Balgarianovinite.com Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer will give a concert with the Sofia Philharmonic at Bulgaria Hall in the capital on the evening of Thursday, May 21. They will perform under the baton of Nayden Todorov.
The programme of the show features two musical works themed around memory, time and man, and infused with emotion which is hard to forget, the orchestra management says. The centrepiece is Styx by Giya Kancheli, one of the most personal and moving works by the Georgian composer, specially written to be played by Kremer. It will be performed together with Bulgaria’s National Philharmonic Choir.
The second half of the concert is dedicated to Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major by Dmitri Shostakovich. Written in 1945, the work surprised audiences from its very premiere. Instead of triumphant music celebrating the end of World War II, Shostakovich created something more ironic, more restless and far more human. Behind the lightness and sarcasm, listeners can sense the tension of the era and the Soviet-Russian composer’s characteristic way of saying much more than appears at first glance, the Sofia Philharmonic management says.
Gidon Kremer was born in Riga, Latvia in 1947. He began studying the violin at the age of four under the guidance of his father and grandfather, both distinguished string players. After early success in Latvia, he continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory with David Oistrakh.
Kremer rose to international prominence after winning major prizes at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, the International Music Competition of Montreal, and the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and first prize at the Paganini Competition. Over the past five decades, he has established himself as one of the most distinctive violinists of his generation, performing with leading orchestras and conductors around the world. In 1997, he founded the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra to support young musicians from the Baltic states. Kremer performs on a 1641 violin by Nicola Amati. Latvian Violinist Gidon Kremer Performs with Sofia Philharmonic 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-21 06:13:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law