Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu announced she will lend her voice to help the musicians of New York's Metropolitan Opera (Met), deprived of their pay because of virus-related cancellations of their shows, AFP reported.

On 18 February, the Sofia Philharmonic will be sharing the stage at Bulgaria Hall with one of the grande dames of piano - Elisabeth Leonskaja. Under the conduction of Robert Farkas, the legendary pianist will perform Piano Concerto No. 3 by Bеla Bartоk. The second part of the evening will feature Symphony No. 39 by Mozart.

On 14 February, Valentine's Day, Fortissimo Family and the Sofia Philharmonic will be transporting Verona to Sofia's Bulgaria Hall with a music celebration dedicated to love.

Esteemed Russian violinist and Grammy Award winner Maxim Vengerov is set to give a concert together with the Sofia Philharmonic under the conduction of Maestro Nayden Todorov. The event will take place on 11 February as part of the European Music Festival 2021. This appearance will mark Maxim Vengerov's third visit to Bulgaria and his first one to an acoustic hall. The violinist's previous brilliant performances for the Bulgarian audience were in 2006 and 2018.

The 13-year-old Thomas Kalin Simeonov, Laureate of Yordan Kamdzhalov Foundation for 2020, is the winner of the Gold honours of the “Grand Prize Virtuoso” International Music Competition in Bonn, Germany. He also received an invitation to participate in the Gala Concert at Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. Congratulations, Tommy!

The violinist Zornitsa Ilarionova, who recently won the Grand Prix of the Ohrid Te Sakam International Competition for Young Singers, and the talented cellist Atanas Krastev have recorded together a Christmas present for the lovers of classical music. Their latest video premiere, with music by the German Baroque composer George Frideric Handel - Passacaglia, can now be watched online.

Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs dating back 60 years is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group, AP reported. The catalog contains 600 song copyrights including “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” and “Tangled Up In Blue.”

Today we need prayer more than ever. Let it be the song about a world where people are better. If everyone has the desire to develop their talents, their essence, then we will live much better together on this planet, says maestro Konstantin Ilievski in an interview to Art.Sofia.bg.

Beethoven's 250th birthday will be marked on 17 December with the composer's Fifth Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim and performed by his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in an event broadcast on television, radio and online, dpa reported.

The final phase of the sixth season of Hungarian show in TV format – Virtuosos, is fast approaching. It is a unique classical music talent competition featuring performers up to twenty years old from Visegrad Four +. This year along with Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, will join Serbia.