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© London Bulgarian Choir 2008

Coming soon

Brighton Festival of World Sacred Music, Sunday October 12th

St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton

Details here as we get them. Until then, please see the festival website http://www.worldsacredmusic.org/.

Musicport Festival, Sunday October 19th

The Spa, Bridlington, Yorkshire

Please see the festival website for details.

Radio Gagarin, Sunday November 16th

Notting Hill Arts Club, London

We're looking forward to singing again at Radio Gagarin's excellent Klezmer/Gypsy/Balkan/Soviet club night (see http://www.myspace.com/radiogagagarin ) DJ'ed by the indefatigable Max Reinhardt.

The Notting Hill Arts Club is at 21 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JQ.

Chichester Festival, November 29/30th

Chichester

Details (and firm date) to follow.

Nadder Music Café, Saturday December 13th

Tisbury, Wiltshire

Details to follow.

Recent Events

Cheltenham Music Festival + supporting Taraf de Haidouks

Cheltenham, 19 July 2008

We bought our season to a close in style with three concerts in Cheltenham.

This very active day started with another sold-out public workshop from Dessi, and included two outdoor concerts - a short one in the Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens and a longer one in the Imperial Gardens. In the evening, we were indoors in Cheltenham's Town Hall, taking the support slot for the world's most exciting gipsy band, Taraf de Haidouks. The hall has a wonderful acoustic, and we loved singing for such an appreciative audience. See the festival website for more.

Singing with British Sea Power at Latitude Festival

Southwold, Suffolk, 18 July 2008

A small group of the choir sang with the excellent British Sea Power at the Latitiude festival.

Short gig review in Uncut here.

Small Nations Festival

Llandovery, 12 July 2008

This small and extraordinary festival drew artists from all over the world - and the rain held off for the whole weekend!

For an hour after sunset, twenty or so of the choir made the Oak Tree stage their home. A capacity crowd roared their approval, and impromptu dancing and singing carried on into the night. Festival website: http://www.smallnations.co.uk/.

Hebden Bridge Festival

Heptonstall Parish Church, 5 July, St. George's Square 6 July 2008

We continued our summer adventures at the excellent Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.

Apparently, Dessi's workshop and our concert sold out weeks in advance. However, with St George's Square filled to bursting for an open-air gig in the centre of town on the Sunday - and plenty of post-concert singing in the White Lion on Saturday night - we hope we managed to sing for anyone who missed getting into the church! Many thanks to the organisers, who found places for all of us to stay in this lovely town.

Singing with British Sea Power at Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury, 28-29 June 2008

British Sea Power asked us to sing with them at Glastonbury - we were delighted to take part!

British Sea Power played on the John Peel Stage (broadcast by the BBC), the Guardian Lounge and the Left Field stage. We sang with them on Waving Flags and improvised contributions to Ohbedobedoo and Rock in A. BSP were kind enough to give us space to sing some Bulgarian songs - across the weekend, we squeezed in Izgreyala Yasna Zvezda, Izgryala E Mesechinka and Trendafilchitu (and plenty more backstage). A fine way to start a series of fesivals over the summer!

Exhibition Road Festival

Exhibition Road, London, 21 June 2008

Exhibition Road was closed for this annual midsummer festival, and institutions along its length hosted musicians and performances.

We found ourselves on the big outdoor stage inbetween the V&A and the Science Museum, singing to a packed crowd under the plane trees and across the road. Further details from the festival website. Thanks to the Bulgarian Embassy for their help in this event.

Celebrating Sanctuary / Coin Street Festival

South Bank, London, 15 June 2008

We were privileged to participate in this unique event celebrating the work of refugee artists in the UK.

Further details on Myspace and Fly Global Music.

World Routes

BBC Radio 3, 24 May 2008

To celebrate Bulgaria's Day of National Culture (known to all as the day of the Cyrillic alphabet), we were studio guests on Lucy Duran's excellent World Music show.

