Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Program by Significant Productions, Inc

CONTENTS Theatre Staff.......................................................................................................... 2 Whitney Morse on The Sharon® L. Morse Performing Arts Center........................ 3 Program................................................................................................................ 4 Biography...........................................................................................................5-7 Coming Soon...................................................................................................8-10

THEATRE STAFF Executive Director.......................................................................... Jason Goedken Artistic Director.............................................................................Whitney Morse Associate Artistic Director..................................................................Angel Creeks Director of Operations..........................................................................Jon Cronin Production Manager........................................................................Mike Giovinco Booking Manager.................................................................................Sierra Weiss Marketing Director.......................................................................... Taylor Adkins Senior Business Manager................................................................... Sean Graham Lighting Supervisor..................................................................... Alison Southgate Senior Production Coordinator.............................................................. Madi Carr Audio Visual Director...........................................................................Luke Bezio House Manager.....................................................................................Alec Speers Assistant House Managers..........................Mark Kirschenbaum, Nichole Pollack Director of Ticketing & Customer Relations............................... Yasmeen Stogden Ad Sales............................................................................................ Taylor Adkins marketing@significantproductions.org

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Dear Patron of the Arts, Welcome to The Sharon® L. Morse Performing Arts Center! Much like the building’s namesake, my grandmother, Sharon L. Morse, we love all varieties of the performing arts here. It is in her memory that I, along with my amazing team of artists and arts administrators, strive to bring many different types of the highest quality entertainment here to The Sharon. Since opening in 2015, we have strived to establish your trust, that a show at The Sharon is a show worth seeing. Perhaps you find yourself here today to see a concert of one of your favorite musicians, or to take in the national tour of a Broadway show. Either way, we encourage you to consider trying out a new show that perhaps you haven’t heard of before, knowing that it has been intentionally curated by our team. We welcome you to The Sharon: a place for you to see an old favorite, but also a place to discover your new favorite. I sincerely hope you enjoy the show today, and I look forward to seeing you here again soon! See You at The Sharon,

Whitney Morse Artistic Director

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PROGRAM Conductors Christo Pavlov, Principal Conductor –––––––––––– Program Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni Opera K 527 Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A Major, K 219 (Soloist Liya Petrova) ~ Intermission ~ Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C Major, K 551 (The Jupiter)

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BIOGRAPHY SOFIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Founded in 1892 as Guards Symphony Orchestra, in 1938 after fusion with the Academic Symphony Orchestra transformed into Royal Military Symphony Orchestra, after 1945 the SOFIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA became the national orchestra of Bulgaria and has long established itself as one of the leading cultural institutions, representative of the overall contemporary musical culture of the country. The orchestra’s high artistic achievement is associated with the names of prominent figures such as Sasha Popov, Konstantin Iliev, Dobrin Petkov, Vassil Stefanov, Vladi Simeonov, Vassil Kazandjiev, Dimitar Manolov, Emil Tabakov, Julian Kovatchev, Nayden Todorov. Unforgettable in the chronicle of the Philharmonic are the instances of co-operation with personalities such as conductors Bruno Walter, Hermann Abendroth, Kurt Masur, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Simonov, Yuri Temirkanov, Igor MarkeviTch, Carlo Zecchi, Karl Österreichher, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Neville Marriner, Charles Dutoit, Marin Alsop, Frédéric Chaslin, Gianluigi Gelmetti and others. Soloists who have performed with the orchestra were David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Alexis Weissenberg, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Spivakov, Ruggiero Ricci, Ghena Dimitrova, Jose Carreras, Julian Rachlin, Placido Domingo, Sarah Chang, Thomas Hampson, Yuri Bashmet, Tabea Zimmermann, Elena Bashkirova, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Sonya Yoncheva, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Maxim Vengerov, Svetlin Russev, Angela Gheorghiu, Vadim Repin, Paul Badura-Skoda, Joshua Bell, Dmitri Ratser, Elīna Garanča, Sharon Kam, Ivo Pogorelić, Martha Argerich, Viktoria Mullova, Mischa Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, Gidon Kremer and many more world-renowned artists. The repertoire of the Sofia Philharmonic comprises works from the entire historically available range of music – from classical to contemporary opuses, including premiere performances of numerous works by Bulgarian composers. The orchestra has garnered substantial recognition all over the world. It has guestperformed with great success in the major musical centres across Europe (Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, France, Croatia, Switzerland), Asia (China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan), and North America, and has received frenetic acclaim even from the most demanding of audiences. The Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra was awarded many prestigious accolades including: “Musician of the Year” , “Golden Lyre” , “Golden Stave”, “Golden Quill”, “Crystal Lyre”, the Honorary Sign of Sofia, the Honorary Sign of the President of Bulgaria. From 2017, general director of the Sofia Philharmonic is maestro Nayden Todorov.

