Composer

‘An undoubted jewel in Britain’s choral scene’ (BBC Music Magazine), the Choir of The Queen’s College Oxford directed by Owen Rees is among the finest and most active university choirs in the UK. Its extensive concert schedule involves appearances across the UK and internationally, and among its acclaimed recordings – including releases with the Academy of Ancient Music and the Britten Sinfonia – the 2018 release of music by John Taverner receive a Diapason d’Or, while Carols from Queen’s enjoyed nine weeks in the Specialist Classical Charts and was a Telegraph Christmas pick.

Christmas from Queen’s

Smith Square Hall

Violist and composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama guides an evening of musical currents, where ancient echoes and modern voices flow together. This is music as movement—across land, oceans, time, and space.

Tides & Transmissions

Crescent Arts Centre

Two extraordinary Bulgarian musicians are featured in this electrifying concert program. Young conductor Delyana Lazarova leads her compatriot Dobrinka Tabakova's Orpheus Comet. German violinist Clara-Jumi Kangnous leads us into a fabulous display of virtuosity and lyricism with Prokofiev's Second Concerto . The irresistible melody of the Andante assai opens a visual world echoed in Gustav Holst's fascinating Planets . Having inspired John Williams's Star Wars score , this unique score draws on astrology to paint a musical portrait of the planets.

Holst's Lights on the Planets

Grand Théâtre de Québec

Enter a world where emotion awakens with the light of day and deepens with every note. The quiet power of daybreak emerges in Dobrinka Tabakova’s luminous soundscape, Dawn, giving way to the Bohemian lyricism and heartfelt warmth of Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings, which weaves a lush, passionate tapestry of sound. The journey culminates in one of music’s most iconic treasures—Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons—where the vibrant forces of nature are unleashed with dazzling virtuosity. Step into a concert where time dances, races, and soars—and let every note pull you in.

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The Four Seasons

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Osher Marin Jewish Community Center

Empress Theatre

Our 2025-26 season opens with a burst of energy in Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus' Comet. Audience favorite Aubree Oliverson returns for performances of Antonín Dvořák’s endearing Violin Concerto, and renowned twentieth-century composer Arnold Schoenberg reimagines Johannes Brahms’ stately Piano Quartet in G Minor with a new depth of orchestral color.

Aubree Oliverson Plays Dvořák

Princeton University

We launch a new academic year with a spectacular evening at Barbican Hall, conducted by the internationally acclaimed Daniela Candillari.

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Barbican Centre

Music and movement are doorways to spiritual experience. Enter the Shakers. A radical Protestant sect with roots in 18th-century Northern England, they harnessed this power for holy connection and transcendence. American minimalist composer John Adams pays homage to their frenzied worship and ecstatic energy in the high-octane Shaker Loops.

Manchester Collective: Shaker Loops

Southbank Centre

Fabian Müller has already performed all of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas in the Pierre Boulez Hall; now he will play Mozart's A major concerto, composed in 1786 while he was working on Le nozze di Figaro . Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund will be heard conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin for the first time, inviting the audience to immerse themselves in the meditative sound world of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, who celebrates his 90th birthday a few days before the concert. The music of Dobrinka Tabakova, which references a melody by Franz Schubert, leads into a "kind of weightlessness through the cosmos, past stars and planets." Schubert's enigmatic Symphony in B minor will be heard next – music that oscillates between lyrical intensity and gloom, between light and shadow.

Concert in the Pierre Boulez Hall I

Pierre Boulez Saal

Guests of this concert are invited on a journey to the Geode, Tippet Rise’s newest outdoor concert space. Designed by Arup, the Geode consists of four triangular structures – one for performers and three for audience members – that both protect from the elements and create the enveloping sonic environment of an indoor hall in the great outdoors.

Angela Chan, violin; Aubree Oliverson, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Zlatomir Fung, cello

Tippet Rise Art Center

Could this be the most beautiful music ever written?

Fauré’s glorious Requiem is filled with rich, expressive melodies which speak to the soul of a peace beyond anything we can know in this life.