Dessi and Lucy Duran talked about the choir and Bulgarian music and we sang four of our favourite songs: Tukala Li Si, Kaval Sviri, Ergen Deda and the haunting Pilence Postro Slaveche. More details on the program page and at the World Routes website.

Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs

BBC Radio 4, 21 May 2008

Joan and the Just Radio production team came to one of our rehearsals, to talk to the choir members and record us on home ground. The program was one of five striped across a week of mid-afternoon Radio 4. You can find out more at Radio 4's page.

Extravagant Acts for Mature People

The Peel Centre, Islington, 11 April 2008

We had a fine time singing, and hope we bought a bit of Bulgarian brighness to an otherwise drizzly day. Concert as part of the Clod Ensemble's series of events for the over 60s at Islington's Peel Centre.

Performance with British Sea Power

Later... with Jools Holland, BBC 2, 8 February 2008

Dessi and four of the tops performed Waving Flags with British Sea Power on Jools Holland's "Later...".

2007

Outlook, BBC World Service

Bush House, London, 18 December 2007

We're took part in Outlook's program to celebrate 75 years of the World Service.

Program was transmitted on Wednesday 19th, timings vary by location. Listen to the program (Wednesday edition) at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook.shtml. We sing (parts of) Izgreyala Yasna Zvesda at the start, Shto Mi E Milo in the middle, and Ergen Deda at the end.

A World of Difference with Paul Goodwin

Hayes FM, London, 15th December 2007

Dessi joined Paul for an hour of his Sunday show, talking about Bulgarian music and playing a selection of tracks from Bulgaria - and from our CD.

Christmas Concert

Conway Hall, London, 14th December 2007

A few hundred core supporters turned out for our first time at the Conway Hall, clearly avoiding the biggest office-party night of the year. Joined by the lovely Dessibelles, we wove a bunch of new material around songs from Alyana Galyana and other favourites. The full house stamped their approval and significantly reduced our stock of the new album. A fine time was had by all.

Reuters filmed the concert for their newsfeeds - details when we have them.

Alyana Galyana recordings

Various locations around London, April - October 2007

The choir gathered on four separate occasions to record Alyana Galyana.

We were privileged to have Dill Katz presiding over the recordings, Chris White lending his expert ears, and Nick Robbins putting his magic into the final master.

You can hear the album on our 'listen' page, and buy it from us at concerts.

BBC Christmas Fair

BBC Television Centre, White City, 5th December 2007

We joined forces with Maspindzeli to sing carols in the BBC's courtyard, and followed up with a longer set in the BBC Club.

Nadder Music Café

Nadder Hall, Tisbury, 1st December 2007

We enjoyed a warm welcome in Tisbury's Nadder Hall, where we entertained for the evening as part of their ongoing series of musical events. Organised by Maxwell Steer, in support of the Cherubim Music Trust.

Bulgarian Christmas Party and Fundraiser

Bulgarian Embassy, London, 30th November 2007

Friends of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian City Club organise an annual Embassy Christmas party to raise funds for Bulgarian Orphanages and Children's Charities - in particular, the work of Zov UK. We opened the event with a short set.

Radio Gagarin

Notting Hill Arts Club, London, 25th November 2007

We returned to this fine Klezmer/Gypsy/Balkan/Soviet club night (see http://www.myspace.com/radiogagagarin ), as part of the London Jazz Festival 2007 programme.

Magnificent Me launch Party

The Pool, Shoreditch, 6th November 2007

We sang to support the launch of Veronica Simpson's Magnificent Me magazine - a new magazine for women with minds of their own.

Special event to support work with Bulgarian children in care

St Mary's-On-Paddington Green, London, 1 November 2007

This meeting was triggered by issues raised in the program Bulgaria's Abandoned Children transmitted by the BBC earlier this autumn. Hosted by the director of the documentary, Kate Blewett, the meeting discussed ways that the children and young adults featured in the documentary could be helped. The choir sang a short set.

If the plight of the children of Mogilino moves you, please go to the support website http://www.tbact.org/ to see progress, to donate and to discover how you can help. The choir also supports Zov UK (http://www.zovuk.org.uk/), which does great work improving children's homes across Bulgaria.

