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EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet
Gergana Dimitrova - sopran
Sofia Kovacheva - mezzosopran
Evelina Christova - alt
Daniela Stoichkova - contraalt
Milen Ivanov - conductor
The EVA Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices - the four young solo singers (after a strong selection from thousand applicants) of the world famous female folk choir "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares". Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to just one voice.
The group was spontaneously founded by the four women in 1995 and they immediately found a common language and interests. Thus, an unadultered atmosphere was developing at concerts and the audience often had the impression of listening to one multilayered voice. The singers are in command of a very virtuous and very impressive style of singing which is based on an excellent technique.
The repertoire of the quartet comprises authentic folklore songs from different parts of Bulgaria.
They are looking for the purety and primarity of the song while reading tradition in a very modern and varied way.
The whole programme of the quartet contains of old Bulgarian music and church hymns as well as modern music. The quartet also plays with jazz musicians as Veselin Nikolov and Antoni Donchev and with modern composers like Krassimir Kjurkchiski.
EVA Quartet also worked with: Trio Mediaeval; VeDaKi Group; Haig Yazdjian; A Filletta; Elbtonal Schlagwerk, etc.
The singers experiment with modern sounds like Drum'n Bass and Ambient and have already recorded a Remix.
In summer 2000 they took part in the project “Magic Voices“ of the Tanz & Folklore Festival in Rudolstadt (ZDF / 3 SAT / Deutschlandfunk) which found much interest.
In 2002 EVA Quartet took part in a very special vocal project with the VeDaKi Group and Haig Yazdjian.
In 2003 they made recordings for the soundtrack of the new Polish movie “Stara Basn” / music by Krzesimir Debski.
In 2003 and 2004 EVA Quartet took part in a big project of Jeunesse Vienna with Camerata Salzburg, Fanfare Ciocarlia and Muzsikas with Marta Sebestyen.
Moreover, the quartet released two albums "Bulgarian Folklore Gifts“ (Orpheus Music) and „Harmonies“ (Kuker Music). The Austrian music magazine Concerto called the album "Harmonies" "the most beautiful CD of Bulgarian female voices".
For the fourth album of the choir "Le mystere des voix bulgares" the producer Marcel Cellier decided for four solo songs of the quartet. One of these songs is also included in the sampler "Spiritus" (Polygram).
At the moment EVA Quartet is working on an album with sacramental music.
FESTIVALS and PROJECTS
Hofkonzerte / Podewil Berlin 2000
Tanz und Folkfestival Rudolstadt / Rudolstadt 2000
Projekt “Magic Voices“ des Tanz & Folklore Festival in Rudolstadt 2000
Voice Mania / Wien 2000
Vokal Total / München 2000
Folksherbst / Plauen 2000
Projekt “Voices“ Fest der Kontinente / Berlin 2001
Acappella Festival / Burghof Lörrach 2002
Fest der Träume / Würzburg 2002
Linz Fest / Linz 2002 (with Balanescu Quartet)
WDR Weltfestival / Bonn 2002
Vokal Festival / Düsseldorf 2002 (with Miriam Makeba)
Chants Polyphoniques de Calvi / Corsica 2002 (with A Filletta)
Krems 2002 (with Trio Mediaeval)
XONG Festival / Mals 2003
Bad Wildungen Folk im Schloss 2003
Nürnberg Bardentreffen 2003
Jeunesse / Wien 2003 (with Marta Sebestien)
Festival de Musica Eivissa Clasica / Ibiza 2003
Festival Sacred Music / München 2003
Osterfestival Tirol / 2004
Stemmenfestival Antwerpen / 2004
Quedlinburger Musiksommer / 2004
Lodz Film Project / 2004
Vilnius World Music Festival / 2004
Polyfollia Saint Lo / 2004
Jeunesse / München 2004 (with Marta Sebestien)
Vienna Voice Mania / 2004
Acapella Festival / Leipzig 2005
International Choral Festival / Cork 2005
Drogheda Arts Festival / Drogheda 2005
Jazz Festival / Bray 2005
Caen Balkantransit Festival / 2006
Appenzell A-Cappella-Festival / 2006
Rouen Voix De Fete Festival / 2006
Vaasa Choir Festival / 2006
Castelbar - Mayo Festival / 2006
Clonmel Festival / 2006
Ulm Donau Festival / 2006 (with Iren Lovasz)
Munchen Klaviersommer Festival / 2006
Lund Choral Festival / 2006
etc.
REVIEWS
The floating diaphony of the Bulgarian folklore music which is producing melodius sound from parallel seconds – these were sounds which – we don’t know how – impart an amazing presence to the old myth of music as a universal language.
"The listeners let themselves be thrilled and electrified with this mediating and striking music. The impressive style of singing of the four young singers made us believe to listen to only one, mulilayered voice – despite the four part singing."
"With the diaphoning music of this unique quartet sounds separate from each other and meet again. For the untrained listener these micro intervals might sound dissonant at the beginning. However, they first impart thrill and thus life to the music."
In some songs we nearly "see" the content, artistically played by the swinging voices of the singers. Corresponding to the song, the arrangement and the original region of the song, they even change the sound, the colour of the voice in order to reach to the atmosphere of the landscape. It is a "bunch of different flowers" which sometimes sound friendly, sometimes tragical, but also lyrical and satirical.
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