The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices

Available festival 2026 – Season 2026/2027:
‘Voices & Strings (to be release 2026)
Various possible formations

Since its founding in the early 1950s, this choir of some twenty Bulgarian women has sung of legends of unknown lands, of expanses stretching beyond borders, and of journeys through space and time. The group itself has become a legend. Since its massive breakthrough with audiences in Western Europe and America in the mid-1980s, the Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices has left its mark on every generation of listeners in one way or another and inspired many artists. Their incredible comeback is accompanied by a beatboxer with mind-blowing performances, the strings of a classical violin, and traditional percussion.

Following the success of BoosheeMish in 2018, the Mystery returns in 2024 with a new program, “Voices & Strings,” in collaboration with composer and conductor Georgi Andreev and the musicians of the Quarto Quartet. The repertoire thus includes new pieces composed for the choir and string quartet by the renowned Bulgarian composer and conductor Georgi Andreev, as well as well-known pieces from the choir’s repertoire, such as “Ergen Deda,” “Kalugerine,” “Svatba,” and others, rearranged for string quartet by Maestro Andreev.
Although the program features a string quartet, with “Voices and Strings,” the choir is, in a sense, returning to its roots and traditional style. It pays special tribute to the many talented composers who have arranged music for the choir by reintroducing certain “classics” into their concert repertoire. The new compositions written for the choir by Maestro Georgi Andreev also remain faithful to the rich and mysterious polyphonic style of the Bulgarian Voices, which has made this 70-year-old choir famous throughout the world.