Neli Andreeva’s Traditional Songs from Bulgaria
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- 30 Mar 2023
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Welcome back to Homegrown Plus! We took a break from presenting 2021 concerts to feature our 2022 series of premieres here on the blog. In 2023 we’re back with a series that includes both live concerts and online video premieres, which gives us the blog space to finish up that 2021 series of Homegrown Plus! (Find the whole Homegrown Plus series here.) Since it’s Women’s History Month, we thought we’d get back into the series with Neli Andreeva. Like other blogs in the Homegrown Plus series, this one includes a concert video and a video interview with the featured performer, plus links and connections to Library of Congress collections.
Master traditional Bulgarian singer Neli Andreeva was born 1976 in Asenovgrad. She grew up in the resort of Narechen in the majestic Rhodope Mountains. There she learned her first folk songs from her grandmother and mother. Neli graduated from the music school for folk instruments and singing in the village of Shiroka Laka in 1995. Neli Andreeva is renowned for her stirring interpretations of her native Rhodope region. She is a soloist as well as choirmaster of the Philip Koutev Folklore Ensemble, and has also been artistic director of the Nusha vocal ensemble. Followers of Bulgarian folk music invariably associate her name with the songs “Malka moma” and “Kozhilyo,” as well as many others which have brought her worldwide recognition.
In her concert, Neli performed as a soloist, with choirs, and with instrumental accompaniment, for a varied program of traditional song. Watch it in the player below! Read More..
