Някои премиерни изпълнения на произведения от български композитори на Международния фестивал „Софийски музикални седмици“
Some Premiere Performances of Works by Bulgarian Composers at Sofia Music Weeks International Festival

Summary/Abstract: The international festival “Sofia Music Weeks” was founded in 1970 to introduce the capital city’s audience to a broad spectrum of artistic achievements, encompassing both renowned masterpieces and lesser-known or entirely obscure compositions, including such by Bulgarian composers. The festival stage featured a remarkable diversity of both Bulgarian and foreign premieres that spanned across the entire spectrum of musical genres. These premieres ranged from shorter forms (such as solo and choral songs plus instrumental miniatures) to grand symphonic compositions, cantatas, oratorios, operas, musicals, ballets, contemporary dance theatre performances, innovative synthetic compositions, and crossover projects. This text focuses on significant samples from the Bulgarian premiere repertoire featured on “Sofia Music Weeks” posters after 1978. These compositions are examined chronologically, i.e. in the order of their first performances, as they left an indelible mark on Bulgarian musical culture. Approximately 20 carefully selected works representing diverse genres and stylistic categories made their concert debuts at “Sofia Music Weeks.” These works vividly illustrate the diversity of the festival’s repertoire, consisting of premieres, albeit not exclusively newly-created works, and showcasing a wide range of premiere types featured in the presentation.

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