• 30 Concerts in New York City’s Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall performed

• Over 100 young Bulgarian Artists supported

• Countless fans worldwide

• 1 New Organization born - Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York

2025 marks the
30th Anniversary of Musical Treasures from Bulgaria

Founded in 1995 by renowned pianist and pedagogue Prof. Pavlina Dokovska and the St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation, Musical Treasures from Bulgaria has provided a podium for New York debuts of more than sixty young Bulgarian musicians, many of whom have gone on to receive international recognition. Now in its 30th edition, the annual concert has seen exciting performances by many of the leading Bulgarian and international classical musicians today, including Bella Hristova, Mila Georgieva, Hristo Tanev, Anna Stoytcheva, Diliana Momchilova and Lora Tchekoratova and, in more recent years, Zlatomir Fung, Lora Al-Ahmad, Alexandrina Boyanova, Stanichka Dimitrova and Georgi Lekov. In 2025 the annual event grew into a monthly concert series, organized by Musical Treasures alumni in collaboration with the American Foundation for Bulgaria and the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Presented by
“St. Cyril and St. Methodius” International Foundation
in collaboration with
Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York

Tickets will be available for sale after March 2025 at Carnegie Hall’s Box Office: 57th St. and 7th Ave., at carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800. For additional information regarding tickets please email dokovskp@newschool.edu.

Program

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)

Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 (Sonata quasi una Fantasia)
Adagio sostenuto
Allegrettoc
Presto agitato

Charles-Valentin ALKAN (1813 – 1888)

Symphony for solo piano, op. 39 no. 4-7
Allegro moderato
Marche Funèbre. Andantino
Menuet. Tempo di minuetto
Finale. Presto

Intermission

Emanuil IVANOV (1998 -)

Theme and variations (2022)*
Tema. Moderato amoroso, cantabile
Più mosso
Andante, molto cantabile
Vivace scherzando
Alla marcia, giocoso
Lento malincolico
Allegro molto, con gioia
Tema

Franz LISZT (1811 – 1886)

Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394 (after Bellini’s Norma)

Reception to follow the performance. Details TBA.

This project is made possible in part with funds from regrant programs supported by the funding agencies The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Howard Gilman Foundation, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).