FROM SOFIA TO NEW YORK IN ONE HOUR

Bulgarian-American Center “Madara” Presents

The TNT Duo
(Tania Stavreva, Piano & Teodora Dimitrova, Violin)

FROM SOFIA TO NEW YORK IN ONE HOUR

Friday, March 30th, 2012 at 7:30pm
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space
Address: 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 Students/Seniors/ Symphony Space Members; $10 Children; $25 Day of Show

Bulgarian-American Center Madara presents an exciting selection of modern works for violin and piano influenced and inspired by Bulgarian folk music. Its assymetrical rhythms are unique to the region and lend the music its dance character. Defined by Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Bela Bartok as Bulgarian Rhythms they are used in the works of many contemporary composers. Vladigerov, Leviev, and Cohen all wrote the pieces presented in this program during their stay in Bulgaria. The young artists Tania Stavreva, piano & Teodora Dimitrova, violin (The TNT Duo) will bring an hour of their Bulgarian musical heritage to The Big Apple. The program will feature also three New York premieres:

Program:

Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978):
Poem, Op.7 (1919) – New York Premiere
Rachenitza, Op. 18 (1925) – New York Premiere

Robert Cohen (b.1945)
Five Nights in Sofia for Violin & Piano (2010):
Gypsy Bacchanale
Midnight Girl
Dancing Snowflakes
Mourning Bells
Banitza Bang

Milcho Leviev (b.1937)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1957) – New York Premiere
Allegro
Passacaglia-Andante
Finale. Prestissimo