With the Grammy-award winning Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir and folk singers like Valya Balkanska so talented she was chosen as part of NASA’s Golden Record representing humanity’s greatest artistic accomplishments, Bulgaria’s ancient and renowned musical traditions set the stage for well-received concert tours, collaborations, and workshops. Classical Movements has been organizing tours to the Balkans since 1995, allowing groups such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Repertory Singers, College of William and Mary and others to enjoy ancient cities and picturesque landscapes. Within that region, Bulgaria offers some of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, a world-renowned polyphonic tradition, and proximity to Greece, Turkey, Serbia and Romania.
The College of William and Mary, Bucks County Music Society, Milton Lehr Miami Club and the University Society Choir are some groups that have toured the area with Classical Movements.