English Folk Dance and Song Society 75th Anniversary Celebrations

Cecil Sharp House, London, 20 October 2007

Our half-hour concert at this anniversary kneesup ended with a huge circle dance. Following that, we sang for our dancing friends in the BalkanPlus dance group, who were having a particularly Bulgarian evening with two teachers from the Rhodopi.

Bulgarian City Club 10th Anniversary Ball

The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair, 27 September 2007

The BCC celebrated its 10th birthday in style, with a black tie do at The Lansdowne. Valia Balkanska sang, Theodosi Spasov played, and we did our thing.

Lost Souls Parade

Brick Lane to Hoxton, 14 September 2007

We formed the 'Lost Soul's Parade' and sang our way from the curry-houses to the clubs of the East End.

Parade was to raise awareness of The Journey - a protest against sex traffiking. Event filmed by Quiet Storm Films. Pictures here. Main installation in Trafalgar Square from 23-30 September 2007.

Rye Arts Festival

St Mary's Church, Rye, 13th September 2007

The choir kicked off the season by travelling down to Rye on the South Coast. We left them dancing in the aisles! More details on the Rye Festival site.

Summer Concert

Regent Hall, London, 11 July 2007

We sang songs of socks and peppers, heroes and fertility at one of our favourite London venues in our last concert of the season. The Dessibelles sounded better than ever. We were pleased to see so many new friends from the Singing River in the audience - and in a new departure, we ended with the Georgian song we'd learnt at the event.

Guest performances from:
The Dessibelles

Streatham Festival - House of Spirit

Lewin Road Baptist Church, Streatham, 10 July 2007

We sang the second half of this evening of drumming, chanting and song - and were bowled over by the audience's reaction! Kiril Todorov's Muri Yano had its UK premiere - and sounded marvellous. Streatham Festival Website.

Exhibition Road Music Day

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 21 June 2007

We gave three performances at this midsummer music festival, in the Raphael Gallery, in the gardens, and on the steps of the Grand Entrance. More details from the website: Exhibition Road Music Day

Singing River / Royal Festival Hall Overture

Tower Bridge to the Royal Festival Hall, London, 8-9 June 2007

To celebrate the re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall, six choirs sailed upriver at dusk from Tower Bridge to the RFH. Details and credits here: Overture.

We were lucky enough to be singing at the start and end of the journey to an audience of thousands packed along the bridges and waterfront, and felt very privileged to be part of such an extraordinary event. The event repeated on Saturday, and the choir finished off with a concert in the Green Bar. Our thanks to everyone - and particularly Orlando Gough and Tom Ryser.

Records of the event: Singing River Photos on our flickr page - many thanks to Tony. Here is the South Bank Centre's own page, and their video of us on YouTube. A friend from Raise the Roof sent this link to their video of edited highlights of the voyage (Saturday night version).

Virgin Queen: Best Television Soundtrack

Ivor Novello awards, 24th May 2007

Martin Phipps' fine soundtrack had contributions from the London Bulgarian Choir, and solos from Dessi.

Heart of the World Festival

Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge, 10th May 2007

We had a wonderful time singing to a full house in a joint concert with Chela, Cambridge's Georgian choir. The concert was organised by Moving Tone to raise funds for 209radio, and was part of the Heart of the World festival.

Europe Day Celebration

London Eye, 9th May 2007

As dusk fell (and the rain held off), we sang for a small but appreciative audience. The Eye was lit to match the European flag, and we were filmed for the European Commission's news service.

Details here: http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/frontpage/09052007_en.htm

The Choir

BBC Radio 3, 18:30 - 20:00, 18th February 2007

Dessi was the special guest on Aled Jones's regular Radio 3 programme The Choir, which this week concentrated on Bulgarian choral music. The program featured recordings of a range of Bulgarian choirs, including folk choirs, orthodox chanting, and a modern composition written for the remarkable voices of Angelite. The program also spent a while at one of our rehearsals, and included interviews with choir members, and four songs.

