"Fairy Tales for Four Hands" - fairy tale concert at the Opera House
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December 13 (Saturday), 7:00 pm.
Opera Stage - Foyer
Piano duo.
Program
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade Suite
- П. И. Tchaikovsky - suite "The Nutcracker"
About the performers
The piano duo Stefania Rousseva and Simon Pavlov graduated from the NUMSI "Christina Morfova" - Stara Zagora, with a degree in piano in the class of Milena Alexandrova. As students they started to play together and developed an active concert activity, participating in various forums and master classes. Later they continued their studies at the NMA "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" under Associate Professor Dr. Margarita Ilieva and participated in festivals such as "Sofia Music Weeks", "European Music Weeks" and others.
Suites in the programme
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - "Scheherazade"
The story recreates the fairytale world of "One Thousand and One Nights". The composer interweaves two main musical themes - that of Sultana Shahriar and that of Scheherazade.
I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
The suite begins with Shahriar's heavy theme, followed by Sheherazade's lyrical motif. The music paints the stormy sea and Sinbad's majestic ship.
II. Prince Kalender's Narrative
The story is dynamic, full of dance rhythms and exotic motifs that follow the adventures of Prince Kalender.
III. The Prince and the Princess
Lyrical melodies and tender phrases tell of the love between the prince and the princess.
IV. Celebration in Baghdad. The Sea. The ship and the doom of Sinbad
The finale is bright and solemn. The music moves from a colourful oriental feast to the stormy sea and the doom of Sinbad, where the themes of Shahriar and Scheherazade intertwine for the last time.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - "The Nutcracker"
The Christmas tale of Clara and her Nutcracker takes the listener into a magical world - through the Snow Kingdom to Configurenburg, where various dances welcome the guests to the festive ball.
- Overture
- March
- Dance of the Sugar Fairy
- Russian Dance
- Arabian Dance
- Chinese dance
- Dance of the Flutes
- Waltz of the Flowers
Biographies
Stefania Rousseva
Born in 2001 in Stara Zagora. Graduated from the NUMSI "Hristina Morfova" with a degree in piano. In 2024 she graduated with honors from the NMA "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" with a degree in "Choral Conducting" and "Music Theory". He studied in Vienna (MDW) in the class of prof. He is a member of the WebernKammerchor. Since 2025 he has been a doctoral student in choral conducting.
He works as choirmaster at the Stara Zagora State Opera and assistant conductor in the choir of the Late Antique Basilica of St. He is also a assistant professor at St. Sophia Basilica. She has participated in numerous choral projects and has won competitions as a pianist, with appearances at the Sofia Philharmonic, the Bulgarian National Radio, etc.
Simon Pavlov
Born in 1999 in Sliven. He graduated from the NUMSI "Hristina Morfova" and in 2023 - from the NMA "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov with a specialty in opera and symphonic conducting in the class of prof. Dr. Grigor Palikarov. His conducting debut is at the State Opera Stara Zagora.
He has worked as an assistant conductor in the Pioneer Philharmonic Orchestra and is now conductor of the Sliven Symphony Orchestra. He conducts leading orchestras in Bulgaria and abroad. He is a laureate of numerous international competitions as a pianist and a winner of "Mladá Zagora", "Student of the Year" and other awards.