Three Choirs Festival: Fauré’s Requiem

Hereford Cathedral

Le mystère des voix bulgares: this was the name of a legendary record (or rather a series of records) that electrified music fans all over the world: rough, rubbing, flattering, incredibly rhythmic choral sounds that had never been heard before! Or had they? Béla Bartók, the great Hungarian folk music researcher, had already poured them into his string quartet in the 1930s, and Bulgarian ensembles and choirs had never stopped cultivating the country’s musical traditions. East and West, church sounds and fast-paced village bands meet here. The quartet around our violinist with Bulgarian roots, Maria Geißler, embarks on a virtuoso and sensuous search for traces.

Bulgarische Stimmen

Beethoven-Haus Bonn

A mesmerizing journey through enchanted forests, impassioned piano solos, coastal serenity, and a celestial ode to the magic of musical harmony.

Classics V: Dreams & Serenades

Broadway in Hollywood

Ever felt overstimulated by your phone screen? Ben Nobuto’s SERENITY 2.0 is a glitched-out collage of frenzied strings, percussion and samples. It cycles restlessly through Japanese pop, news anchors, and vocal-fried YouTubers – but the calm after the doomscrolling is worth the ride.

Manchester Collective: SERENITY 2.0

RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)

### Event Description: Erin Keefe Plays Beethoven - Minnesota Orchestra

**Event Title:** Erin Keefe Plays Beethoven

**Dates:** Thursday, March 13, 2025, and Friday, March 14, 2025

**Time:** To be announced

**Venue:** Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403

**Duration:** 2 hours, including intermission

**Event Overview:**
Join the Minnesota Orchestra for an enchanting evening featuring Concertmaster Erin Keefe as she takes center stage to perform Beethoven’s beloved Violin Concerto. This concert also includes Dobrinka Tabakova’s "Fantasy Homage to Schubert" and Schubert’s "Symphony No. 8, Unfinished," creating a cosmic portal to the timeless beauty of Schubert’s music.

**Program:**
- **BEETHOVEN:** Violin Concerto
- **TABAKOVA:** Fantasy Homage to Schubert
- **SCHUBERT:** Symphony No. 8, Unfinished

**Artists:**
- **Erin Keefe:** Violin
- **Tabita Berglund:** Conductor
- **Minnesota Orchestra**

**Ticket Information:**
Tickets for this concert are available now when you purchase a package. Save up to 15% and receive subscriber perks when you buy 3 or more concerts. Individual tickets go on sale on July 29.

**Additional Information:**
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**Presented by:** Ameriprise Financial

**Plan Your Visit:**
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**Contact Information:**
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Come and experience a night of extraordinary music with Erin Keefe and the Minnesota Orchestra!

Erin Keefe Plays Beethoven

Minnesota Orchestra

One minute, the sound vibrates through you, your hairs pulled on end. The next: a blissful calm descends. There’s furious amplified sound and then mysterious, holy light to slow the pulse back down…

Manchester Collective: Serenity 2.0

The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds

The Carnegie Mellon University Chamber Series brings together members of the CMU Faculty and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for outstanding music making in an intimate space.

Carnegie Mellon Chamber Series: Happening Now

Carnegie Mellon University

As you experience an orchestra from within, free to move between the instruments, discover a story of beauty, patience, peril and hope. Take control of the mixing desk and choose how you want to encounter extraordinary nature-inspired music by Richard Wagner, Dobrinka Tabakova, Nadia Boulanger, Michael Nyman and more.

The Orchestral Forest

The BBC Concert Orchestra travels deep into the wild and wonderful heart of Europe in a concert inspired by nature, with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto at its centre.

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen

Dvořák's Cello Concerto is the centrepiece of a concert inspired by nature - as Anna-Maria Helsing, cellist Senja Rummukainen and the BBC Concert Orchestra travel deep into the wild and wonderful heart of Europe.

Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen

Rachmaninoff, a virtuoso pianist himself, held nothing back when composing for his instrument; Simon Trpčeski is ideally suited for the challenge of Rachmaninoff’s demanding yet romantic First Piano Concerto. In mythology, Orpheus crossed paths with the god of bees — composer Dobrinka Tabakova wove their buzzing sounds into her dramatic Orpheus’ Comet, which also includes references to Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo. Finally, Music Director Ken-David Masur conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a beguiling suite about a clever woman who weaves adventure-filled stories to save her own life over the course of 1,001 nights.

