Apostol Atanasov, Simeon Stoychev and Vladimir Meranliev each won one of the three age groups at the "Prof. Nedyalka Simeonova" International Competition for Young Violinists in Haskovo.
Haskovo council provided the prizes. Jury chair Prof. Ginka Gichkova and jury member Prof. Dr Galina Koycheva-Mircheva presented them.
Atanasov won the first age group, with Anna Kazakova second and Alexander Dimitrov third. Stoychev won the second group. Filip Vasilevski and Elena Kalinova shared second place, and Tonislav Tonchev and Kosara Alexandrova shared third.
Meranliev won the third group, with Mariyana Stoeva second. No third prize was given in this group.
The gala concert featured Wieniawski played by Atanasov, Pancho Vladigerov by Stoychev and Prokofiev by Stoeva. It closed with Cherkin's "Sevdana", a piece closely linked with Nedyalka Simeonova. Maria-Elena Sredeva accompanied Meranliev's performance.
The Vratsa Sinfonietta will perform a 3D hologram concert tonight at 7pm at the "Zarya-1858" community cultural centre. Entry is free. Hristo Pavlov conducts, and the soloists are pianists Martina Tabakova and Georgi Cherkin.
The programme includes Brahms's Hungarian Dances, Dvořák's Slavonic Dances, Debussy's "Clair de Lune" and Saint-Saëns's concert fantasy "Carnival of the Animals". The concert is the high point of the "Prof. Nedyalka Simeonova" Music Days, organised by the council, and has backing from the National Culture Fund under its "Creation and Distribution – Large Projects" programme.