“Sound and Relation – Sofia 07
Days of the new music

The first edition of "Sound and Relation" Days of the New Music, will be held in the “Red House” Centre for Culture and Debate - Sofia, Bulgaria in October/November 2007. The festival will feature many well-respected authors from different countries and will present current trends in contemporary music and new ways of dealing with the relation between music and other arts.

The festival highlights will include a special concert with contemporary Austrian music by Dieter Kaufmann, Martin Lichtfuss, Rene Staar, Wladimir Panchev, Norbert Sterk and Gerald Resch in cooperation with AKM - Austria the "Sound and Relation".
Tan Dun's Elegy: Snow in June, a concerto for Cello and Percussion ensemble will receive its Bulgarian premiere by the Bulgarian violoncellist Gheorghita Bojadjieva among other Bulgarian premieres of pieces by leading composers such as Tom Johnson, John Corigliano, Philip Glass and Luciano Berio.
Holland performance artist Carolin de Neree and Denise Pakes will lead the "Visualization of music" workshop and will present contemporary European electro-acoustic music.
"Sound and Relation" will host the world premieres of music by notable Bulgarian composers of the older and younger generations, such as Vassil Kazandjiev, Rumen Baljozov, Bojidar Spassov, Wladimir Pantchev, Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Petar Doundakov, Gueorgui Harizanov, Alexandra.
One of the leading contemporary music performers, Bulgarian soprano Rositza Panayotova will pewrform solo and ensemble music by Luciano Berio, Arvo Paert, Bojidar Spassov, Gheorghi Arnaoudov as well as contemporary version of madrigals from the Italian baroque in a theatrical setting.
The “Sofia Soloists” chamber ensemble conducted by Plamen Djourov will present the world premiers of work by Dai Fujikura, Alexandra Fol and Mihail Goleminov as well as two “conceptual” symphonies by Rumen Balyozov.

The "Sound and Relation"  Festival is  presented in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, AKM – Vienna, The Red House Center, Bulgarian National Radio, Radio France International – Sofia, Altera – Sofia, and  the "Counterpoint" Broadcast of Hristo Botev Program of BNR.