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[…] In this recording the Sofia National Opera Orchestra under the direction of Nayden Todorov succeeds magnificently in finding the right tone for this music and mastering its technical hazards. […]
The orchestra under Nayden Todorov adds due weight and dramatic impact. […]
The masterly symphony orchestra "Opera Classica", urged on by its conductor Maestro Nayden Todorov with sensitivity and temperament, and the virtuoso singers turned the opera into an enchanting experience.
Hossen and the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra of Bulgaria under Nayden Todorov offers a brilliant account of this work.
In this performance Nayden Todorov's baton not only never hindered the singers but aided them skilfully and almost imperceptibly. […] The precise tempo and the 'dolce' dynamics the conductor demanded, underpinned by inner feeling, unfolded through the hushed hall. […]
Compared with the time when they recorded the Fourth Symphony… the performance by conductor Nayden Todorov (b. 1974) and the Bulgarian orchestra has shed its unnecessary strain, and they now seem able to speak freely of what they have felt in Louis Glass's music. […]
The musical concept of the young conductor Nayden Todorov enters into dialogue with the director's vision, in which the designer Evgenia Raeva and the choreographer Flavio Benati complete the sought-after picture of Bizet's "Carmen".
For the entire evening the conductor maintained, with an iron hand and with tremendous expression, the pulse of the composition, with faultless rhythm, like a metronome — this is rather rare. […]
[…] The Plovdiv orchestra have audibly got closer to the heart of Glass's sound world as this series has progressed, and Todorov's understanding of the music's structures is convincing.
The 28-year-old conductor from Plovdiv proved to be the "key to success" of Saturday's concert. He is an excellently educated artist (piano, trumpet, composition and conducting), a gifted musician of great temperament, with a joy in music-making and a skill in dialogue with the orchestra and in conveying his intentions. […]
You must see the Sofia Opera's Faust solely for the exceptional class of bass Julian Konstantinov, of conductor Nayden Todorov, and of the opera's orchestra… […]
Among the guest artists the greatest and most emotionally charged bravos went deservedly to conductor Nayden Todorov... […] I would very much like to see this conductor's art again.
This is the first Faust in the fact-filled biography of the 26-year-old guest conductor Nayden Todorov, who established himself as the unifying figure among the participants in the production. […]
[…] The highest marks went to the orchestra of the Opera and Philharmonic Society and conductor Nayden Todorov, the mimes, the chorus and the set design.
The youngest Bulgarian conductor? […]
…it was plain to the naked eye (and ear) that the orchestra listens to its conductor and follows him — the mutual pleasure of making music together: orchestra, conductor, soloist.
Todorov probably handles this movement better than any of the other versions I have heard including the Downes, Segerstam and Schønwandt… how well Todorov checks, slows and grades the pace in the slow movement. […]
I would particularly like to note the contribution of conductor Nayden Todorov. […]
[…] There is a warm and friendly understanding between the soloist and the conductor, each anticipating the other.
The orchestra, conductor and technicians are in good form — perhaps the best so far in this series.
…the excellent performance given of this work by the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philippopolis Chamber Choir and their conductor Nayden Todorov… […]
At the conductor’s desk stood Nayden Todorov — a name that has lately awakened and stirred Plovdiv’s cultural circles… […]
Something good is happening with this orchestra, and it is connected with a new face — that of conductor Nayden Todorov… The 26-year-old conductor's gesture is economical and modest; I especially liked the fine emotion he showed in the slow movements…
If we have to choose his best qualities, first: He always has the right concept for the sound and the structure of the piece, and he always knows how to get it; second: He rehearses extremely intensively, but... with a smile! […]
Nayden Todorov was born to be a conductor — he is fascinating and electric, he influences the musicians and makes them feel the same. […] Without excess, needless effects or a conductor's show.