2015) As the title indicates, Bulgarian…

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Exquisite Sarod-Violin Collaboration

Angel Romero July 30, 2016 No Comments Amaan Ali BangashAmjad Ali KhanAyaan Ali BangashBulgarian musicElmira DarvarovaIndiaIndian classical musicsarodviolinwestern classical music

Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam (Affetto Records, 2016) Amalgam is a beautiful collaboration between the world…

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Bulgarian Folktronics

Angel Romero January 28, 2016 No Comments Balkan musicBulgarian musicOratnitza

Oratnitza – Folktron (Fusion Embassy, 2015) Oratnitza delivers a contemporary acoustic music vision of Bulgarian traditional music. On Folktron the band performs original pieces that…

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A Bright Star Has Risen

Arthur Shuey November 23, 2012 No Comments Bulgarian musicPerunika Trio

Perunika Trio A Bright Star Has Risen (Arc Music EUCD 2409, 2012) These three Bulgarian women show a clear commitment to sharing the distinctive range…

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Vocal Soundscapes of Southern Bulgaria

Angel Romero April 5, 2008 Bulgarian musicPerunika Trio

Perunika Trio – Introducing Perunika Trio (INTRO109CD, 2008) Eugenia Georgieva, Victoria Mancheva and Victoria Evstatieva form a vocal ensemble called Perunika. Although they are Bulgarians,…

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