Scheherazade

Warner Grand Theater

Music affects us on a profound level, it has the ability to transport and inspire but also to release and heal. Join violist Andrew Berridge and a quartet of musicians to explore the familiar and the new, opening our ears more widely to appreciate the full potential of what live music can do for us. With works by Brahms, Beethoven, Cristobal de Morales, Edmund Finnis, Caroline Shaw and Dobrinka Tabakova, this programme is firmly rooted in Scottish Ensemble’s belief that music can lift spirits and strengthen connections.

Resound with Scottish Ensemble

Adelaide Place Baptist Church

Music affects us on a profound level, it has the ability to transport and inspire but also to release and heal. Join Scottish Ensemble" class="css-u850" data-mark-multiple="true">Scottish Ensemble's violist Andrew Berridge and a quartet of musicians to explore the familiar and the new in this intimate listening experience, revealing the full potential of what live music can do for us. With works by Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edmund Finnis, Caroline Shaw and Dobrinka Tabakova, this programme is firmly rooted in Scottish Ensemble’s belief that music can lift spirits and strengthen connections.

Lunchtime Concert: Scottish Ensemble

Perth Concert Hall

Our 9th season opens with a celebration of contrasting styles, moods, and eras. Bartók’s “Contrasts,” ripe with folk dance melodies from his native Hungary and commissioned by jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman, begins the concert with a bang. Works by living composers Dobrinka Tabakova and Jenni Brandon comprise the middle of the program with two unique depictions of introspection, reflection, and calm. The evening closes with Beethoven’s Quintet for Winds and Piano, Op. 16, a seminal work in the wind chamber music repertoire.

Bartok and Beethoven: Contrasts

St. Martin's Lutheran Church

Experience the stunning sunrise over Newport’s iconic Cliff Walk during this inspiring and introspective concert as the festival artists take you from Beethoven through inspiring works by some of today’s most interesting composers. These works, vibrant and warm in nature and written in different string configurations, together make for a meditative and uplifting way to begin your day.

Melodic Introspections at Sunrise

Chinese Tea House

Bulgarian conductor Delyana Lazarova returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a free afternoon studio concert at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios.

Delyana Lazarova conducts music by Tabakova, Mendelssohn and Dvořák

BBC Maida Vale Studios

Join us for an enchanting evening of music as Waverly Long takes the stage with her viola for a captivating student recital. This event is set to unfold on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at 6:00pm CDT, in the intimate setting of the McClintock Choral and Recital Room, located within the prestigious Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts at 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208.

Waverly Long, a talented Bachelor of Music student under the tutelage of Desirée Ruhstrat, will be joined by an ensemble of gifted musicians including Abigail Yoon and Lucy Kim on violin, Samuel Sun on viola, Naomi Aires, Noam Ginsparg, and Kailie Holliday on cello, with Philip Long and Nathan Canfield on piano. Together, they will present a program that spans the breadth of classical music, featuring works by Robert Schumann, Dobrinka Tabakova, Alan Hovhaness, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Gabriel Fauré. Highlights include Schumann's Märchenbilder, Op. 113, Tabakova's Whispered Lullaby, and selections from Brahms' String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18.

This recital offers a unique opportunity to experience the depth and breadth of classical music through the performances of emerging talents. The event is free, and tickets are not required, making it accessible to all who wish to immerse themselves in the beauty of live music. For those unable to attend in person, a live stream will be available, ensuring no one misses out on this musical celebration.

Don't miss this opportunity to support young musicians and experience the future of classical music. Mark your calendars for an evening of exquisite music that promises to be both inspiring and memorable.

Waverly Long, viola

Ryan Center for the Musical Arts

A rollercoaster of pianistic flourishes, Rachmaninoff’s ravishing rhapsody is given a tour-de- force performance by soloist Simon Trpčeski. Dvořák’s distinctly Bohemian style shines in his brooding, mysterious Seventh Symphony, in which the composer gives voice to personal grief and the struggles of his nation.

Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Willamette University

WolfGANG Sessions at Club SAW is a night of music that is sure to entertain. Grab your adventurous friends and take them out for a wild night of chamber music with your favourite musicians from the NAC Orchestra.

