The Big Band of the National Music Academy in Sofia has begun the new season with new professional-grade instruments, the Academy announced Thursday.
The new equipment includes jazz trombones, trumpets, flugelhorns, electric guitars, a drum kit with stands, a synthesizer, and a range of percussion instruments such as tambourines, congas, bongos, guiros, bells, and a percussion table.
According to the academy, the acquisition was made possible through targeted funding from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Science, as part of efforts to support contemporary music education in Bulgaria.
The instruments will be used in public for the first time on November 3 in Hall 3 of the National Palace of Culture, during the concert BG Jazz in the Salon, part of the autumn Salon of the Arts festival. The program, led by Mihail Yosifov, will feature works by Bulgarian composers Milcho Leviev, Bentsion Eliezer, Yanko Miladinov, Yosif Tsankov, Angel Zaberski, Vili Kazasyan, Svetozar Rusinov, and Hristo Yotsov.
On the following day, November 4, the Academy will hold another concert, On the Road of Folklore, in Hall 9 of the National Palace of Culture. The program will include performances by students—instrumentalists and singers—from the classes of Dimitar Hristov, Vanya Moneva, Darina Slavova, Neli Andreeva, Ivelina Dimova, Hristina Beleva, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, and Petyo Kostadinov. The concert will feature songs and instrumental pieces from the Bulgarian folklore tradition by composers Krasimir Kyurkchiyski, Filip Kutev, Stefan Kanev, Ivan Valev, Anastas Naumov, Georgi Andreev, Petar Ralchev, Stoyan Paurov, Dimitar Hristov, and Peyo Peev. Performances will also include the Academic Folklore Choir conducted by Vanya Moneva and the Academic Folklore Orchestra led by Dimitar Hristov. Big Band of the National Music Academy Begins Season with New Instruments THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-23 20:38:18 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