Stefan Dragostinov – about the Dragostin Folk and the national musical tradition
"Dragostin Folk National" is a female folk choir established in 1994 by the famous Bulgarian composer Stefan Dragostinov.
"Dragostin Folk National" is a female folk choir established in 1994 by the famous Bulgarian composer Stefan Dragostinov.
The female choir Dragostin Folk is my instrument, by means of which I am bringing to fruition my ideas and my philosophy about the connection between the traditional art and the present day.
The Dragostin Folk consists of twelve women-singers with "golden" voices. They are continuing the ancient Balkan tradition of the so-called "open", "guttural" women's singing. Among them a special vividness brings the unique dramatic contralto (contralto-profundo – a definition made by Dragostinov). She can sing the C two octaves bellow the middle C (according to the Italian terminology – Do- grande.)
The singers in the choir have various jobs: there are two school girls among them, four students, a primary school teacher, a high school teacher, a real estate broker. They are united by their love and respect for the Bulgarian national musical tradition, as well as by their youth enthusiasm – their average age is 25, the youngest one being 17. With this formation we have concerts; we make records that I collect and select in a series called The Sonic Icons of Bulgaria – anthology of Bulgarian folklore.
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