Here's the full archive of pictures and images of Sofia Choir back through the years.
↩ On October 21, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia opened a modest celebration of the GERB Party in Mladost municipality. In front of our long-time friend and benefactor in critical situations, the MP Mrs. Yordanka Fandakova, we performed part of our program, which we had just presented in Italy and France. ^
↩ In early October 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia took part in the prestigious World Folklore Festival Code d'Azure 2025 in France and Italy. In the cities of San Remo, Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, and Diano Marina, we presented a program of Bulgarian folk songs from all ethnographic regions of our country in arrangements by Stefan Kunev, Georgi Ganev, Georgi Andreev and Ivaylo Hristov. Our acapella program was enthusiastically received everywhere, both by the large audience and by the other festival participants, who gathered from all over Europe. ^
↩ On September 24, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia in the opening ceremony of the ETHSofia conference 2025, held in the John Atanasoff Hall of Sofia Tech Park. Before the audience dived into the otherwise serious and somewhat boring technological topics, our choir brought a touch of humor to the matter. ^
↩ On June 12, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia performed at the Annual Concert of the Badnina 1982 community center. Along with its repertoire songs, that brought several awards from folklore festivals this past spring, the conductor presented new songs to the audience, which we will hear often on stage next season. ^
↩ At the XXII Folk Festival A Song from Shopsko, held on June 8, 2025 in the village of Lokorsko near Sofia, in the Small Choir Ensembles category the Female Folk Choir Sofia presented an entirely a cappella program with songs from the Shopsko region, arranged especially for our choir. Competing with renowned smaller groups in the same category, all of which were singing with accompaniment, we are proud to anounce we were awarded the 🥈 Second Prize. ^
↩ On May 10, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofia took part in the Third National Folk Song Competition Spring Rainbow held in the village of Kurtovo Konare, Plovdiv Region. The jury for the competition, comprising some of the best performing folk singers of our time – Svetla Karadjova from Slavey Qurtet and Darina Slavova from the Trakia Folklore Ensemble, awarded us for the three songs we performed there 🥇 First Prize, and for high creative achievements in the preservation of our traditional folklore art, our conductor Ivaylo Hristov also received a diploma. Thank you for the encouraging words, we are happy about the well-deserved recognition and are looking forward to the opportunities for joint work. ^
↩ On April 18, 2025, the Sofia Choir was invited to the Bulgaria Morning show on Bulgaria on Air TV. In the short conversation, the singer and founder of the choir, Maria Stoeva, tolked about the creation of the choir 16 years ago, as well as about the unique old hand-woven and embroidered costumes, while the conductor talked about the new repertoire being prepared, as well as about the choir's latest tour in the Belgian capital, Brussels. In addition, we sang two songs in the acoustically beautiful and cozy TV studio. ^
↩ On April 9, 2025, the Female Folk Choir Sofiavisited the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, where, in addition to participating in a seminar and several important meetings, the choir performed a short concert on the steps of the main entrance, named after Altiero Spinelli. The concert was attended by many MEPs and staff of the Parliament, as well as other visitors and our admirers, and the event was covered by BTA with a short report. ^
↩ On March 1, 2025, on the occasion of the Amateur Day, in the hall of the Badnina 1982 community center, the Female Folk Choir Sofia performed a short concert program, accompanied by a lovely celebration, in the presence of the members of the board of trustees and our dear guests. ^
↩ The Sofia Choir was on a creative holiday in Borovets in February 2025. ^
↩ The Sofia Choir participated in a celebration on the occasion of Babinden at 90 Secondary School in Lyulin district on January 18, 2025. ^
↩ The Sofia Choir participated in a concert of the Badnina 1982 community center at 144 Secondary School in Mladost district on December 7, 2024. ^