Programme website here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/thechoir/pip/4sg32/

Extravagant Acts for Mature People

Claremont Centre, Islington, 2nd February 2007

The Clod Ensemble invited us to perform at this monthly event - we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and our audience were enthusiastic.

. . . it wasn't a dark fog . . .

Dessi and James' Big Wedding, 21st January 2007

The choir filled the night with joy and surprises, and gave their all with old songs, new songs - and a panto.

Ambassadorial Reception at the Foreign Office

Foreign Office, 10th January 2007

We kicked off the year with a short selection of songs at a Foreign Office do to celebrate Bulgaria and Romania's new membership of the EU. Assembled dignitaries included Margaret Beckett, Geoff Hoon, Ambassador Matev and John Prescott. Nice canapés . . .

2006

Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final

BBC Four, 16th December 2006, 7-8:30 pm

We re-lived the closing stages of the competition in this BBC broadcast - but if you want to hear the full versions of the songs, you'll have to seek out the radio broadcast. Better still, come to a gig!

Christmas Concert

Salvation Army Regent Hall, Oxford Street, London, 15th December 2006

We closed off another remarkable year with a wonderful sing, drawing a 300+ crowd to this fine central-London venue.

Guest performances from:
The Dessibelles

Friends of Bulgaria Charity Christmas Ball

Bulgarian Embassy, London, 12 December 2006

The choir performed a short set at this annual event in aid of orphanages and childrens's charities in Bulgaria.

BBC Choir of the Year Grand Final

Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 10th December 2006

It was impossible to choose between such different and able choirs, but the wonderful Chantage took the day - winning not only the judges prize, but also the audience prize.

The final will be broadcast on Radio 3 on Monday 11 December, 7:30 - 10 pm, and BBC 4 on 16 December, 7:00-8:30 pm.

Until the 18th, you can 'listen again' to the radio show at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/5lug5/ . Fast-forward to 1:08:50 for an interview with Dessi, and 1:10:40 to hear us on-stage.

On the High Road

With the Clod Ensemble, 1st December 2006

In a one-off preliminary production of a new translation of Chekhov's play, a nine-voice fraction of the choir sang original music by Paul Clark.

Virgin Queen: Best Original Score

Royal Television Society awards, 20th November 2006

Martin Phipps' fine soundtrack had contributions from the London Bulgarian Choir, and solos from Dessi.

BBC Choir of the Year Category Finals

Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 12th November 2006

We won! We're pleased to announce that we are BBC Radio 3 Open Choir of the year 2006. Highlights of all the category finals were broadcast on Radio 3's "The Choir" on the 19th and 26th of November - we were on the 26th.

Evening of Bulgarian Culture

London Press Club, 26 October 2006

Competing honourably with a Bulgarian wine tasting, the choir enthralled its audience with a variety of regional folk songs. Informal singing and dancing continued throughout the evening...

Summer Concert

The Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, 22nd July 2006

A wonderful evening's singing in this beautiful church bought our season to a close in style. Big audience, new songs - and a standing ovation!

Radio Gagarin

Notting Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill, 16th July 2006

Back to Max Reinhardt's bi-monthly experiment in Sunday Socialism, this time with just twelve of us - all we could fit on stage. Plenty of dancing afterwards to the music of Babar Luck and Mama Matrix. More at the NHAC Website.

Friends of Bulgaria Charity Summer Dance

Foreign Press Association, London, 15th June 2006

Friends of Bulgaria's fundraising ball, in aid of projects to help disadvantaged children in Bulgaria. Supported by ZOV UK, the Bulgarian City Club, and the Bulgarian Embassy.

Swaledale Festival

Reeth and Grinton, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, 26-27th May 2006

We sang to packed audiences at The Bridge Inn, Grinton on Friday and at the Reeth Methodist Church on Saturday. We also performed a few songs on the musical walk on the Sunday - and were grateful to the King's Arms, Reeth for their enthusiastic support (two nights running!) of impromptu singing in their lounge bar.

