EIGHTH ANNUAL CONCERT OF BALKAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: BALKANICUS

Eight Annual Concert of Balkan Contemporary Music

                  BALKANICUS

World Premieres of Carastathis’  River (2010) and Kazandjiev’s Fantasy (2011)

All American Premieres

Works by

Vassil Kazandjiev, Bulgaria

Aris Carastathis, Greece

Svetlana Savić, Serbia

Petar Petrov, Bulgaria

Valentina Velkovska, Macedonia

Roumen Balyozov, Bulgaria

Performed by

Fernando Meza – percussions

Caroline Lemen – horn

 Nickolai Kolarov – cello

 Alastair Brown – violin

 Jill Dawe – piano

 Catherine Ramirez – flute

and students of U of M School of Music

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World and American premier of Fantasy Concertante (2011) for Flute (Piccolo), Horn, Marimba and Cello by the Bulgarian composer Vassil Kazandjiev at the Eight Balkan contemporary chamber music concert Balkanicus on April 29, 2012 in the University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities. The dedication reads: "to Nickolai Kolarov with admiration and gratitude."