Official Program - Ohrid Choir Festival

Dobri HristovVarna, BulgariaIrena Kolarova-Taushanova - conductorBilyana Eneva - piano accompanimentFolk ConcertTitle Composer LyricsMalki momi Dobri Hristov -Marzelivite babi Dobri Hristov kanonSe ojenil Cucul yonak Petar Dinev -Hvarlila moma yabalka Marin Goleminov -Moma kosi Marin Goleminov -Hrabreci Georgi Dimitrov Atanas DushkovConcert of Sacred MusicTitleComposerSlava OtcuYoan KukuzelVo razdelenieAnonim. XIVTebe poemDobri HristovAgnus DeiSamuel WebbeJesus bleibet meine Freude J. S. BachO, Salutaris Jose de SousaThe children’s choir “Dobri Hristov” along with the Municipal Children’s Complex of Varna was establishedbetween 1952-1953. The conductors, D.Resnenski, L.Dushek, Tz. Petrova, Iv. Dimitrova,Z. Milkova and I. Kolarova, are linked with the 58 years of the choir’s artistic biography.In accordance with the new international trend for the development of children singing, the three compositionsof the Children’s Choir (Preparatory, Transitional and Concert) include about 80 girls from 6 to 13years old. The Children’s Choir “Dobri Hristov” of Varna has a rich concert life including participationin municipal and national festivals and is a holder of diplomas from International Festivals in Belgium,Switzerland,France and Italy.Irena Nikolova Kolarova-Taushanova was born in 1958 in the town of Popovo. She graduated from theSchool of Music, “Dobri Hrsitov”, in Varna in the piano class of Miryana Savova and from the Academyof Music at the Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia with a specialty of Choir Conducting with Prof.Stoyan Kralev. She workedas a rehearsal pianist andconductor in different choirformations. Since 1995 shehas been the conductor ofthe Children’s Choir “DobriHristov” with the Children’sComplex-Varna. The lastseveral years she is a parttimelecturer with VarnaFree University.6