Antonín Dvořák

The Czech government awarded Bulgarian PR expert and diplomat Maxim Behar a high state honor - a medal for diplomatic activity and notable contributions to the development of relations between the two countries.

Under the title Slavic Rhapsody, the concert will present Slavic folk music and its echoes in music by featuring segments of operas, symphonic and choir music by composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Marjan Kozina, Stevan Mokranjac, Jakov Gotovac and Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.

In a tribute to Czech composers Bedrich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Petr Altrichter, presents Smetana's symphonic poem "The Moldau" and Dvorak's New World Symphony, composed in America and expressing the composer's nostalgia for his country.