Interview · 27.08.2025 · Classic FM · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Classic FM interview with Emanuil Ivanov ahead of the Sofia Philharmonic's season opening under Nayden Todorov — 'the biggest challenge is to present familiar music'.
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Interview · 13.08.2025 · YouTube · International · Bulgarian
Video interview with Nayden Todorov on the difference between politicians and statesmen.
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Interview · 07.08.2025 · bTV Radio · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Interview with Nayden Todorov broadcast and published by bTV Radio on 7 August 2025, headlined "Nayden Todorov before 'Gala in Sofia 2': 'The Sofia Philharmonic must present the best in the best way'". Speaking ahead of the open-air gala, he talks about the concerts with Sonya…
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Interview · 19.06.2025 · BTA (EN) · Bulgaria · English
English BTA interview with Ksenija Sidorova before the Sofia premiere of Tabakova's concerto — 'being a musician is like a religion'.
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Interview · 11.06.2025 · HarrisonParrott / Bachtrack · United Kingdom · English
PDF copy of a Bachtrack feature on Ksenija Sidorova — 'joy, sorrow and accordions' — mentioning her concert with the Sofia Philharmonic under Nayden Todorov.
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Interview · 08.06.2025 · Klasa · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Klasa interview with Svetlin Roussev — 'there are always new adventures, new music' — mentioning conversations with Nayden Todorov and Maestro Emil Tabakov.
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Interview · 26.05.2025 · 168 Chasa · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
168 Chasa interview with Kalin Velyov — 'in politics as in music, rhythm matters' — mentioning his work during Nayden Todorov's ministerial term.
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Interview · 16.05.2025 · Bachtrack · International · English
By Simon Cummings
An interview on Bachtrack with the accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, on joy, sorrow and accordions.
A few weeks after its world premiere in May, Sidorova brought Tabakova's Concerto to the composer's native Bulgaria, performing it on 19th June in Sofia, with the Sofia Philharmonic conducted by Nayden Todorov.
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Interview · 28.04.2025 · T24 · Turkey · Turkish
By Sümeyra Gümrah
An interview in T24 with Caner Akgün on the low average age of the audience for the classical arts.
Dünyaca ünlü orkestra şefi Nayden Todorov da geçtiğimiz yıl Leyla Gencer ve Ottavio Ziino Opera Yarışmalarının galiplerini ve seçkin solistlerimizi yöneteceği, Leyla Gencer anısına hazırladığımız Gala Konseri'nde bizimle sahnede olacak.
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Interview · 22.04.2025 · Balgarska natsionalna televizia · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
A television interview on Bulgarian National Television, published on 22 April 2025. Nayden Todorov, director of the Sofia Philharmonic, appears as a guest and talks about the most notable forthcoming events in the orchestra's programme.
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Interview · 30.03.2025 · Bryag · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Bryag interview with Nayden Todorov around the March Music Days 2025 — 'for me Ruse is an exciting homecoming'.
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Interview · 11.03.2025 · Sanus et Salvus · Austria · Bulgarian
A conversation on Sanus et Salvus with Nayden Todorov — trumpeter, pianist, composer and conductor, twice Minister of Culture — about music and the Sofia Philharmonic's concerts.
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Interview · 09.03.2025 · bTV Novinite · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
bTV ('120 Minutes') interview with Nayden Todorov on the UNESCO case — 'all parties signed that they agreed Bulgaria should host'.
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Interview · 09.03.2025 · Glasove · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Glasove interview with Nayden Todorov on the UNESCO case — 'I do not accept the claim of zero organisation'.
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Interview · 09.03.2025 · Novini.bg · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Novini.bg article with Nayden Todorov's position that all parties signed their agreement to Bulgaria hosting a UNESCO session.
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Interview · 08.03.2025 · Dnevnik · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
An interview in the daily Dnevnik with Nayden Todorov; the site requires a browser check for automatic readers.
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Interview · 08.03.2025 · Dnevnik · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Dnevnik interview with Nayden Todorov — 'I do not accept the claim of zero organisation'.
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Interview · 03.03.2025 · BNR / Radio Bulgaria · Bulgaria · Romanian
Romanian-language BNR article around the Sofia Philharmonic's concert at the Romanian Athenaeum.
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Interview · 17.02.2025 · Republika · North Macedonia · Macedonian
Interview with Maestro Nayden Todorov in the Macedonian outlet Republika, dated 17 February 2025, headlined 'We want to show that good things also happen in the Balkans'. It concerns the joint Carmina Burana project bringing together musicians from North Macedonia, Bulgaria and…
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Interview · 17.02.2025 · Utro Ruse · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Utro Ruse interview with Maestro Nayden Todorov on beginning a joint project with colleagues from Greece and North Macedonia.
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Interview · 15.02.2025 · BNR Horizont · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
An interview setting out a position on the way the theatre system is run.
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Interview · 11.01.2025 · Glasove · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
By 24 chasa / prepublikatsia
Interview with Nayden Todorov, republished from the daily 24 Chasa on the Bulgarian site Glasove.com on 11 January 2025, during his term as Minister of Culture. The headline quotes him: 'An escalation in the ministry began as early as the summer – it was absolutely unnatural'.
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Interview · 09.01.2025 · bTV Novinite · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
bTV interview with Nayden Todorov on the Panagyurishte Treasure at the Getty Museum — 'there is no danger to the treasure'.
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Interview · 27.12.2024 · Standart · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Standart interview with Nayden Todorov on Brand Bulgaria, culture and cultural heritage.
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Interview · 22.12.2024 · Balgarska telegrafna agentsia / BTA · Bulgaria · Bulgarian
Interview published by the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), dated 22 December 2024, in which Nayden Todorov speaks about the chronicle of the Sofia Philharmonic. It follows the presentation of the three-volume edition 'Chronicle of the Sofia Philharmonic' in the Chamber Hall of…
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