WolfGANG Sessions #23

Arts Court

Ana Luiza Tovo Loureiro, Viola – Doctoral Solo Recital Gréta Pásztor, Piano

Ana Luiza Tovo Loureiro, Viola – Doctoral Solo Recital

First United Methodist Church of Tucson

HYS Side-by-Side with ROCO

The Church of St. John the Divine

### Event Description: ROCO In Concert: Supersonic

**Date and Time:** Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 5:00 PM  
**Location:** The Church of St. John the Divine, River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX, USA

**Event Overview:**
ROCO's full chamber orchestra, under the baton of conductor Delyana Lazarova, presents "Supersonic," a high-energy concert featuring a dynamic and diverse program. This event is sponsored by the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation and promises an evening of exhilarating music and exceptional performances.

**Program Highlights:**

1. **Elfrida Andrée’s Symphony No. 2 in A Minor**  
   - A colorful and lyrical piece with an exuberant opening theme.

2. **Richard Danielpour’s Voci dal Purgatorio**  
   - U.S. premiere of the second movement from his Symphony in Three Movements, inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

3. **Jessica Meyer’s Go Big or Go Home**  
   - A work celebrating self-realization and empowerment, featuring blues guitar phenom Clay Melton and his band.

4. **Franz Schubert’s Overture in the Italian Style, D. 591**  
   - Performed side-by-side with the Houston Youth Symphony, showcasing rich textures and emotional depth.

5. **Dobrinka Tabakova’s Fantasy Homage to Schubert**  
   - An alluring piece by the Bulgarian-British composer, known for her riveting and radiant sound world.

**Special Features:**

- **ROCOrooters Program:**  
  Enjoy a night out while your children (ages 2 months to 10 years) are cared for by certified and bonded childcare professionals. The program offers up to 6 hours of childcare during the concert for $45 per child. Free, downloadable materials with themed activities will also be available for families to enjoy together while watching the livestream.

- **Wellness Walk with Urban Paths:**  
  Join a special free Wellness Walk preceding the concert. Participants will meet at 3:00 PM at The Church of St. John the Divine for a 90-minute guided walk, concluding in time for the concert at 5:00 PM. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today.

**Note:** This concert is now at capacity, and tickets are no longer on sale.

**Location:**  
The Church of St. John the Divine  
River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX, USA  
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**Conductor:** Delyana Lazarova  
**Featuring:** Clay Melton Band, Houston Youth Symphony

For more information and to stay updated on future events, visit ROCO's official website.

ROCO In Concert: Supersonic

Fantasia

St Francis Episcopal Church

Grammy®-nominated pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee closes her Beethoven Piano-Violin Sonata Cycle series with the “brilliant” and “lyrical” (Washington Post) violinist Lina Bahn. The series' concerts are built to pair Beethoven sonatas with lesser-known works. In this program, in addition to piano, Lee is also performing on the toy piano and the hurdy-gurdy.

Beethoven Piano-Violin Sonata Cycle No. VI with Genevieve Feiwen Lee

Pomona College

Indulge in a captivating musical journey with Romantic Serenades! Delight in the ethereal beauty of our extraordinary string section as we present an enchanting program that will transport you to a world of emotive melodies. Experience the heartfelt Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5, a stunning love letter dedicated to his wife Alma. Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing Suite in Old Style by Dobrinka Tabakova, and let the timeless Serenade for Strings by Antonín Dvořák sweep you away with its timeless allure. Ignite your Valentine's celebrations with Romantic Serenade, whether with a loved one or cherished friends. Prepare for an unforgettable, spellbinding experience.


Romantic Serenades

Austin Peay State University

“A force of liberation, out to help you escape any boxes into which you may have placed the classical concert experience,” (Star Tribune) Artistic Partner Abel Selaocoe returns to the Ordway to lead a program of Baroque and Classical works that showcase the cello. A world-class collaborator on and off stage, Selaocoe will perform both as soloist and as chamber musician with the SPCO. From Luigi Boccherini’s evocation of night music in Madrid and Franz Joseph Haydn’s Evening Symphony to Selaocoe’s own beautiful contemporary compositions, this program explores themes of night and day — sunrise and sunset — spanning centuries and cultures.

Express Concert: Haydn’s Evening Symphony with Abel Selaocoe

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Four players and five remarkable composers, as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Equilibrium Quartet champions neglected gems and newly-minted classics by Grace-Evangeline Mason, Elizabeth Maconchy, Florence Price and more.

