Sting by Peter Salchev, Military Big Band and Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House
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STING THE OPERA with Peter Salchev, Military Big Band-Stara Zagora and the Orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora at the Opera House
The magnificent music of Sting in symphonic arrangement will be presented in a special concert by the Orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora and the Military Big Band conducted by Capt. Tsvetomir Vassilev. The soloist is the famous jazz performer Peter Salchev. The premiere of "Sting the Opera" is on January 31 at 19:00, and due to the great interest in the concert will be repeated on February 1 at 19:00. In the concert "Sting the Opera" /literally "Sting the Opera"/ we will hear some of the most popular songs of the British music legend Sting including, of course, "Englіѕhman in Nеw York", "Fіеldѕ of Gоld", "Shаre of Muеаrt", "Evеry Breath You Take", "Roһanne", "Russians", "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You", "Moоn over Bourbon Street" and others. The arrangements are by David Hartley, Michelle LeGrand, Rob Mathis, Vince Mendoza, Stephen Mercurio, Bill Ross and Nicola Tescari. Peter Salchev was born in 1969 in the city of Plovdiv and his interest in music began in his teens and focused on classical guitar. In 1990 his vocal career began, working and collaborating with "Beli, Zeleni i Cherveni" - one of the most popular and established jazz formations in Bulgaria.In 1994 he won the award for the best young performer at the "Youth Jazz Meeting" Plovdiv. In 1994 he continued his vocal-musical education at the pop-jazz faculty of DMA "Pancho Vladigerov", in the class of Assoc. Georgi Kordov. In 1997 he won a scholarship for a master's program at the Boston Conservatory. In 2009 the Greek company Anokato released his project with Kostas Maginas - TheCall. Since 2005 he has been an assistant professor of Singing at AMTII Plovdiv. He has made a number of recordings for the Bulgarian National Television and Radio, soloist of the Big Band of the National Radio, Big Band Plovdiv, worked with Angel Zaberski-son, Zhivko Petrov, Hristo Yotsov, Simeon Shterev, Theodosii Spasov, Assen Doykin, Milcho Leviev, Petar Petrov, Kamelia Todorova, Hilda Kazasyan, Oliver Yosifovsky, Kostas Maginas, Marius Pop, Dorina Markova, Boris Tonkov, Tashko Tashev, Ana Dimova. She has performed on the stages of all jazz festivals in Bulgaria. He has performed in England, Germany, Austria, Denmark, the United States of America, Turkey, Greece and Romania. Petar Salchev was a soloist with the Military Big Band in the sixth edition of Jazz Forum-Stara Zagora, when they performed a joint concert with Craig Bailey, long-time leader and soloist of the legendary Ray Charles Orchestra (in one of the photos). Sting is the only world star whose love for Bulgaria spans 23 years. In that time he has visited the country 6 times, performed 7 concerts in different locations in front of about 50 000 spectators. Sting's musical talent ranges from melodic pop and new wave, through jazz-like compositions like the tracks on The Dream of the Blue Turtles, classical renaissance music on the album Songs from the Labyrinth, where he teams up with Bosnian lute virtuoso Edin Karamazov, and even interpretations of traditional Christmas tunes on If on a Winter's Night... (watch his wonderful concert performance at Durham Cathedral). In 2003 he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2014. In 2014, the White House bestowed him with the Kennedy Center Honors Award, given for distinguished service to the arts. In 2000, he was inducted into the Hollywood Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was ranked 62nd among the best living performers. VH1 ranked him 63rd among the top 100 rock artists. Q magazine ranked him No. 80 on its list of the best performers of the 20th century. In total, Sting has sold over 100 million copies in his entire career - including The Police and his solo performances. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, as Sting's full name is /translated as Sting/, was born in 1951 in Wallsend, U.K. In the mid-1970s he became popular as the leader of the band The Police, and by 1984 he was pursuing a solo career. Sting's first solo work was the soundtrack to the 1982 film "Brimstone and Treacle".He is a member of the Rock Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements and contributions to music.His extensive resume includes 16 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards and a number of other musical accolades. He's so used to his Sting moniker that he admitted in an interview years ago that he wouldn't turn around on the street if someone called him by his birth name, Gordon.
Tickets for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 are on sale at the Opera House box office. The project is a partnership of the Stara Zagora State Opera and the Second Tunjan Mechanized Brigade.