^Past appearances, participations, concerts and tours^
✅ On June 12, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia performed at the Annual Concert of the Badnina 1982 community center. Along with its repertoire songs, that brought several awards from folklore festivals this past spring, the conductor presented new songs to the audience, which we will hear often on stage next season. This was the last performance of the choir for the 2024-2025 season, only a few more rehearsals are to come and then the summer vacation is ahead for all of us. We wish a cheerful summer, full of joy and happiness to everyone. In September we are back again to sing our favorite Bulgarian folk songs – pictures.
🥈 At the XXII Folk Festival A Song from Shopsko, held on June 8, 2025 in the village of Lokorsko near Sofia, in the Small Choir Ensembles category the Female Folk Choir Sofia presented an entirely a cappella program with songs from the Shopsko region, arranged especially for our choir. Competing with renowned smaller groups in the same category, all of which were singing with accompaniment, we are proud to anounce we were awarded the 🥈 Second Prize – pictures.
📺 Recently, the Female Folk Choir Sofia was visited in its rehearsal hall by the journalist from Radio Sofia of the Bulgarian National Radio Maria Boyadzhieva. To this young lady, we sang a bit and gave a short interview, broadcasted on May 22, 2025. The singer and founder of the Choir Sofia Maria Stoeva spoke about the creation of the choir and its history in the last 16 years, and our conductor Ivaylo Hristov spoke about the new repertoire and stage performances, as well as the new artistique challenges the ensemble is facing recently. And since we set aside a little of our rehearsal time for the interview, of course we sang two of our songs, one – Vredna Duda, a humorous song from the village of Dolni Koriten, Kyustendil region, arranged by our maestro – is a completely new addition to our repertoire, while Zadyavka is an arrangement by Georgi Genov of a song from Godech, which he donated to our choir when it was created. Listen to the interview in Bulgarian via the button above.
🥇 On May 10, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia took part in the Third National Folk Song Competition Spring Rainbow held in the village of Kurtovo Konare, Plovdiv Region. The jury for the competition, comprising some of the best performing folk singers of our time – Svetla Karadjova from Slavey Qurtet and Darina Slavova from the Trakia Folklore Ensemble, awarded us for the three songs we performed there 🥇 First Prize, and for high creative achievements in the preservation of our traditional folklore art, our conductor Ivaylo Hristov also received a diploma. Thank you for the encouraging words, we are happy about the well-deserved recognition and are looking forward to the opportunities for joint work – pictures and video.
📺 On April 18, 2025, the Sofia Choir was invited to the Bulgaria Morning show on Bulgaria on Air TV. In the short conversation, the singer and founder of the choir, Maria Stoeva, tolked about the creation of the choir 16 years ago, as well as about the unique old hand-woven and embroidered costumes, while the conductor talked about the new repertoire being prepared, as well as about the choir's latest tour in the Belgian capital, Brussels. In addition, we sang two songs in the acoustically beautiful and cozy TV studio – pictures.
🔔 On April 9, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia visited the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, where, in addition to participating in a seminar and several important meetings, the choir performed a short concert on the steps of the main entrance, named after Altiero Spinelli. The concert was attended by many MEPs and staff of the Parliament, as well as other visitors and our admirers, and the event was covered by BTA with a short report – pictures and video.
🥈 On April 1, 2025, on the occasion of the Day of Humor and Joke, the Female Folk Choir Sofia participated in the XXI Festival of Humor and Joke Who Laughs, Lives Long in the village of Baylovo, and was awarded 🥈 Silver medal.
✅ On March 1, 2025, on the occasion of the Amateur Day, in the hall of the Badnina 1982 community center, the Female Folk Choir Sofia performed a short concert program, accompanied by a lovely celebration, in the presence of the members of the board of trustees and our dear guests – pictures.