Equilibrium

The Music Room

Still in her twenties, Anna Lapwood, is firmly established as a leading organist, conductor and broadcaster, who made her combined Hallé and BBC Proms debut in 2021 with Saint-Saëns’s Third, so called ‘Organ’, Symphony. For her first Manchester Hallé visit, she also plays Poulenc’s eclectic concerto which veers in mood from jocularity and light-heartedness to the grave and profound, reflecting his rediscovery of his Christian faith around this time. Anna also plays a work composed especially for her, Sanctus from Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orbis Factor.

Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony

The Bridgewater Hall

Shakespeare on Stage

Clay Center

Salads, Scenes and Symphonies – Chamber Music Concert #2

Stadtmuseum Pforzheim

Visit to the Hospital: Salads, Scenes and Symphonies – Chamber Music Concert

Siloah St. Trudpert Klinikum

Celebrated for its innovative and imaginative programming, the Manchester Collective repeatedly succeeds in uncovering exciting thematic threads and establishing unexpected connections. In their new program, "Albion, Now," they take the audience on a journey through the contemporary British music scene. Christian Mason's vibrant "Sardinian Songbook" encounters Errollyn Wallen's lyrical sound language of "Five Postcards," Anna Meredith's wild swarm of flies in "Tuggemo," in which strings and electronica buzz around each other, and other discoverable new creations from Great Britain—formerly known as Albion. The Manchester Collective thus draws on the rich world of myth and legend of old England and transforms it into a contemporary soundscape.

Manchester Collective

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

After losing his right arm in the First World War, pianist Paul Wittgenstein refused to give up his art and commissioned Maurice Ravel to write his Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. The result is one of the most captivating works in the piano repertoire, blending jazzy rhythms with profound beauty. Pianist Cédric Tiberghien brings this masterpiece to life. Jean Sibelius’ First Symphony combines a Tchaikovskian tradition with hints of the unique sound world he would later develop. With great flair, Nuno Coelho leads the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra through this rich and colourful programme.

Ravel's Piano Concerto for the left hand

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Following three acclaimed PCMS performances, including two with brother Sheku, Isata Kanneh-Mason—one of Britain’s most exciting young pianists—returns to Philadelphia for an imaginative solo recital. Her program encompasses Beethoven’s Moonlight and Waldstein sonatas, new works by Bulgarian-British composer Dobrinka Tabakova, and Ravel’s epic Gaspard de la nuit, one of the most demanding virtuoso works in the entire piano literature. “Kanneh-Mason realizes every expressive moment with sensitivity” (The Guardian).

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Isata Kanneh-Mason, whose playing has been called “calmly commanding” and “unfailingly subtle” by The New York Times, makes her SLSO debut in a recital with music inspired by nighttime and daybreak. From the timeless opening notes of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” sonata to Dobrinka Tabakova’s starlight-hued Nocturne and Ravel’s haunting Gaspard de la Nuit (Gaspard of the Night), in the hands of Kanneh-Mason, the piano travels from sparkling to moody and contemplative.

Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital

Powell Hall

"Orpheus' Comet" by the Bulgarian-English composer Dobrinka Tabakova is a homage to Monteverdi's opera "L'Orfeo" and the Orpheus myth in general. At first, a buzzing swarm of bees appears to be circling the orchestra—an allusion to the beekeeper Aristaeus, who (according to the myth) was responsible for the death of Orpheus's lover, Eurydice. Gradually, solemn melodies emerge, and at the end, the (slightly altered) opening hymn from "L'Orfeo" resounds, pompous as a stadium fanfare.

Composer

Dobrinka Tabakova

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 21, 2026

Shakespeare on Stage · West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

Mar 8, 2026

Salads, Scenes and Symphonies – Chamber Music Concert #2 · Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

Mar 9, 2026

Visit to the Hospital: Salads, Scenes and Symphonies – Chamber Music Concert · Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

Mar 19, 2026

Manchester Collective · Elbphilharmonie

Apr 3, 2026

Ravel's Piano Concerto for the left hand · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Dec 19, 2025

Christmas from Queen’s · Sinfonia Smith Square

Nov 12, 2025

Tides & Transmissions · Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

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