Dilyana Georgieva » Events

“From Classics to Hollywood” concert cycle

dilyana — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:17:06 +0000

I have the pleasure to launch a fascinating new project with my good friend Angela Madjarova (harp), joined this time with Rossitsa Bojadjieva (flute), in making a music time travel – From Classics to Hollywood, masterpieces of classical and film music. We will start from Sofia on July 31 and then will pass through Dobrich and Balchik. See schedule details here. Sofia event details are here.

Harmony in Contemporary Life

dilyana — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:56:04 +0000

During the XXIII Days of the Japanese Culture in Bulgaria, two of my photo haiga were included in the exhibition Harmony in Contemporary Life, which consisted of ikebana, bonsai, haiku, and haiga, and was hosted by Serdica Exhibition Hall in Sofia.

Opening of the Season

dilyana — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:21:36 +0000

I am back in my hometown Vratsa for the opening of the new musical season with the town’s philharmonic society. It will be a lovely night with the music of Verdi and Puccini.

The History of Harp

dilyana — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:30:31 +0000

It was a great pleasure to join Angela Madjarova, a classical harp player, for the inspiring project “The History of the Harp” with a concert in Varna, organized by Ivona Nedeva Projects. My soprano voice and Angela’s harp traveled in time and space with the music of Handel, František Xaver Dušek, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Claude Debussy and Nino Rota. Share our pleasure from that event with the beautiful Debussy’s “Beau soir”.

Up in the Rhodope Mountains, In the Land of Orpheus

dilyana — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:29:53 +0000

I was very inspired when I got an invitation from my good friend Ivan Kabamitov (baritone) to join the Summer Ats Academy “The Fire of Orpheus” in the amazing Rhodope Mountains’ village of Shiroka Laka. More than 200 people from two continents gathered and enjoyed the passion for arts in the land where the ancient Thracian gods reigned. Share these marvelous moment with me.

Magnificent Night with the Mass No. 3 in F Minor WAB 28 by Anton Bruckner

dilyana — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:26:10 +0000

I was very happy to stage the Bruckner’s Mass No. 3 in F minor with the Bulgarian National Radio’s symphonic orchestra at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. Bruckner’s masterpiece, performed for first time in Bulgaria, was conducted by Andreas Herrmann (Germany) and the Bulgarian National Radio choir’s Maestro Metodi Matakiev. Listen to the sacred music here.

A concert in memoriam of Gena Dimitrova took place in Paris

dilyana — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:11:48 +0000

On the eve of June 11, the date when we commemorate the third anniversary of Gena Dimitrova’s death, our embassy in Paris organized a concert with the famous Bulgarian singers, soprano Dilyana Georgieva and baritone Alexander Krunev, who works for the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Sofia. They performed opera arias, duets and also songs by Bulgarian composers to the accompaniment of the pianist Ivaylo Ivanov, who also works for the National Theatre. Guests at the event included ambassadors and permanent representatives of UNESCO and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, French and Bulgarian intellectuals, diplomats and government officers, as well as members of the Bulgarian community in Paris.

In her welcoming speech, the Bulgarian ambassador Irina Bokova reminded the audience that Gena Dimitrova was not only a singer possessing a great voice who brought fame to Bulgaria by performing all over the world, but also an ambassador who spread Bulgarian faith in goodness, which was tempered during centuries of hardship and ordeals. Dimitrova’s work has been continued by her talented disciple Dilyana Georgieva, who has performed at all Bulgarian operas and also by Aleksander Krunev, who was Dimitrova’s partner on stage many times. Georgieva and Krunev brilliantly performed arias and duets from operas by Massenet, Giordano, Puccini, Mozart and Verdi, and also songs by Pancho Vladigerov and Dobri Hristov. The concert was a good occasion for Bulgaria to present its forthcoming participation in the Season of European Cultures, organized by France, serving as the president of the EU, in the second half of 2008.

See the official press release of Ministry of Culture here (in Bulgarian) and the coverage in Kultura weekly here (in Bulgarian).

Fabulos moments during a concert in Ruse

dilyana — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:26:37 +0000

This was a concert, but also a spectacle, and a multitude of very nice moments… I, Alexander Krunev (baritone) and Orlin Goranov (tenor) were inspired by the friendly audience of Ruse during the concert on May 5th. We all celebrated the evening together with the Ruse Philharmonic Society and shared our passion for opera music. We made a really trilling swap – during the marvelous Brindisi (La Traviata) performance, Krunev (baritone) started acting as a conductor and the conductor Izmerliev started to sing. You can watch these unforgettable moments here and here.

Requiem A Prayer for Bulgaria by Radosveta Boyadjieva

dilyana — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:54:08 +0000

It was a great honor and privilege for me to act as the soprano performing A Prayer for Bulgaria Requiem, created by the great Bulgarian conductor and musician Radosveta Boyadjieva, on its first night at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia.

“Spring Duets” in Support of “I CAN TOO”

dilyana — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:45:38 +0000

After I became acquainted with the goals of “I CAN TOO” Foundation, I was extremely thrilled to learn that I can be of help to the children with impairment by inviting them to experience and share the beauty of the art of Opera. I organized a grand opera concert in the beautiful Military Club Hall in Sofia, named Spring Duets to help the needed. For I felt, and still firmly believe, that it is a communal duty, a human-to-human duty to care and think about these children; to dedicate even a bit of our busy lives and share our opportunities and success. I met parents, whose will to fight never succumbed to despair, despite the grave diagnoses their children were given. I felt that this adamant will should be supported not only by the efforts and advancement of modern medicine, but also by what is all too human: our human talents and the constant pursuit and love for beauty. As a singer and a mother I deeply believe in the healing potency of music: the artistic milieu, permeated by the positivism that surrounds every performance, heals the hearts of the children, burdened by their physical impairments and gives strength, hope, and light to their families. I have seen how music lifts their spirit and dreams, and ignites further the internal flame of courage and perseverance.
The entire revenue from Spring Duets concert went to aid the children’s smoother and gradual social adaptation and improve their immediate circumstances by the purchase of tailored to their needs special transportation vehicles.