The choir was established in 1987 by Aneta Pavlova and some of her ex-students from the Town Children’s Choir “Vela Piskova”. On 17th May 1987 Kantilena gave its fi rst independent concert. Since then the choir has developed rich concert and sound-recording activities in the country and abroad. It has participated in Music and Choral festivals in Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Germany, France, Finland Turkey, Slovakia etc. Kantilena Choir is a prize laureate of many International Choral Competitions. The conductor Aneta Pavlova graduated from the Bulgarian Academy of Music in Sofia, in Prof. Vasil Arnaudov’s class of Choral Conducting. Under her leadership the Children’s choir “Vela Piskova” won prizes from International Choral Competitions in Italy, Slovenia and Hungary. In 2008 the mixed choir Kantilena was created.