JAZZ-SYMPHONY CONCERT

News публикувана на: 17.07.2015

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On 22 July /Wednesday/ at 21.00. At the Antique Forum "Augusta Traiana" in Stara Zagora, come to the unique JAZZ-SIMPHONY CONCERT with the special participation of Anatoly Vapirov, Stoyan Yankulov-Stunji, Dimitar Karamfilov, Milen Kukosharov and others. Conductor Zdravko Lazarov. You will also have the pleasure to hear Anatoly Vapirov's original compositions performed by the guest soloists and the Orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
Anatoly Vapirov studied clarinet at the Leningrad Conservatory (now St. Petersburg) and completed a master class in saxophone (1977). He taught saxophone at the Leningrad Conservatory (1976-82). His brilliant school education, long experience and wonderful skills provided him with practically unlimited possibilities as a musician. He has a wide range of musical interests - he enjoys playing mainstream in the band "The Golden Years of Jazz". Vapirov was the leader of the Varna Big Band and plays traditional jazz, composes chamber pieces, symphonic and ballet music. Leningrad jazz enthusiasts will not forget such major projects of Anatoly Vapirov as "The Mirror of Memory" (dedicated to Charlie Mingus), "The Lines of Fate" (in memory of Alban Berge), "De Profundis", "Macbeth", "Slovonic Musture". Many of them (more than 80) have been released on gramophone records and CDs, and are soundtracks to television films. He is an established jazz performer, playing with renowned jazz musicians at festivals in Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria, Germany, USA, France, Italy, Switzerland and Denmark. He also writes film scores. Anatoly Vapirov is the artistic director of the Varna Summer International Jazz Festival.
Stoyan Yankulov was born on September 10 in Elin Pelin, Sofia region. At the age of 8 he started piano lessons. At the same time he became interested in percussion instruments. From an early age he was already the basis of musical ensembles as a drummer. In Sofia he graduated from the Lyubomir Pipkov Music School and then from the Pancho Vladigerov State Music Academy with a degree in percussion instruments. He was accepted into the Bulgarian National Radio Big Band. Yankulov performs with rock and jazz bands, folk ensembles, jazz-rock and fusion groups, and has given concerts in Bulgaria, Finland, Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, USA, Canada, Japan, Russia.Stoyan Yankulov has presented Bulgarian cultural heritage to the Presidents of Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Hungary, His Serene Highness Prince Albert, the King and Queen of Sweden, Koijiro Matsura-UNESKO, OSCE Ministers.He has participated in projects by Bobby McFerrin, Okay Temiz, Cornell Horvath, Carlo Rizzo, Arabel Karajan, Enver Izmailov, as well as with Theodosii Spasov, Ivo Papazov, Milcho Leviev, Simeon Shterev, Yildiz Ibrahimova, Anatoly Vapirov, Petar Ralchev.Yankulov's duet with Elitsa Todorova placed him in the prestigious 5th place in the final of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland.His latest projects are with virtuoso bass guitarist Juan Garcia-Hereros from Colombia, Roberto Quintero - percussion from Venezuela, Eric Martignon - piano from Venezuela / USA.Yankulov is a laureate of the Crystal Lira - 2004 in the category "Jazz" from the Union of Bulgarian Music and Dance Artists, Radio "Classic FM" and the National Center for Music and Dance Ministry of Culture.He was awarded a Diploma from the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Austria for his great contribution to the popularization of Bulgarian jazz music and bright participation in the Panorama of the first Bulgarian Jazz Music Week outside Bulgaria. The Bulgarian National Association "Phenomena" - a collective member of the International Academy of Informatization at the United Nations awarded Stoyan Yankulov with a golden statuette for his outstanding contribution to the field of art and the presentation of Bulgarian culture around the world.
Milen Kukosharov was born on 15 May 1978 in Plovdiv. He graduated from the Music School in the city, majoring in piano. Besides "CAFFE", he also plays in the band "Infinity". He has participated in the recordings of many famous performers, such as Stefan Valdobrev, Teodosi Spasov, etc.The musical tastes of the six are different, but they still like Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, James Brown, Alicia Keys, John McLaughlin, Pat Matheny, Sting, "Take 6". They like Afro music, R&B, jazz, contemporary pop.
Dimitar Karamfilov was born in 1981 in Stara Zagora. At the age of 4 he was already learning solfege and music theory, and half a year later he got his first violin. He graduated in 2000. It was at that time that he first came into contact with recordings of blues and jazz artists such as. Б. King, Oscar Peterson, Chick Curia and others, they permanently left in him a strong attraction to jazz and improvisation later grew into a real passion, and hence an interest in double bass and bass guitar. In 2008 he defended his master's degree in composition and double bass. At the very beginning of his studies at the music academy, he made his first appearances with various musicians in Sofia jazz clubs. His musical biography includes appearances at all the important annual jazz festivals in Bulgaria as well as with many prominent jazz musicians (Milcho Leviev, Zhivko Petrov, Teodosii Spasov, Hristo Yotsov, Antoni Donchev, Mikhail Yosifov and others). In 2007 he took part in the composition and recording of the music to Neshka Robeva's last performance "Refugees".