Film about BNR Folk Music Orchestra will be shown in Sofia, Vienna, and Berlin

“Folk music is my life” is the title of a documentary film that tells the story of the Bulgarian National Radio Folk Music Orchestra, its author Radka Stamenova announced. The premiere will take place on February 18 in Sofia.

The film will then be screened in Vienna on February 26 and in Berlin on March 2, at an event marking Bulgaria’s National Day, March 3.

The documentary traces the history of the orchestra from its founding to the present day. It features archival footage from the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Bulgarian National Television (BNT), and TV 1.

The film includes interviews with musicologist Rumyana Tsintsarska; Maestra Vanya Moneva, conductor of the Vanya Moneva Choir; Milen Mitev, Director General of BNR; Maestro Dimitar Hristov, conductor of the BNR Folk Music Orchestra; as well as Teodosii Spassov and Nedyalko Nedyalkov.

The film is produced by the Tsvyatko Blagoev Foundation. The screenplay is by Radka Stamenova and Gecho Blagoev. 

The Folk Song Ensemble of the Bulgarian Radio and Television was founded in 1952. In 1990, it split into two independent ensembles - the Folk Music Orchestra of the BNR and a choir that moved to the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) and became internationally known as “The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices”.

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Edited by Miglena Ivanova
English: R. Petkova