PROGRAMME

11 SEPTEMBER – Thursday

17:00 – 17:30        Showcase of the participating choral groups

17:30 – 18:00        Laying wreaths and flowers at the monument of composer Dobri Hristov

*Festival and Congress Center Varna – Hall 1

19:00 – 21:30        Official Opening Ceremony – “150 years Dobri Hristov”

XLIII International Choir Competition “Prof. Georgi Dimitrov”

Children’s Choir “Dobri Hristov”
  conductor Galina Stanisheva
Brass band of the National School of Arts “Dobri Hristov” Varna
  conductor Lyubomir Aleksandrov

 

12 SEPTEMBER – Friday

9:30 – 10:30           Meeting of the International Jury

*“Yunashki Salon” Hall

Competition Programme

11:00 – 12:00        Category “Children’s Choirs”

  1. Lautitia Children’s Choir – Debrecen, Hungary
  2. Cantus Children’s Choir – Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

12:00 – 13:30        Category “Women’s and Men’s Choirs”

  1. Hots Abesbatza – Oñati, Spain
  2. Gratia Choir – Semarang, Indonesia
  3. Insieme Vocale Vox Cordis – Arezzo, Italy

16:30 – 17:30        Category “Chamber Choirs”

  1. Female Chamber Choir Muusad – Tallinn, Estonia
  2. Insieme Vocale Vox Cordis – Arezzo, Italy

————————–  15 min. break  ————————–

17:45 – 19:45        Category „Mixed choirs“

  1. Raffles Singers – Singapore
  2. Gratia Choir – Semarang, Indonesia
  3. Jazzberry Tunes – Ankara, Turkey
  4. Adam Mickiewicz University Academic Choir – Poznan, Poland

 

19:00 – 20:30        Open-air concerts of the participants in the International choir competition

  • Open-air stage at “Nezavisimost” Square in front of “Stoyan Bachvarov” Drama Theater
  • Open-air stage in front of church “St. Nicholas”

 

13 SEPTEMBER – Saturday

*National Art School “Dobri Hristov

11:00 – 12:30        150 years Dobri Hristov – presenting the life and artistic career of the composer; starring different ensembles from the National Art School “Dobri Hristov”; lecturer – Rumyana Petrova PHD

*Delta Planet Mall

13:00 – 15:00        Concerts of the choirs participating in the International Choir Competition

*Choir School “Prof. Marin Chonev”

15:00 – 16:00        Board Meeting of the Bulgarian Choir Union

*“Yunashi Salon” Hall

17:00 – 18:30         VARNA GRAND PRIX COMPETITION
(featuring the prizewinners of each Competition category)

19:00 – 19:45        Award Ceremony and Official Closing of the XLIII International Choir Competition “Prof. Georgi Dimitrov”   

20:00 – 21:30        Closing Concert of the XLIII International Choir Competition “Prof. Georgi Dimitrov” laureates
Anton Novak square – Sea Garden Entrance

 

14 SEPTEMBER – Sunday

*Delta Planet Mall

11:00 – 13:00        Concerts of the participants in the ICC “Prof. Georgi Dimitrov”

The XLIII International Choir Competition “Prof. Georgi Dimitrov” – 2025 is brought to you with the financial support of the Municipality of Culture.

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