Biography

Led by native Bulgarian singer Dessislava Stefanova, former member of the Philip Koutev Bulgarian Folk Ensemble, the London Bulgarian Choir takes us on a journey around Bulgaria, exploring the landscapes of the voice and the creative traditions of this land.

Dessi and the rest of the choir invite you to join them in finding that ancient resonance in the depth of the human heart.

“It is evident from the first notes of the dramatic Muri Yano that the choir… has effectively captured the hard-edged, precisely focused sound, sudden dynamic shifts, and massively swelling sonic waves vital to this music. Equally at home with the stirring revolutionary ballad Goro Le Goro, playful squibs like Sednalo E Jore, and the moving lament Razbolyal Se E Mlad Stuyan, the choir’s greatest achievement is that it does not aspire to being a simple carbon copy of a Bulgarian original, but has instead forged its own sound.” – Songlines