Bulgaars Ensemble Bistritsa lonkt naar festivals
Festivalorganisatoren opgelet. De Bulgaarse groep Ensemble Bistritsa zou graag een keer in Nederland optreden. In de veronderstelling dat Folkforum.nl ook festivals organiseert stuurde de groep ons het volgende mailtje. We doen genoeg - en ooit organiseerden we ook festivals - maar nu beperken we ons liever tot journalistiek doorgeefluik:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to place at your kind attention Ensemble Bistritsa - Bulgaria and to find a possibility for performance at the folk festival you organize for year 2004.
Ensemble BISTRITSA - BULGARIA has established since 1939 in Village of Bistritsa. It comprises singers, dancers and musicians. The main goal of the ensemble is to explore, keep and make popular the rich folklore heritage of village Bistritsa and Shop's region.
SINGERS.
The repertoire of the singers includes over 300 folk songs, performed in the characteristic manner of antiphonal singing in groups of four. They perform their local three-voiced songs from Shoppe region in an authentic manner. Women sing divided in two groups in the style of ancient antiphonic singing. (...)
Their singing is impetuous, primitive and powerful. These songs abound in sharp dissonant sound combinations, which are different from anything that can be heard in Bulgarian folk music elsewhere. The group has records for radio Paris, BBC Television made a film for them in 1988 and another one in 1998. Last year Japanese Television made special film for the rear succession of the old grannies to the young girls.
Last year also was recorded a CD named "Bistritsa Grannies and their Grand-Daughters". The group of singers could perform its own repertoire.
ORCHESTRA.
The orchestra consists of traditional musical instruments. In the program prevail manly horoleading and ritual melodies with all the richness of Bulgarian rhythmic. Besides the even-measure tunes in 2\4 times, there are tunes in the uneven-measures 7\8, 5\16 and 11\16.
DANCERS.
The dancers perform original dances of Bistritsa Village as well as dances from other ethnographic regions. In its repertoire the ensemble performs many rituals and customs in its entirety - songs, dances and stories - for example Wedding, Lazaritsa (spring girl's ritual), Babin Den (women's ritual), etc. Each of the groups - singers, dancers and musicians could perform and its own individual repertoire. Folk Ensemble Bistritsa is a member of IOV and representative of CIOFF.
CONCERT TOURS AND FOLK FESTIVALS
Concert tours in United Kingdom - 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993.
Participation in The days of Bulgarian culture in Kill town Germany - 1986.
1-month concert tour in USA - New York, Washington, Philadelphia, etc.- 1990.
Concert tour in Italy, Sardinia - 1990.
International Folk Festival Dijon (CIOFF) France - Silver medal - 1992.
Concert tour Hungary - 1992.
Concert tour by invitation of Musical Academy Toulouse France - 1994.
International Folk festival Tuchlovitze Czech Republic - 1995.
International Folk Festival Sent Giroun (CIOFF) France - 1998.
International Folk Festival San Ciprian Spain - 2001.
Festival Van Vlaanderen Belgium - 2001.
Concert tour Austria - 2001.
EUROPALIA Bulgaria Art Festival - Belgium - 2002.
37 International Folk Festival - Zagreb - Croatia - 2003.
Kind regards,
Mrs. Zdravka Dzjoreva Administrative Manager
tel. +359 888 49 46 18
www.bistritsa.hit.bg
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