The folk choir at the Kotel School of Folk Arts is the big winner of "Danube Nightingales"

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

On March 9, the award ceremony for the distinguished singers and instrumentalists of the 17th edition of the National Folklore Competition “Danube Nightingales” took place in the Income Building. The biggest award – the Grand Prix – deservedly went to the Folk Choir with conductor Angel Slavov and the Orchestra with conductor Stoimen Dobrev at the National School of Folklore Arts “Philip Kutev” in Kotel.

For two days, over 500 children and young people from all over the country showed their immense talent and their love for the beautiful Bulgarian folklore and made it difficult for the jury, which for another year was chaired by Academician Milcho Vassilev from the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv.

4-year-old artistic singer Yanitsa Parvanova from the Folklore Formation “Slaveycheta” at the Music Center “Onix” in the city of Targovishte charmed the audience and the jury and received a diploma for the youngest performer.

The organizers of the competition are the Municipality of Ruse and the Municipal Children's Center for Culture and Art. The numerous spectators in the Great Hall of the Income Building also enjoyed the magnificent performances of the great folk singer Valya Balkanska and the virtuoso bagpiper Petar Yanev.

You can see the winners of the XVII National Folklore Competition "Danube Nightingales" here.

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