Children's Choir "Danube Waves" with a worthy performance at a prestigious competition in Croatia

Tuesday, 02 June 2026

The children's choir "Danube Waves" with conductor Vessela Todorova and pianist Gergana Vicheva from the Municipal Children's Center for Culture and Art took part in the international festival "Victoria Adriatic Choral Competition" in Croatia. In competition with choirs from Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic, the performers won a gold diploma of the first degree in the category "Classical Choral Music", a special award for an exceptional choral program and the Grand Prix for overall performance.

The children interpreted works by Thomas Morley, Miklos Koshar, Mikhail Gogolin, Ivan Spasov and Milko Kolarov. An international jury consisting of Michele Josia /Italy/, Andreja Cergol /Slovenia/, Goran Jerkovic /Croatia/, Zorica Kozlovački /Serbia/ and Helga Dukaric /Croatia/ highly appreciated the choir's performance and awarded it 95.20 out of a total of 100 points.

"Clear sound, balance between the parts, chemistry between conductor and choir, wonderful phrasing, complex and impressive repertoire, excellent program, the traditions of the Bulgarian choral school are evident", this is a small part of the jury's analyses made after the competition.

The participation of the Children's Choir "Danube Waves" was made possible with the financial support of the Municipality of Ruse under the "Culture" 2026 Program.

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