Violinist Bella Hristova will be the special guest of BCENY’s 20th Anniversary Benefit concert. Stay tuned for more information.

Lora Tchekoratova and Georgy Valtchev perform an recital and an educational outreach event in North Dakota. More details to follow.

Lora hosts a Community Outreach concert, featuring Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant Winners the Ivalas Quartet (Juilliard Quartet in Residence) Free and open to the public.

Virtuosas at the Consulate General of Bulgaria in New York

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Stani Dimitrova, violin, Chieh-fan Yiu, viola, Adrian Daurov, cello and Spencer Meyer, piano

Salon de Virtuosi present a Spring concert, featuring two exiting young musicians — Juhee Lim, piano and Amelia Sze, violin. Also on the program — the world premiere of Prelude (2023) by Zhou Tian, commissioned by Salon de Virtuosi for pianist and alumna Claire Huangci.

Lora Tchekoratova adjudicates the finals of the Ravel Piano Competition at Juilliard. Open to the public.

Bulgarian Concert Evenings presents an evening of Flute and Piano Duets.

Salon de Virtuosi celebrates the New Year with its annual New Year’s Concert, featuring two exciting young artists — Emad Zolfaghari, violist, and Milena Manocchia, vocalist. Hosted by Lora Tchekoratova, artistic director

An evening of Schubert with Lora Tchekoratova and friends at the Consulate General of Bulgaria, 121 East 62 Street, New York

Salon de Virtuosi celebrates the holidays with a concert featuring the remarkable young artists James Birch, violin, and Melody Shen, flute.

Nikka Gershman, Salon de Virtuosi alumna, presents a Holiday Concert for doctors, staff, and visitors of the Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Salon de Virtuosi presents the Ivalas Quartet at Grant Avenue Elementary in the Bronx. Hosted by Lora Tchekroatova

The Path is Yours is a three-part initiative of the Off the Beaten Path Foundation in Bulgaria, which will address the following challenges of the music sector:

1. Support for emerging composers from Bulgaria

The Off the Beaten Path Foundation is launching a new program that will provide week-long residencies to three emerging composers from Bulgaria at the Fifth Edition of the Off the Beaten Path Chamber Music Festival in the village of Kovachevitsa in August 2023. The resident composers will work closely with the Off the Beaten Path chamber music festival musicians and write three new works for chamber ensembles inspired by the history, traditions, and magnificent nature of the Rhodope mountains.

2. Access to music education for young people from diverse backgrounds in the municipalities of Garmen and Gotse Delchev, Southwestern Bulgaria

The Foundation will expand its music education program by offering a week-long summer music camp for children of all ages in mid-July 2023. The event will be free of charge and open to children in Southwestern Bulgaria with a focus on bringing kids from diverse backgrounds together through singing a variety of repertoire as well as interactive musical activities and community-building performances. At the end of the camp, participants will present two community concerts.

3. Audience expansion

Classical music is rarely heard live in Southewestern Bulgaria. Therefore, the Foundation will organize two special community outreach concerts (one for children and one for adults) in the town of Gotse Delchev as part of the Off the Beaten Path Festival’ 2023 edition to reach new audiences from the surrounding communities. The audience will hear unique chamber music programs showcasing the connections between Western European form and Eastern European folklore and the importance of folk tradition in developing compositional language in Europe. The young people’s concert will focus on age-appropriate material and interactive audience engagement. Performers will include renowned musicians from around the world.

Salon de Virtuosi -- Autumn in New York at Kosciuszko Foundation, NY

New Date — Bulgarian Concert Evenings celebrates the 90th Birthday of our board member and friend Ted Popoff. Join us for a glass of wine and conversation at the Consulate General of Bulgaria. Reservations are required

Bulgarian Concert Evenings -- Trio Fadolin at the Consulate General of Bulgaria, NY

Bulgarian Concert Evenings -- Opening Night Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY

Salon de Virtuosi -- Gala Awards Concert at Merkin Hall, New York