The Sofia philharmonic orchestra opened it’s 81st season in the hall “Bulgaria” with works by Beethoven, Pancho Vladigerov and Berlioz.

The orchestra conductor will be Alexei Kornienko from Austria – the new main conductor of the orchestra. The maestro, who is also a pianist, will also perform as a soloist in the orchestra. So will the other new conductor of the orchestra – Martin Pantaleev – violinist and composer.

The conductor team also includes Dian Chobanov and Liuba Pesheva, leader of the National philharmonic choir “Svetoslav Obretenov” and the “Sofia Quartet”.

The main directions in the repertoire of the philharmonic during the season will be three, according to the orchestra leader Yavor Dimitrov.