We had a wonderful time across the whole weekend, and would like to express our thanks and deep appreciation to the hosts, organisers and other local people who were unfailing in their hospitality to our thirty-plus singers, assorted relatives and partners. Festival details from the Swaledale Festival website.

Alphabet Day Celebration

Bulgarian Embassy, 24th May 2006

The choir sang at the Embassy for this annual celebration of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Recording: Vecheriai Rado, Tredafilchitu, Brala Moma, Aide Momi

Royal College of Art, London, 23rd May 2006

We recorded four songs for use in an animation. More details to follow.

The Choir

6:30 pm, BBC Radio 3, 20th April 2006

The BBC transmitted our performance of Ergen Deda, recorded during the heats of BBC Choir of the Year.

Following the following link for Radio 3's The Choir. Until Sunday 28th, you can hear the piece on "Listen Again" - it's all good, but fast-forward to about 54 minutes to get straight to the song.

Music for Change

Herne Bay, 14th May 2006

A dozen or so of us warmed up a grey and windy day in Herne Bay with two hours of songs and dances.

Thanks to Music for Change for organising this event.

Shouting Gallery

National Portrait Gallery, London, 12th May 2006

This event, organised by The Shout!, celebrated the Gallery's 150th Anniversary. We performed as we walked through the galleries, finally joining six other choirs to sing a specially-commissioned piece by Orlando Gough.

BBC Choir of the Year (first round)

The Anvil, Basingstoke, 9th April 2006

We won "Choir of the Day" in the "Open" category, and wait to hear if we will be selected for the Category Finals in November.

More details from The Anvil and the Choir of the Year website.

Bulgarian Embassy

Bulgarian Embassy, London, 4th April 2006

A small group performed a brief Dessi-less set for the President of Bulgaria. People danced!

A1 Festival of Light

Highbury Fields, Islington, 25th March 2006

Celebrating the regeneration of the A1 from corridor to community at the A1 Festival of Light.

Court Sessions

Court Sessions Folk Club, Tooting, 24th March 2006

A fine evening of singing at this regular South London folk club. For more events, see Court Sessions' website.

The Virgin Queen (BBC)

BBC1. 9pm Sunday evenings from January 22 to February 12 2006.

Dessislava Stefanova and other members of the choir sing on the soundtrack to this four-part drama. Soundtrack available at your local record store, from Amazon or from Dessi. Dessi / choir feature on tracks 3, 10, 11, 13. Also transmitted on PBS in November 2005.

Update: The soundtrack has won an RTS Award for Best Original Score, and an Ivor Novello for Best Television Soundtrack. Congratulations to Martin Phipps, the composer and producer.

Radio Gagarin

Notting Hill Arts Club, 22 January 2006

Radio Gagarin - London’s only Balkan/Russian/Baltic/Gypsy/Klez/Mash/Thrash/Trash KULTURKlash - played host to the London Bulgarian Choir as one of its trademark Experiements in Sunday Socialism. Ros met Misha the bear . . .

2005

Bulgaria's Voice

9:30 BBC Radio 3, Christmas Day, 2005

Dessi presented this 45 minute exploration of Bulgarian music and culture, with interviews and recordings from the tour in August 2005. Produced by Megan Jones.

Christmas concert - and the choir's fifth birthday

St James' Church, West Hampstead, 16 December 2005

Seasonal songs, traditional blessings and a birthday cake. A full house for our first concert in St. James'.

Guest performances from:
The Dessibelles
A Spell In Time

Flash Choir

Waterloo, Bond Street, Oxford Street, 4 December 2005

An afternoon singing round the streets of London. Did you see us?

Friends of Bulgaria Christmas Party

Bulgarian Embassy, 24 November 2005

The choir gave a short performance of traditional and seasonal Bulgarian songs at this charity christmas party. The choir is pleased to support this event, in aid of orphanages, schools and children's hospital wards in Bulgaria. Party organised by Friends of Bulgaria, and supported by the Bulgarian Embassy, the Bulgarian City Club and Zov UK.

