Program 2025
21st of June, 8:00 p.m. - Official Opening
Varna State Opera
22nd of June, 7:00 p.m. - Čiurlionis String Quartet (Lithuania) and Klaudiusz Baran - bandoneon (Poland)
Aula Hall of the University of Economics
24th of June, 7:00 p.m. - Piano Duo Eduard Kutrovac and Katerina Titova
City Art Gallery "Boris Georgiev"
26th of June, 7:00 p.m. - In Honor of Fritz Kreisler
Varna State Opera
27th of June, 7:00 p.m. - Sinfonia Varsovia, Mario Hosen, Candida Thompson and Harriet Krieg
Festival and Congress Center - Varna
30th of June, 7:00 p.m. - National Symphony Orchestra of Romania
Festival and Congress Center - Varna
1st of July, 7:00 p.m. - Operetta Gala "The Myth of Johann Strauss"
Festival and Congress Center - Varna
2nd of July, 7:00 p.m. - String Quartet "Vienna"
Aula Hall of the University of Economics
2nd to 6th of July, 9:00 a.m. - Violin Master Class by Prof. Mincho Minchev
Dobri Hristov National School of Arts
5th of July, 7:00 p.m.- Shostakovich Ensemble
Varna State Opera
5th to 9th of July, 9:00 a.m. - Opera Singing Master Class by Emil Ivanov
Dobri Hristov National School of Arts
5th to 8th of July, 9:00 a.m. - Guitar Master Class by Georgi Vasilev
National School of Arts "Dobri Hristov"
6th of July, 09:00 a.m.- Violin Master Class by Dimitar Burov
National School of Arts "Dobri Hristov"
12th of July, 8:00 p.m.- Balkan moods
Courtyard of the Archaeological Museum - Varna
16th of July, 8:00 p.m. - Zodiac
Courtyard of the Archaeological Museum - Varna
22nd of July, 7:00 p.m. - Piano Recital by Antonio Pavan
City Art Gallery "Boris Georgiev"
24th of July, 7:00 p.m. - Piano Recital by Vesko Stambolov
City Art Gallery "Boris Georgiev"
04th - 08th of August - Masterclasses and concerts
"Sts. Constantine and Helena" resort
01st of September, 07:00 p.m. - Youth Orchestra of Ukraine
Festival and Congress Centre - Varna
02nd - 03rd of September, 10:00 a.m. - International symposium music of the Mediterranean countries
City art gallery "Boris Georgiev"
02nd September, 07:00 p.m. - International symposium music of the Mediterranean countries – concert I
City art gallery "Boris Georgiev"
03rd September,, 07:00 p.m. - International symposium music of the Mediterranean countries – concert II
City art gallery "Boris Georgiev"
04th of September, 07:00 p.m. - International symposium music of the Mediterranean countries – concert III
City art gallery "Boris Georgiev"
10th of September, 07:00 p.m. - Organ concert, Roman Perucki
Festival and Congress Centre - Varna
11th of September, 07:00 p.m. - 1B1 Scandinavian ensemble
Aula Hall of Euniversity of economics
12th of September, 07:00 p.m. - Haydn and Mozart
Festival and Congress Centre - Varna
17th of September, 06:00 p.m. - First Concert of the Double Recital by Svetlin Roussev
Aula Hall of University of Economic Varna
17th of September, 08:00 p.m. - Second Concert of the Double Recital by Svetlin Roussev
Aula Hall of University of Economic Varna
Tickets: Festival and Congress Center
Tickets online: Festival and Congress Center
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“Varna Summer” International Music Festival is the first music festival in Bulgaria, founded in 1926 in the city of Varna.
Almost 100 years ago, just after the official opening of the Varna’s Sea Baths in 1926 - the first SPA center in the sea town, emblematic personalities of Varna society at that time, among them the composers Pancho Vladigerov and Dobri Hristov, set the beginning of the first in the country music celebrations, which later became the biggest International Music Festival in Bulgaria. Having received national and international recognition, today the Festival is a representative forum of Bulgarian and world music and music performing art.
The slogan of the first organisers "to unite the best music celebrities of the country" finds its continuation and advance in the promotion of Bulgarian music culture in the policy of Festival’s programming. A number of Bulgarian works have been performed for the first time within the "Varna Summer".
The Festival has multi-genre character and includes the following modules:
In its more than 90-year long history the Festival has impressed with the presence of soloists, conductors, symphony and chamber orchestras, choirs, opera ensembles, ballet companies from around the world. But the ambition of every next festival program is to present at the stage of the "Varna Summer" IMF both the renowned names of the world music culture and young artists - future stars. In 1987 the Festival became a member of the European Festival Association based in Geneva. Nowadays, EFA is one of the major non-governmental organizations working at European level in Brussels on the cultural policies of the old continent, which twice consecutively awarded the EFFE Label to "Varna Summer" IMF within the period 2015-2020
In June 2019 The Festival was honored with the EFFE label, an Europe’s quality stamp, for its program and organization among 715 festivals across Europe. The exceptional success of the festival was also confirmed by receiving the AUDIENCE AWARD.
Artistic Director in 2019 and 2020 is Prof. Mario Hossen.
Venues: Festival and Congress Center, City Art Gallery, Summer Theater, Archaeological Museum courtyard, Varna state opera, University of Economics-Aula, National School of Arts "Dobri Hristov"
Organiser: Varna Municipality - Culture and Intellectual Development Directorate
Contact details: tel.: +359 52 820 352; e-mail: culture@varna.bg
www.varnasummerfest.org
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