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On February 27, Rossen Milanov joins the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern for a concert in honor of Weiberfastnacht, a pre-Lenten holiday in Germany that celebrates women. In keeping with the theme, the lunchtime concert is programmed around operatic selections featuring strong female leads. Soprano Sophia Christine Brommer joins the performance for arias from Mozart’s Così …

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Following three concerts in Vancouver, Rossen Milanov’s eight-week world tour continues in Japan with concerts in Sapporo and Tokyo. Making his conductorial debut in the former city, Rossen leads the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra on February 8 in a concert highlighted by Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Nikolay Khozyainov, and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgksy’s Pictures at an …

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This weekend sees Rossen returning to Vancouver for three concerts with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre February 1–3. The program opens with Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, which is followed by Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with soloist Chad Hoopes. The second half of the program features The Smile of Maud Lewis by the late Russian-Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf, a …

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This weekend finds Rossen Milanov in New Jersey with Symphony in C and Princeton Symphony Orchestra, both of which count the Bulgarian conductor as their music director. On January 18, Rossen is heard with Symphony in C at the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts with a program highlighted by Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with guest artist Dominic Armstrong. The piece is preceded …

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“I have a certain connection to the emotional intensity of a piece, but I work hard to put it in a rational frame. There’s a cohesion that happens,” Rossen tells the New York Times’s Tammy La Gorce. Rossen discusses his work with Symphony in C and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, including his upcoming program with the latter, “La Noche Española.” Click here to read, or check out page NJ10 of …

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