site.btaWorld-famous Violinist Midori to Perform on Day of Sofia

On the Day of Sofia, September 17, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra will give a concert with the participation of world-famous violinist Midori, accordion player Veronika Torodorova, and soprano Elena Mehandzhiyska under the baton of Viliana Valtcheva, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra said. The event will start at 7 pm in Bulgaria Hall.

On the programme are Bulgarian Grammy nominee Dobrinka Tabakova's Fantasy Homage to Schubert, Leonard Bernstein's Serenade adapted after Plato's Symposium for Violin, Harp, Percussions and Strings, and Martin Palmeri's Misatango for Choir, Mezzo-Soprano, String Quartet and Bandoneon with the participation of the National Philharmonic Choir. 

Tickets are on sale in Bulgaria Hall and online at Eventim.

Midori was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. She began playing the violin when she was two years old under her mother's guidance. At seven, she gives her first official performance. Her career began in 1982, when she debuted with the New York Philharmonic at age 11. In the same year, she moved to New York, where she studied in Juilliard School under the legendary pedagogue Dorothy DeLay. Midori is the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and is a Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.