Balgarianovinite.com On Friday night, the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra performed a concert in celebration of the 65th Bulgarian kaval player Theodosii Spassov.
The programme featured some of Verdi’s works, beginning with the overture to the opera La Traviata, followed by Concerto Fantasia on Motives from Rigoletto by Luigi Bassi, and virtuoso Bulgarian-British clarinetist Boyan Ivanov as soloist.
The connection to the second part of the concert, when Theodosii Spassov took the stage, was Hora Staccato by Grigoras Dinicu. Dinicu was a Romanian virtuoso violinist and composer of Roma origin, and the only orchestration of this horo was made by Pancho Vladigerov.
This was followed by Spassov’s original Concerto for Kaval, Clarinet, and Symphony Orchestra, in which the two instruments led the audience through the different genres of folk music, jazz, and classical music. The work is in three movements and is dedicated to the Bulgarian clarinetist Ilian Iliev, with whom Spassov has performed it many times in the past with various orchestras across Bulgaria.
The concert concluded with four original pieces by Theodosii Spassov – The Goat Island, Jovka Kumanovka, Strange Occasion, and Gypsy Dance. Before each piece, Spassov would tell the audience the story behind it.
The conductor of the concert, Hristo Pavlov, had prepared a surprise for Spassov, by bringing on stage beloved Bulgarian singer Vassil Petrov with an emotional rendition of the folk song Devoiko, Mari Hubava.
In the end, the soloists and the orchestra returned for an encore and played Gypsy Dance. Before performing it, Spassov explained that when students of the folklore school in Kotel, which he also attended, are asked which school they study at, they answer “the right school,” because “besides the formal musical education, we also take lessons from the Roma neighborhood. Other schools don’t have Roma neighborhoods.” Spassov demonstrated to the audience just how enriching and beautiful Roma music can be.
Before the concert, Theodosii Spassov told BTA that the most important thing in his creative work is to show where the music comes from and to make it sound authentically Bulgarian. Vratsa Symphony Orchestra Marks 65th Anniversary of Kaval Player Theodosii Spassov 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-07 10:05:31 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