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MUSIC
BULGARIAN STATE MARK NEIKRUG
RADIO & TELEVISION
FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR
Bulgarian State Radio & Television
Female Vocal Choir (a.k.a. Bulgarian
State Female Vocal Choir) is a
transcendent troupe of celestial
voices. The sound is nothing less
than mystical. Founded in the age
of Stalin, the choir’s mission was
to elevate the legacy of Bulgarian
folk music and its rich Ottoman/
Byzantine imperial heritages.
Their first album, the brainchild
of producer Marcel Cellier, was
released in 1975, at the height of
the Cold War. Then in 1989, as
communism fell, the ensemble
won a Grammy for best folk album.
Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir
has even collaborated with English
nightingale Kate Bush. The title
“Kalimankou Denkou” (The Evening
Gathering), from the 1989 album Le
Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, lives in
the upper stratosphere of brilliant.
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GENRE: Vocal
ARTIST: Bulgarian State Radio
& Television Female Vocal Choir
SONG: Kalimankou Denkou (The
Evening Gathering)
ALBUM: Le Mystère Des Voix
Bulgares
Classical maestro, pianist, and
conductor Marc Neikrug, a fourthgeneration musician, was born in
New York City to cellist parents.
Neikrug is the only American
composer to be commissioned by the
Deutsche Oper Berlin (Los Alamos),
and his opera Through Roses is an
acclaimed study of the Holocaust.
His works have been performed by
the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC
Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra.
Collaborations include Zubin Mehta,
Loren Maazel, Jaqueline Du Pre,
Lynn Harrell, Chick Corea, and David
Zinman. Highlights include three
ASCAP awards, a Golden Bear,
and the Charlie Rose show. In his
17th season leading the Santa Fe
Chamber Music Festival, Neikrug
has added a symposium “Music, the
Brain, Medicine, and Wellness” and
most recently recorded an eightpart CD series based on Native
American ritual titled Healing
Ceremony, graced by Susan Graham
and the New Mexico Symphony,
commissioned for the dedication of
the University of New Mexico Cancer
Center. With over 30 releases to
collect, rediscover “Duo for Violin
and Piano: Senza Misura,” from the
2007 collection Neikrug, featuring
the Hessischer Rundfunk Orchestra
and Pinchas Zukerman.
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GENRE: Classical
ARTIST: Marc Neikrug
SONG: Due for Violin and Piano:
Senza Misura
ALBUM: Neikrug
HUFFINGTON
10.20.13
JACK NITZSCHE
Illustrious composer, songwriter,
producer, pianist, and arranger
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