Mixed Choir “Dobri Chintoulov”
from the “Zora” Cultural Club
Sliven, Bulgaria
Metodi Grigorov - conductor
Veselina Atanasova - piano accompaniment
Competition Concert
| Title | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire | P. Certon | 1.00 |
| Penance | A. Vedel | 5.00 |
| Ave verum corpus | C. Gounod | 3.40 |
| Soon Ah Will Be Done | W. L. Dawson | 2.40 |
| Rachenitsa | D. Hristov | 1.05 |
| Kakva moma vidyah, mamo! | E. Manolov | 1.25 |
| Do tri momi | D. Shuplevski | 2.30 |
Folk Concert
| Title | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Damnian tanets vodi | A. Morfov | 2.45 |
| Dafino vino | D. Hristov | 3.00 |
| Rachenitsa | D. Hristov | 1.05 |
| Kakva moma vidyah, mamo! | E. Manolov | 1.25 |
| Ergen-deda | P. Lyondev | 2.30 |
The mixed choir “Dobri Chintoulov“ from the ”Zora“ Cultural Club in Sliven, Bulgaria was founded in 1893 by the teacher Mihail Rainov and it was the first mixed choir in Bulgaria. The choir is named after the first Bulgarian poet and composer Dobri Chintoulov.
Since 1977 the artistic manager of the choir has been Metodi Grigorov. Under Grigorov’s leadership the choir became a prize winner of the Fifth (1979) and the Sixth (1984) State Festivals, received gold medals and the title „Representative Choir“, released records for the Bulgarian National Radio, and it took part in other national forums. They also performed the oratory „Acis and Galatea“ by Händel (Sofia, 1987) for the first time in Bulgaria. The choir has had many concerts abroad: in the former USSR, former Czechoslovakia, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Slovakia and Turkey. It has also taken part in many International festival for choir songs.
The top achievement in the choir’s history are the two international prizes, won in the International contest for sacred music in Preveza, Greece (1997): Silver medal (while Gold Medal was unrewarded) in the mixed choir category and Bronze medal in Byzantine church singing category.