Balkan Beat Box

Scala, London, 3 November 2005

Dessi and Bozena sang with Balkan Beat Box as they started their European tour.

BBC World Service

In Praise of God, 23 October 2005

The choir sang Moma Hubava and Tsarsko Momche for this program about Bulgarian rituals and stories.

Flash Choir

London, 22 October 2005

Plenty of crowds (and the occasional security guard) were drawn to the choir as they wandered from London Bridge to Covent Garden, singing wherever they found a good echo.

Songlines Magazine

Autumn edition, October 2005

Veronica Simpson wrote about the joys of being on tour in "Postcard from Bulgaria". Magazine website here: http://www.songlines.co.uk/

Bulgarian Tour 10-20 August 2005

Sofia, Trigrad, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv, Veliko Tûrnovo, Rousse, Bansko

The choir toured Bulgaria in August. Thirty singers were joined by four musicians, a journalist from BBC Radio 3 and fifteen assorted partners, relatives and friends. We had an extraordinary time; performing, seeing the sights, and meeting other choirs.

Dates

13th August, Trigrad. Afternoon performance in the town square, evening performance at the Orphic Festival.

15th August, Stara Zagora. Evening concert in the Old Theatre.

16th August, Plovdiv, at the “King’s Stables”

18th August, Rousse. Evening concert.

Musicians

Dylan Fowler - guitar, oboe, clarinet
Oli Wilson-Dickson - violin
Rachel Wilson-Dickson - violin
Gill Stevens - viols, crwth

Our thanks to members of the following choirs for their hospitality and musicianship.

The Philip Koutev Choir, Sofia
The Bistrica Grannies and their Granddaughters, Bistrica, Sofia
The Manol Radichev Folk Ensemble of Gela
Zagorche Children's Choir, Stara Zagora
The Tracea Ensemble, Plovdiv
The children of the musical academy, Plovdiv
Chimerika, Sofia
The Trio Pirinka, Bansko

Concert with Village Harmony

St. Pancras Old Church - 7 August 2005

The London Bulgarian Choir joined forces with Village Harmony for a varied program including village songs from Bulgaria, songs and dances from South Africa, American shape-note songs and 14th century motets.

Spring Concert with Stanislav Hvartchilkov

The Bolivar Hall at the Venezuelan Embassy - 16 June 2005

A packed house at this wonderful venue. The choir were in fine voice with old and new songs, and we were all stunned by Stanislav's fluency across a repertoire from Bach to Bogdanovich.

Alphabet Day Celebration

The Bulgarian Embassy - 28 May 2005

Annual celebration of the Cyrillic Alphabet.

Resonance FM

London Diaspora Live - 31 March 2005

An hour of songs and inverviews with members of the choir.

Big Sing Amnesty Concert

St. Luke's, Cambridge, 18 March 2005

Kicking off the Cambridge Big Sing Weekend with the Good Vibrations Community Choir. Profits from the event were donated to Amnesty International.

Vital Arts Hospital Project

Recorded "Proshtavai Mamo" and "Moma Hubava"for Vital Arts.

Destinations Travel Show

Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, 5 February 2005

The choir performed a 30 minute set of traditional Bulgarian folk songs.

2004

Christmas Concert

Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road, 12 December 2004

More than 350 people joined the choir for a lively evening of seasonal song, story-telling, ritual and dance from Bulgaria, in aid of the Bulgarian School in London.

With guest performances from:
The Dessibelles vocal trio
A Spell In Time
Bulgarian Dance Group Tanec
Children from the Bulgarian School

BalkanPlus Christmas Party

Cecil Sharp House, 11 December 2004

BalkanPlus is the major regular Balkan dance event in London.

Friends of Bulgaria Charity Christmas Ball

The Buglarian Embassy, 9 December 2004

The event raised £8,000 to support orphanages in Bulgaria.

Devendra Banhart

Shepherds Bush Empire, 21 October 2004

Six Bulgarian medics remain under sentence of death in Lybia. To raise awareness and aid fundraising for their families, the Choir opened the Devendra Banhart concert at London's Shepherds Bush Empire.

