International Chamber Music Festival - Plovdiv 2025
From May 17th to June 13th
Ethnographic Museum - Plovdiv

This is the oldest chamber music festival in Europe. Established in 1964, it takes place in the picturesque atmosphere of some of the most iconic architectural monuments in Old Plovdiv. Year after year, the forum establishes itself as a significant and sustainable cultural event for the city of Plovdiv and the country, recording the names of world-renowned musicians and chamber ensembles in its history.
Created by notable Bulgarian musicians Maestro Angel Hristov, Prof. Vladimir Avramov, Prof. Alexander Neinski, Dobrin Petkov, and Marko Mesholam, this iconic and extremely important annual professional forum holds the prestigious EFFE Label for European festival quality.

May 18, 7:30 p.m.
Ethnographic Museum
Opening: Jubilee Concert – 80 Years of Dobrin Petkov National School of Music and Dance 

May 20, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall of Art Academy Plovdiv
Piano Kaleidoscope
Borislava Taneva and her students Nikolay Marinov, Ivaylo Vassilev, Angel Yalachkov

May 22, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall of Art Academy Plovdiv
Hommage à J.S. Bach – 340 Years Since the Composer's Birth
Vincent Dubois, organ

May 28, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall of Art Academy Plovdiv
Karl-Heinz Schütz – flute & Maria Prinz – piano