SVILEN SIMEONOV, Conductor 

Svilen Simeonov has been conductor of the Sinfonietta-Sofia since 2001. A graduate of “Pancho Vladiguerov“ Academy of Music in Sofia, and  the Academy of  Music and Dance in Plovdiv (now Academy of  Music, Dance and Fine Arts), he also specialized in orchestral conducting at the Vienna Academy of Music. He is prizewinner of The Musician of the Year National Award in 1999, given by the Bulgarian National Radio, and of The Crystal Lyre Award for 2001, presented to him for outstanding musical and artistic achievements with the Collegium Musicum-Bankya Orchestra.

    Svilen Simeonov has guest-performed in Europe, Asia and America. He has given master classes in Seoul, South Korea and Hanoi, Vietnam.

 Reviews 

   “‛As to the conductor Svilen Simeonov, he seemed to have kept all his strength for the end of the concert when showing his great and  profound insight into the score of Nelson Mass, he succeeded in uniting the soloists, choir and orchestra, and gave this exciting work the right interpretation.“

Prof. Georgi Spassov, First flute Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

On behalf of the Konzerthaus Japanese representative and his agency, I would like to thank you Maestro Simeonov personally for your brilliant performance as a conductor as well as for the wonderful concerts of Sofia Sinfonietta under your baton in Japan.

Mag. Peter Buchmann Buchmann GesmbH, Austria,July 2004

Maestro Simeonov,  I would like to extend my compliments both to you as a conductor and the  Sofia Sinfonietta Orchestra for an excellent level of artistic achievement which was felt by the public who expressed its admiration on all occasions after your concerts.

Christos Tsenes, General Manager, Phormigx Concert Agency, September 2005

Mozart’s Requiem was performed in the second part of the concert with the music being played at one go. The     atmosphere,  charged with emotion  where music and word combined in the unique way of Mozart’s genius, was expressed by the ensemble of the mellow and beautiful voices of the soloists Tsvetelina Maldjanska, Alexandrina Milcheva, Nikolai Mocov and Alexei Ivanov, the powerful yet velvet sound of the Svetoslav Obretenov A Cappela Choir and the partnership of  Svilen Simeonov as conductor  building up the architectonics of the work in a delicate and precise manner.

Prof. Zheni Zaharieva, Chairperson,
Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers,
Musical Horizons magazine, No 10/2004

In the Serenade for String Orchestra Op.48 by P.I. Tchaikovsky, Svilen Simeonov achieved an incredible harmony    developing its different parts. The creative    expressiveness  in the first part and the final contrasted with the richness of the experience especially in  the Elegy. We could  feel the    conductor’s suggestiveness,     who managed to instil such emotional efficiency into the strings that made people hold their breath sharing the moment… …Tchaikovsky’s confession, a work of a genius, tugged at the audience’s heartstrings, who expressed its gratitude by a round of applause.

Bozhidar Gatev, Musical Horizons magazine, No 4/2004

Svilen Simeonov succeeded in rendering the musical expression with inherent profundity.Alessandro Solbiatti, who came to hear his composition Sette pezzi, was really delighted with the wonderful performance given by the orchestra and its conductor Svilen Simeonov

Bozhidar Gatev, Musical Horizons magazine, No 4/2004