{"id":7694,"date":"2026-07-03T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/?p=7694"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:17:15","slug":"world-renowned-violinist-songha-choi-will-perform-at-the-first-edition-of-the-burgas-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/world-renowned-violinist-songha-choi-will-perform-at-the-first-edition-of-the-burgas-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"World-renowned violinist SongHa Choi will perform at the first edition of the Burgas Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logo-2.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logo-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-7696\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27312%27%20height%3D%27171%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20312%20171%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27312%27%20height%3D%27171%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logo-2-200x110.png 200w, https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logo-2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logo-2.png 312w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A concert by the world-renowned South Korean violinist, SongHa Choi, a laureate of the Queen Elizabeth Competition, and the acclaimed young pianist, Jeonghwan Kim, will kick off the first edition of the Burgas Festival\u2014an international chamber music festival. On July 6, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., this major musical event invites music lovers in Burgas to the Toncho Rusev Hall, within the NHK Cultural Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virtuoso performances of C\u00e9sar Franck\u2019s Sonata in A Major, and Maurice Ravel\u2019s jazz-infused Sonata No. 2, are just some of the works the Burgas audience will enjoy. As a special surprise, the visiting South Korean duo will perform a dynamic international interpretation of Pancho Vladigerov\u2019s legendary Bulgarian rhapsody, \u201cVardar.\u201d The highlight of the evening will be the world premiere of \u201cBilyana Plattno Beleshe\u201d for two violins and piano, which will bring together on stage SongHa Choi, Jeonghwan Kim, and festival founder Gergana Raykova (violin).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This major musical event is held under the patronage of Philip Carne, MBE, and with the support of the Gergana Raykova Foundation.&nbsp; The Burgas Festival\u2014an international chamber music festival\u2014brings together premier artists from around Europe and the world for solo and chamber concerts and master classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each concert program at the festival will include at least one Bulgarian musical work. \u201cThe goal is to integrate Bulgaria\u2019s musical heritage into the European and global repertoire of top-tier artists,\u201d says Gergana Raykova, founder and artistic director of the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A concert by the world-renowned South Korean violinist, SongHa Choi,  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7697,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7694\/revisions\/7697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burgas2032.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}