Bulgarian Folk Camp
BULGARIAN FOLK CAMP    Winter - Summer 2007
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Folk camp in Rhodopa mountains - Momchilovtzi

Most of our instructors come from the school of folk choreography and singing in SHIROKA LAKA - the cradle of the mysteries of the Bulgarian voices. Here you will learn to sing with a twist of authenticity. We will provide brochures with lyrics and music for the songs you are going to learn. Don't forget: the honorary patron of the event is our national treasure - the woman, whose voice is in the satelite in search of other civilizations around the universe - VALYA BALKANSKA!

For the dance lovers - The young virtuosos from the folk dance department of the school will be happy to teach you, regardless of your level of experience.

Welcome and enjoy!


Univ. Prof. Manol Todorov is a well-known ethnomusicologist in Bulgaria and abroad, a notable scientist, pedagogue, and theoretician in the area of Balkan and some Arabic people’s musical folklore. As an ethnomusicologist he has specialized organologia. He had great success not only in this field but also in Bulgarian choreography.

Peter Yanev - bagpipe player. He started playing as a little boy. He had graduated from the School of folk music in Shiroka Laka and currently is working with ensemble Rhodopa. During the last 10 years he has been an accompanist of Valya Balkanska, which gave him an opportunity to perform in stages all around the world. The most recent tour was in South Africa. Together with Valya Balkanska he was the recepient of the special prize during the Olimpic games in Los Angeles.

Thoma Karapaunov - choreographer. Graduated from the Music Academy of Plovdiv and the School of folk music in Shiroka Laka , while dancing with the ensemble "Trakia". Currently he is a faculty member of the school of Shiroka laka , teaching choreography and also is a leading choreographer for the folk dance group "Rhodopa" , with which he had performed in all the continents of the world. Mr. Karapaunov had been teaching successfully in Japan, USA and France. His next tour is going to be in the US.