Links:
Bulgarian Medics Solidarity Project
Shepherds Bush Empire
Devendra Banhart
Show your support by adding your name to the petition

London World Music Summer School 2004

School of Oriental and African Studies, 9 July 2004

Guest performance by:
The Dessibelles

The Friends of Bulgaria's Charity Summer Party

Fulham Palace, 1 July 2004

In aid of the Orphanage in Stara Zagora, the Home for Children with Mental Disabilities in Petrovo, the Orphanage in Mindya, and the Centre for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Children in Troyan.

Performances by the London Bulgarian Chor and The Vladiguerov Four.

Spring Concert

St. Pancras Old Church, 23 May 2004

A charity concert in aid of the Bulgarian School in London. A celebration of the Day of Bulgarian Culture, with springtime songs, stories and rituals from Bulgaria.

Guest performances by:
The Dessibelles
A Spell In Time
Bulgarian dancers: Martin Spassov and Boyko Andonov
Pupils from the School

Troy (Warner Brothers)

UK release 21 May 2004

During 2003 and 2004, Dessislava Stefanova, Tanja Tsarovska, and other members of the professional wing of the London Bulgarian Choir were involved in recording the soundtrack for Troy in London and Burbank.
Troy Website

Bulgarian Embassy Cultural Centre

Bulgarian Embassy, Queen's Gate, 8 May 2004

Goodenough College European Cultural Night

Goodenough College Great Hall, 24 April 2004

Talitha MacKenzie

St. Paul's Church Hall, 13 March 2004

Festival of Song: Choirs' Day

Cecil Sharp House, 28 February 2004

2003

Friends of Bulgaria Charity Christmas Ball

The Bulgarian Embassy, 22 December 2003

Event in aid of orphanages across Bulgaria.

Christmas Concert

St. Pancras Old Church, 14 December 2003

A lively evening of seasonal song, story-telling, ritual and dance from Bulgaria, with the London Bulgarian Choir and guests

Guest performances by:
The Dessibelles vocal trio
A Spell In Time
Macedonian singer Tanja Tsarovska

Read the review in The Independent (if it's down, we have a copy here).

Big Sing Thing

Royal Festival Hall, 4 October 2003

Swanfleet Studio

Finsbury Park, 23 August 2003

Roofgarden performance in aid of handicapped children's orphanage in Petrovo, Bulgaria.

Hello You (Fecund Films)

St Saviour's Church, Knightsbridge, 22 August 2003

The choir performed in this feature film. Go to the Fecund Films website; we're right at the end of the trailer.

Music for Life: a festival of musical difference

St George's Centre, Tufnell Park, 4 July 2003

St Boniface Social Club

Tooting, 11 April 2003

Amnesty International 25th Anniversary Fundraiser

St John the Baptist Church Hall, High Barnet, 22 February 2003

2002

Christmas Concert with Maspindzeli Georgian Choir

St Paul's Church Centre, Marylebone, 14 December 2002

People Show Theatre

Bethnal Green, 23 November 2002

Natural Voice Practitioners Network Festival

Round Chapel, Hackney, 16 November 2002

Balkan Plus Dance Festival

Cecil Sharp House, 12 October 2002

Choir Day Out

London Eye, 30 June 2002

Including an impromptu performance at the entrance of the Royal Festival Hall

British Bulgarian Friendship Society 50th Anniversary Ball

Bulgarian Embassy, 22 June 2002

Concert with Orpheya, featuring Todor Todorov

School of Oriental and African Studies, 13 May 2002

Eastbourne International Folkdance Festival

Bishop Bell School, Eastbourne, 5 May 2002

2001

Joint concert with Maspindzeli

St Paul's Church Center, December 2001

Joint concert with Maspindzeli

St Paul's Church Center, June 2001

Joint concert with Maspindzeli

St Mary's Paddington, June 2001

Cyrillic Alphabet Day

Bulgarian Embassy, 24 May 2001