UPCOMING EVENTS
”Silhouettes” Chamber Ensemble - Guest Ensemble
of The European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA)
Between September 3rd and September 9th Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble will have the honor to take part in the Grossraming session of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) in Austria. They will work there with Prof. Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartet), Prof. Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet) and the pianist Nicholas Rimmer. Apart from the session, the ensemble will also be part of the K&K Festival, where on September 8th they will present to the Austrian audience the Bulgarian work "Mirages" by Vasil Kazandjiev. The concert will take place in Nationalparkzentrum Molln, Austria at 20:00.
Looking forward to the Third Edition
of Sofia Chamber Music Festival Agitato’ 2017
The third edition of Sofia Chamber Music Festival Agitato’ 2017 will take place between 17th of October
and 29th of November, 2017. The festival is once again a result of collaboration between Duo ”Collage” and Chamber ensemble ”Silhouettes”.
In the year of 2017 the festival will present international participation - Trio Atanasoff (France), Mettis String Quartet
(Lithuania) and Crush Ensemble.
The concerts will hold at Studio 1 of the Bulgarian National Radio.
The festival is achieved with the support of Metropolitan program ”Culture” and Bulgarian National Radio.
The Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble will open the third Sofia Chamber Music Festival Agitato' with a concert
on October 17 at 7.30 pm in Studio 1
of the Bulgarian National Radio. The program includes Piano Trio by Morris Ravel, ”Mirages” for Violin, cello, clarinet and piano by Vassil Kazandjiev
and Quartet for Violin, cello, clarinet and piano by Paul Hindemith.
Join us in the Third Edition of Sofia Chamber Music Festival Agitato’ in the autumn of 2017!
More information about the entire program of the festival at our Facebook page.
Schedule of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble
Season 2017/2018
- September 3-9, 2017, European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), Grossraming Session, Austria
- Participation of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble in the session of European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) at Grossraming, Austria.
- September 8, 2017, 20:00, K&K Festival
- Concert as part of K&K Festival, Nationalparkzentrum, Molln, Austria
- September 11 (Monday), 2017, 18:30, Budapest, Hungary
- Concert of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Budapest
Program: W. A. Mozart, V. Kazandjiev, J. Brahms. - September 23 (Saturday), 2017, 11:00 pm, Svishtov
- Concert-Matine of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble, Nikolay Pavlovich Art Gallery, Svishtov
Program: J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, R. Schumann, J. Brahms. - October 1 (Sunday), 2017, 11:00 pm, City Mark Art Center
- Concert of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble dedicated to the youngest listeners and their parents (for children from 0-3).
Program: Selected works by Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Saint-Sans, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev etc.
Tickets: to the cashier of City Mark Art Center and via ticketsbg.com - October 17 (Tuesday), 2017, 19:30, Sofia Chamber Music Festival Agitato` 2017, Studio 1, BNR
- Opening concert of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble of the Third Sofia Chamber Music Festival Agitato` (17.10 - 29.11).
Program: Piano trio in a minor by Morris Ravel, "Mirages" for violin, cello, clarinet and piano by Vassil Kazandjiev,
and Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano by Paul Hindemith.
Tickets: to the cash desk of Cantus Firmus ("Bulgaria" Hall), via ticketsbg.com, and in front of the hall right before the concert. - More information about the entire program of the festival at our Facebook page.
- December 23 (Saturday), 2017, 18:00, City Mark Art Center
- Christmas concert of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble and the violoncellist Prof. Ventseslav Nikolov,
the first concert from Concert Series at City Mark Art Center (former Levski Cinema).
Program: G. Fr. Handel, Fr. Geminiani, J. Chr. Bach, J. Ramo, J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, F. Liszt, G. Gershwin.
Tickets: to the cashier of City Mark Art Center and via ticketsbg.com - SILHOUETTES 2х2
- February 17 (Saturday), 2018, 18:00, City Mark Art Center
March 17 (Saturday), 2018, 18:00, City Mark Art Center - Two unusual concerts of "Silhouettes" Chamber Ensemble, in which their "silhouettes" will interweave on the stage 2x2.
On the February 17th the audience will hear the first couple from the group - Kristian Kaloyanov (clarinet) and Lilia Jekova (piano), who will present works for clarinet and piano.
On March 17th the two "silhouettes" will change in the violin of Kalina Miteva and the cello of Gabriela Kaloyanova, who have prepared works by Handel, Ravel etc.
Tickets: to the cashier of City Mark Art Center and via ticketsbg.com - April 21 (Saturday), 2018, 18:00, City Mark Art Center
- "Music of the Twentieth Century" - a concert by Ventseslav Nikolov (cello),
the fourth concert of Concert Series at City Mark Art Center (former Levski Cinema).
