A freewheeling weekend of indulgence. A New York farm transformed by idealistic youths into a mid-size city. A celebration of rock music and utopian ideals. Woodstock was many things but one thing is clear - it is heralded in the popular consciousness as the cultural touchstone of a generation.

The opera festival in Bansko will mark its 10th anniversary with an extensive programme targeting fans of classical music. The opening gala of the Opera Fest jubilee edition on 22 August, at 19:00 is trusted to Sofia Philharmonic and children’s music educational project Fortissimo Family which will stage “Vivaldi and the Little Otto”.

The fourth edition of the festival Opera of the Peaks will include ballet, opera and musical. It will take place from 20 July to 4 August at the Belogradchik Rocks.

“We would like to establish opera tourism,” the opera's director Maestro Plamen Kartaloff told journalists.

Elina Garanca, the world-renowned opera singer with unique timbre and sensuous voice, is set to perform in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia on 23 September. The beautiful mezzosoprano has been invited by the Sofia Philharmonic to give a concert under the guidance of one of the most beloved contemporary conductors - Karel Mark Chichon.

The exclusive album series Bulgaria's Great Opera Voices presents, for the first time, restored analogue recordings by some of the country's most famous opera singers of the past, the project's music producers announced.

Brahms Alliance is the title of the first ever album of established pianist and teacher Ludmil Angelov and violist Rumen Cvetkov - two renowned Bulgarian classical musicians, whose life is divided between Bulgaria and Spain. They have a relatively new but certainly promising partnership. In an interview with Europost the musicians y explain how they met and decided to try playing together.

I am able to make people happy with my hobby; playing violin gives me such a good feeling, and when those feelings are sensed by an audience, I'm even happier, says maestro Andre Rieu in an interview to Europost.

Renowned Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva was honoured at Opera Magazine's prestigious International Opera Awards, recently presented in London. Yoncheva won the Readers' Award following a nearly two-month voting process.

When you choose an occupation and find a job, the most important thing is to have joy in what you do, pour your heart in it and get satisfaction from it, says concertmaster Kremena Mineva in an interview to Europost.

A unique concert will delight fans of classical music in Bulgaria this autumn. For the first time in Bulgaria, after its spectacular success in Germany, a project of this scale will be realised. 8 Grand Piano Concert is one of the closing events in the Plovdiv 2019 programme, which will unite the four cities that have applied for cultural capital of Europe - Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo.