A Grand Piano for the Cultural Future of Trogen

A Grand Piano for the Cultural Future of Trogen A Project of the Swiss-Bulgarian Cultural Association The Swiss-Bulgarian Cultural Association, in collaboration with the Appenzeller Mittelland Music School, is committed to acquiring a new grand piano for the Evangelical Church of Trogen. This grand piano will significantly enrich the musical life of Trogen: it will enable high-quality cultural events, diverse musical church services, and provide young musicians with an inspiring platform for their development. 2025 Benefit Concert Series To support this project, we will launch a Benefit Concert Series starting…

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The young pianist Elitsa Stefanova from Vratsa, Bulgaria

The young pianist Elitsa Stefanova from Vratsa, Bulgaria, has been playing the piano since she was a small child. Her gift is widely recognized – she wins a prize in every competition in which she participates. Despite being diagnosed with incurable blindness as a child, she continues to develop her musical talent. We are impressed by her talent, virtuosity and fighting spirit and therefore we want to support her for her further growth as a musician. We donated a Rössler piano to Elitsa, which will help her in developing a…

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New grand piano for Hristina Morfova Music School

Thanks to the charity concerts in Switzerland and Bulgaria, donations from the Jacaranda Foundation Switzerland, from Lions Club – Stara Zagora, from Music House Kupfershmid St. Gallen, as well as sponsors who wished to remain anonymous, we were able to raise the necessary amount to purchase a new grand piano for the Hristina Morfova Music School in Stara Zagora. On 28 June 2019 the new Petrof grand piano was delivered directly from the Czech factory. ​We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who supported us in…

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Children’s folklore group “Kurtovche”

Our first project was launched in December 2018. The children from the children’s folklore group “Kurtovche”, headed by Radka Stefanova and music accompanist Ivan Stefanov, performed charity Christmas concerts in the orphanage in the town of Bratsigovo, in the elderly home in the village of Glavinitsa and in the old people’s home in the town of Pazardzhik. With their wonderful performances the Kurtovche children have brought a lot of joy and excitement to both young and old! For the wonderful programme and preparation we cordially thank the head of the…

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