Program: M. Reger, Z. Kodaly and others.
Tickets: to the cashier of City Mark Art Center and via ticketsbg.com - May 26 (Saturday), 2018, 18:00, City Mark Art Center
- Concert of Chamber Ensemble "Silhouettes" and the violoncellist Prof. Ventseslav Nikolov,
last concert of Concert Series at City Mark Art Center (formerly Levski Cinema).
Tickets: to the cashier of City Mark Art Center and via ticketsbg.com - June 16 - June 23, 2018, Sylt, Germany
- Another participation of Chamber Ensemble "Silhouettes" in the program of "Akademie am Meer", Klappholttal, Sylt, Germany.
Concert Series at City Mark Art Center 2017/2018
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PAST EVENTS
”Silhouettes” Chamber Ensemble at Lancaster International Piano Festival, Pennsylvania, USA
Between July 14th and July 24th, 2017, Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble was a part of the Lancaster International Piano Festival (LIPF), Pennsylvania, USA. The musicians were scholarship students and took part in the master classes and concerts during the festival. The ensemble expresses its gratitude to the artistic director of the festival Prof. Xun Pan, as well as Prof. Ivo Kalchev, who supported this participation and made it possible.
Schedule of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble
Spring–Summer 2017
- March 19 (Sunday) 2017, 18.30, Сity Mark Art Center
- „Encore” – Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble and prof. Ventseslav Nikolov(cello) played together,
the first concert of three concert series
at City Mark Art Center (formerly "Levski" Cinema).
Program: pieces by Handel, Couperin, Vivaldi, Faure, Tchaikovsky, Bartok etc. - March 23–April 4 2017
- Concerts of Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble, islands Sylt and Föhr, Germany.
- April 22 (Saturday) 2017, 18.30, Сity Mark Art Center
- „By Amadeus - personally” – Silhouettes Chamber Ensemble played Mozart, the second concert of three concert series at City Mark Art Center (formerly "Levski" Cinema).
Petromil Denev read passages from Mozart's letters.
Program: Piano Quartets No.1 KV 478 и No.2 KV 493, and Six Nocturnes by Mozart. - May 20 (Saterday) 2017, 18.30, Сity Mark Art Center
- „The Audience Chooses” – Ventseslav Nikolov played at the request of listeners from "Six Suites for Solo Cello" by Johann Sebastian Bach,
the third concert of three concert series at City Mark Art Center (formerly "Levski" Cinema).
Program: "Six Suites for Solo Cello" by Johann Sebastian Bach.
February 16th & 19th 2017
State Puppet Theatre – Stara Zagora
and Chamber ensemble ”Silhouettes” presented
„PETER and the WOLF”
The symphonic tale "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev narrated by means of puppet theater of shadows.
Audio-visual performance in which the narrator and the whole team turned the music into images.
Create vivid pictures, acting characters and real situations, unifying story that reveals friendship, courage and growth.
By means of the theater of shadows music turns into pictures, and they - in history.
See the music of Sergei Prokofiev!
Premiere on February 16th, 2017 (Thursday) at 18.00 in the hall of the Puppet Theatre - Stara Zagora.
Next performance on February 19th, 2017 (Sunday) от 11.00 in the hall of the Puppet Theatre - Stara Zagora.
For more performances until the end of the theater season follow the program of State Puppet Theatre – Stara Zagora.
Stage adaptation and director: Tzveti Peniashki (debut)
Stage Design and Multimedia: Simona Ilieva
Cast: Tatyana Andreeva, Stanislav Matev, Kiril Antonov, Tanya Georgieva, Kaloyan Georgiev, Dilyana Spasova, Elitsa Stoyanova, Denitsa Yanakieva
Musical Adaptation: Chamber ensemble ”Silhouettes”
19th January 2017
Concert of Chamber ensemble ”Silhouettes”
and State symphony orchestra - Shumen
On January 19, 2017 Kalina Miteva (violin), Kristyan Kaloyanov (clarinet), Gabriela Kaloyanova (cello)
and Lilia Jekova (piano), members of Chamber ensemble ”Silhouettes”, were soloists of the State symphony orchestra
of the town of Shumen, conductor Kalina Vassileva.
The concert took place in ”Prof. Veneta Vicheva” Concert hall (the Municipality's hall) at 18.35 o'clock.
Programme: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra; Peter von Winter - Concertino for Clarinet, Cello and Orchestra; Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Piano and Orchestra, "Triple Concerto"