site.btaSofia Philharmonic: Evening of Shostakovich with Ukrainian Conductor Yuri Yanko in Bulgaria Concert Hall

Yuri Yanko, Director General of the Kharkiv Philharmonic Society and Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra, will visit the Sofia Philharmonic on March 14 to present two masterpieces by Dmitri Shostakovich - Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra No.1, and Symphony No.8 - a musical description of the horror of war. The soloists for the evening are Opus Classik winner Selina Ott and International Franz Liszt Piano Competition first prize winner Alexander Ullman.