UPCOMING EVENTS
Schedule of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble
Season 2022/2023
10 May 2024, Friday, 19:00, City Mark Art Center
Bulgarian Classics
The concert is dedicated to:
125th Anniversary of the Birth of Pancho Vladigerov; 120th anniversary of the birth of Lyubomir Pipkov ;
100th anniversary of the birth of Georgi Tutev; 90th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Spasov;
90th anniversary of the birth of Vasil Kazandzhiyev; 75th anniversary of the birth of Rumen Baliozov.
”...The reading and re-reading of heritage - this is a mandatory process for any cultural community that wants to develop. You cannot develop without knowing what has been created before you!”
Georgi Tutev
Following Konstantin Iliev's anniversary, the Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble continues its lineage dedicated to Bulgarian music with the Bulgarian Classics concert. On May 10 (Friday) at 7 p.m. in the hall of the City Mark Art Center, works by P. Vladigerov, L. Pipkov, G. Tutev, I. Spasov, V. Kazandjiev and R.Baliozov - authors with bright individuality, each of whom occupies an important place in the development of our musical culture. The Piano Trio of Acad. Vasil Kazandjiev, dedicated to the Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble will be premiered that same night. An evening in which we will enjoy the richness and diversity of our Bulgarian classics.
Program:
- Pancho Vladigerov - Three watercolours for clarinet and piano
- Ivan Spasov - Small piece in folk style for piano solo
- Vasil Kazandjiev - Trio for violin, cello and piano (2021; dedicated to the Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble, premiere)
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- Lyubomir Pipkov - ”Five Episodes on a Folk Song”, second movement of Piano Trio
- Georgi Tutev - ”Every Goat for its Leg” for violin, clarinet and cello (musical joke for three)
- Rumen Balozov - Monkeys, Camilla and Penguins from Bestiary for cello and piano
- Bela Bartók - Bulgarian Dances for violin, cello, clarinet and piano (arr. Kristian Kaloyanov)
Tickets can be bought at the desk of City Mark Art Center (former movie theater ”Levski”), Sofia, bul. ”Yanko Sakazov” 30,
tel. 02/9557478 or online at www.cmart.info.
9 March 2024, Saturday, 19:00, City Mark Art Center
Remembering Konstantin Iliev
An evening dedicated to the 100th anniversary
of Konstantin Iliev's birth
"Music should express that state of man for which there are no words, no name. That imaginary reality, which we only vaguely sense and in which we find the solution to all our problems in unknown ways."
Konstantin Iliev
March 9, 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Bulgarian conductor, composer and public figure Konstantin Iliev. On the initiative of the Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble and prof. Ventseslav Nikolov in the hall of City Mark Art Center, just a few blocks from the home of Konstantin Iliev, will be celebrated his birthday. From the distance of time we will remember the personality of our great musician through the eyes of two different generations with stories, documentary recordings and music. Konstantin Iliev's re-published autobiographical book "Word and Deed" will also be presented.
Tickets can be bought at the desk of City Mark Art Center (former movie theater ”Levski”), Sofia, bul. ”Yanko Sakazov” 30,
tel. 02/9557478 or online at www.cmart.info.
28 February 2024, Wednesday, 19:00, City Mark Art Center
Chamber ensemble "Silhouettes" presents the performance "QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME" by Olivier Messiaen
International Monodrama Festival "TO THE STARS"
((February 26 - March 1, 2024))
Every encounter with the End Time Quartet is a special event. It is an extraordinary work written and performed during the dark war years - on 15 January 1941 in a concentration camp for French intellectuals, including Olivier Messiaen. Today, 83 years later, it is still relevant... A deeply moving work inspired by a text from the tenth chapter of John's Revelation describing the end of the world. With a special appearance by actor Itsko Finzi, whose voice will bring the composer's words to life.
Be together with us on February 28 in the hall of the City Mark Art Center!
Tickets can be bought at the desk of City Mark Art Center (former movie theater ”Levski”), Sofia, bul. ”Yanko Sakazov” 30,
tel. 02/9557478 or online at www.cmart.info.
December 9, 2023 (Saturday), 19.00, City Mark Art Center
Brahms and Friends
190th Anniversary of Birth of Johannes Brahms
In the second concert of the season by the "Silhouettes" Chamber Ensemble, the personality of Johannes Brahms is once again at the center. The musicians also selected works by his older friend and mentor Robert Schumann, as well as by his younger follower Antonín Dvořák, whose talent Brahms held in high esteem.
В програмата:
- Robert Schumann - „Märchenerzählungen” Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, op. 132
- Johannes Brahms – Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 40
- Antonín Dvořák – Trio "Dumki" for violin, cello and piano, op. 90, No.4
Be together with us on December 9 in the hall of the City Mark Art Center!
Tickets can be bought at the desk of City Mark Art Center (former movie theater ”Levski”), Sofia, bul. ”Yanko Sakazov” 30,
tel. 02/9557478 or online at www.cmart.info.
October 11, 2023 (Wednesday), 19.00, City Mark Art Center
Bramhs Evening
The season's first concert of the "Silhouettes" Chamber Ensemble is dedicated to Johannes Brahms. The musicians have selected three iconic works from the composer's chamber music, with which they will celebrate the 190th anniversary of his birth.
In the program:
- Johannes Brahms - Clarinet and Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 120
- Johannes Brahms - Trio for violin, cello and piano No. 3, Op. 101
- Johannes Brahms - Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 114
Be with us to experience together the wonderful music of Johannes Brahms!
Tickets can be bought at the desk of City Mark Art Center (former movie theater ”Levski”), Sofia, bul. ”Yanko Sakazov” 30,
tel. 02/9557478 or online at www.cmart.info.