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BIOGRAPHY CHRISTO PAVLOV, Principal Conductor Since 2017, Maestro Pavlov has been Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Sofia Metropolitan Orchestra and Choir (also known as Philharmonic Orchestra of Bulgaria). He was also Principal Guest Conductor of the Sofia Sinfonietta. Christo has been guest conductor of many of the world’s leading orchestras including: The Czech Philharmonic and Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also enjoyed the rare opportunity of being invited to conduct at Austria’s legendary Golden Hall, the home of the Vienna Philharmonic. He has been conductor or producer for several hundred productions for CD, film, and games for many companies including BMG, HBO, National Geographic, Centaur Records, SPH, Stageone, Albany Records, Fontec, Wildflower Recordings, Summit Records, Da Vinci, ERM Media, and Sud Ovest Records to name a few. Many of the recordings won international prizes, including EMI’s illustrious Golden Award, in addition to ten Grammy Nominations. For these various productions he worked with many great musicians including Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Fabio Armiliato, and legendary film composer Lalo Schifrin. He has been producing manager of hundreds of concerts and recording projects of the Bulgarian National Opera and has supervised and directed various concerts in the following countries: Bulgaria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Malta, Israel, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Korea, China, Lebanon, Malaysia, etc. As conductor or player he made hundreds of world or national premieres for pieces by different composers from all continents. Christo takes part in many international music festivals throughout the world: Germany, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Bulgaria. Some of the great halls he has conducted include Auditorio Nacional de Musica (Madrid), Palau de la Musica (Barcelona), Konzertsaal Philharmonic (Munich), Palau de la Muscia (Valencia), and legendary Dresden Kulturpalast. LIYA PETROVA, Violinist Liya Petrova is a First Prize Winner at the International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition 2016 in Denmark. She is praised for her “Effortless virtuosity” ( The Strad ), “Exceptional tonal variety “ ( Gramophone ) ,and “Gorgeous sound - ripe and silvery; Phrasing with majestic breadth” ( The Times ). Liya won numerous prizes at international competitions such as the Concours International de Violon Tibor Varga, the 6

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BIOGRAPHY International Louis Spohr Competition and the Vaclav Huml Competition among others, and at the German Music Competition which granted her admission to the list of Soloists of the DMR (Deutscher Musikrat). As a soloist Liya has performed with many renowned Orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique Luxembourg, the Filharmonie Antwerp, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Orchestre National de Belgique ,the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Montpellier, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the KlassikPhilharmonie Hamburg, the Norddeutschen Philharmonie Rostock, the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and others. She has worked with conductors such as Philippe Herrewege, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yan Tortelier, Nikolaj Szeps- Znaider, Christopher WarrenGreen, Jesús López Cobos and Michel Tabachnik. She is also regularly touring in Japan which brings her to perform this season in over 20 cities in Japan. Her first solo Album with the Odense Symphony Orchestra under Kristiina Poska, including Nielsen and Prokofiev first Violin concerto for Orchid Classic Label (2018) brought her international critical acclaim. In 2016 she received her second invitation to the concert series “Martha Argerich and friends” with Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet and Mischa Maisky. Furthermore, she has collaborated with Ivry Gitlis, Renaud Capucon Augustin Dumay, James Ehnes, Nicholas Angelich, Frank Braley, Yuja Wang, Gerad Caussé, Autoine Tamestit, Gary Hoffman and Gautier Capucon in numerous chamber music projects. Amongst others, Liya has given guest performances at the Festspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspielen, the Festival de Radio France Montpellier, the Festival of Menton and the Festival de Pâques of Aix-en-Provence. Liya Petrova was born in Bulgaria surrounded by a family of musicians. At the age of 11 she began her studies in Germany as a Young Student at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock. After studying with Petru Munteanu there ,Liya continued her studies further with Augustin Dumay at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium, Renaud Capucon at the HEMU in Lausanne, and Antje Weithaas at the Hochschule für Musik “Hans Eisler” in Berlin. Liya plays an outstanding instrument made by Carlo Bergonzi in 1737 in Cremona, on a generous loan from Xavier and Josephine Moreno.

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