Basso Moderno in Bulgaria & Romania

The Basso Moderno Duo has just returned from giving a series of recitals in Bulgaria and Romania.

Lyubomir Denev, composer, hosted us for one week as we gave three recitals throughout Bulgaria. Each concert was performed alongside a solo recital by Denev and our program included Denev's 'Funky Talking', which was composed especially for the Basso Moderno Duo. The first concert was at the Czech Cultural Center in Sofia on March 19. Hosted by the US Embassy in Bulgaria and the New Symphoy Orchestra, the standing room only concert was a great success. On March 20, we attended the double bass class of Petya Bagovska, the talented teacher at State Academy of Music in Sofia. After attending a recital conducted by Sir Neville Marriner we gave our recital at the March Music Days Festival in Rousse on March 22. Our program was positively reviewed in Bulgarian newspaper KULTURA by Ekaterina Docheva saying "The Basso Moderno Duo, from USA, presented the newest music - the works were created during the last two years. They are phenomenon, quite interesting, shocking the traditional taste and make up for a deficiency in the Festival." Our final Bulgarian performance took place as the opening event of the Springfest Festival at the American University in Blagoevgrad on March 23. The recital was mentioned in VERVE Magazine.

Iulia Cibisescu-Duran, composer, hosted our trip to Cluj, Romania. We gave a recital at the Music Academy which included also include performances of Cibisescu's 'Piece for Basso Moderno' and 'Melody' by Liana Alexandra.