If you would like to host Bulgari in your area, please contact Georgi Doichev at 919-414-1441 (cell phone)

Bulgari is known for its innovative, fast-paced, virtuoso performances of dance songs and instrumental tunes in Bulgaria's famous additive meters, as well as its renditions of the highly ornamented, nonmetric songs of Bulgaria. It has made many recordings and has appeared on Bulgarian radio and television.

The group presents authentic interpretations of Bulgarian folk music, a rich and soulful musical tradition that reflects old world village life and the intermingling of cultures in the Balkan Peninsula through the centuries.

The members of BULGARI are masters and recognized soloists of their respective instruments - gajda (bagpipe), kaval (flute), gadulka (vertical fiddle), and tambura (long-necked lute) - and the amazing vocal techniques that have made Bulgarian music famous worldwide.

• The BULGARI 2002 USA Ensemble Musicians and Dancers:

Radostina Kaneva (singer), Kotel Music High School.  Soloist with
    the Sliven Folk Ensamble, Bulgarian National Radio Ensemble
    and choir, "The Angels".
Nedialko Nedialkov (kaval), Shiroka Laka Music High School. Soloist
    with the Bulgarian National Sofia Ensemble.
Ivan Kanev (gaida) Kotel Music High School. Soloist with the Sliven
    Folk Ensemble.
Vasil Kolev (gadulka), Shiroka Laka Music High School. Soloist for
    the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble "Philip Kutev".
Anton Tzambov (tambura), graduated Kotel Musuc High School.
    Soloist with the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble "Philip Kutev".

Velko Yovkov (dancer), graduated Sofia Horeografia High School.
    Soloist with the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble "Philip Kutev".
Krasimira Anastasova (dancer), Sofia Horeografia High School.
    Soloist  for the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble "Philip Kutev".
Krasimir Dimitrov (dancer), Sofia Horeografia High School.  Soloist
    for the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble "Philip Kutev".
Ivanka Chukacheva (dancer), Sofia Horeografia High School. Soloist
    for the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble "Philip Kutev".
 

Bulgari's CDs including the new Bulgarian Rhapsody!
The Fall 2002 U.S. tour itinerary
The Fall 2000 U.S. tour itinerary

Updated as of Oct. 18, 2002. Website design and function comments to Dr. Constantine A. LaPasha

Website design by Robin LaPasha.

(Thanks to Doug Sears for his work on the previous Bulgari website.)