BCENY Season 2026-2027 Opening Night Gala
in memory of Stefka Evstatieva
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
ARTISTS
Jihye Jang, Jihye Seo, Britt Hewitt, sopranos, Mariana Karpatova, mezzo-soprano, Georgy Valtchev, Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, Alexandrina Boyanova, viola, Ari Evan, cello, Lora Al-Ahmad, Anna Stoytcheva and Lora Tchekoratova, piano
PROGRAM
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858–1924) Sì, mi chiamano Mimì from La Bohème
Jihye Jang, soprano, Anna Stoytcheva, piano
Lora AL-AHMAD (b. 1995) Nightingale (In Memoriam Stefka Evstatieva)
Lora Al-Ahmad, piano
Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901) Tu che le vanità from Don Carlos
Jihye Seo, soprano, Lora Al-Ahmad, piano
Amy BEACH (1867–1944) Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150
III. Allegro con brio
Anna Stoytcheva, piano, Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, Ari Evan, cello
Manuel DE FALLA (1876–1946) Selections from Siete canciones populares españolas
El paño moruno
Asturiana
Jota
Polo
Mariana Karpatova, mezzo-soprano, Lora Tchekoratova, piano
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (“Song to the Moon”) from Rusalka
Jihye Jang, soprano, Anna Stoytcheva, piano
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) - Song Without Words op.19, no.4 in A Major
Fanny MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847) - Song for the piano op.8 no.3 in D flat Major
Lora Al-Ahmad, piano
David LUDWIG (b. 1974) Five Songs After Dimitar Peshev
Britt Hewitt, soprano, Georgy Valtchev, violin, Ari Evan, cello, Lora Tchekoratova, piano
Arrigo BOITO (1842–1918) L’altra notte in fondo al mare from Mefistofele
Jihye Seo, soprano, Lora Al-Ahmad, piano
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
Georgy Valtchev, Stanichka Dimitrova, violins, Alexandrina Boyanova, viola, Ari Evan, cello
Pancho VLADIGEROV (1899–1978) Tsafnalo e Byalo Kokiche (“A White Snowdrop Has Bloomed”)
Parashkev HADJIEV (1912–1992) Bre Stoyane (“Hey you, Stoyan”)
Mariana Karpatova, mezzo-soprano, Lora Tchekoratova, piano