XII INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

,,HEIRS OF ORPHEUS”

ALBENA, BULGARIA

September 2 - 12, 2025

DEAR MUSIC FRIENDS,

The 12th International music competition "Heirs of Orpheus" Albena, Bulgaria, 2025 (online) has ended.
It was attended by gifted representatives from 10 countries.
Congratulations to the laureates and all participants, their teachers and accompanists, as well as their parents on the results achieved with great difficulty and talent!
We are again looking forward to you, as well as all the participants of our previous contests from the beginning of 2013 until now, to take part with new programs and in various nominations at the upcoming 13th anniversary competition "Heirs of Orpheus" in September 2026!
We wish you health, success and creative inspiration!
See you soon!

Sincerely,
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dear participants! Expect to receive your diplomas by the end of September at the e-mail address you specified in the application form!

You can now view our 2025 Winner`s Gala Concert program here .

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2025 competition from the link below.

Protocol

The “HEIRS OF ORPHEUS” INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION take place every year since 2013 at the Black Sea Resort Albena (near Varna), the Sea pearl of Bulgaria.
The past competitions have attracted hundreds of talented participants from many countries from Europe, Asia, North and South America, such as Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Chile, China, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, the USA, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine.
All participants and their tutors made special mention of a high artistic level, objectivity of the Jury, good organization and warm hospitality.

We are happy to present for your attention the Rules and Regulations for our Twelfth Competition.

You can also download the application forms.

Rules and Regulations
Section Classical Music
Section Singers and Choirs
Section Folklore
Section Pop-rock & Jazz
Regulations main

Application forms:

Section Classical Music
Section Classical Singers and Choirs
Section Folklore
Section Pop-rock & Jazz

Please note that applications are single file with versions in 3 languages : English, Bulgarian and Russian. You can use the version most easy to use.

Meet our 2025 Jury: Click here for the list. .

Sincerely,

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

BOGOMIL BONEV
Member of the Union of Bulgarian composers and
The Union of Concert Functionaries of the Russian Federation–Leningrad district branch,
Founder, Project Manager and Art Director
IMC "HEIRS OF ORPHEUS" IN ALBENA, BULGARIA

TOMISLAV NEDELKOVIC-BAYNOV
Chairman of the International jury of the Competition
Professor, Vice-Dean of Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Accordion & Guitar Department of State University of Music - Trossingen, Germany

TAMARA PODDUBNAYA
Co-chairperson of the International jury of the Competition
Professor, Dean of Piano Department of Long Island Conservatory, New York, the USA

YOU MAY CONTACT WITH ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION AND THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF THE COMPETITION:

Bogomil Bonev – Bulgaria, Artistic Director:
mob. +359 899 507975
e-mail: bilibon@mail.bg

Prof. Tomislav Baynov – Germany
www.baynov-piano.info
e-mail: tomislavbaynov@aol.com tomislav.baynov@gmail.com

Prof. Tamara Poddubnaya – USA
tamara_poddubnaya@yahoo.com

Past Heirs of Orpheus Archive:

You can now view our 2024 Winner`s Gala Concert program here .

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2024 competition from the link below.

Protocol

You can now view our 2023 Winner`s Gala Concert program here .

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2023 competition from the link below.

Protocol

You can now view our 2022 Winner`s Gala Concert using links in the document here .

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2022 competition from the link below.

Protocol

You can now view our 2021 Winner`s Gala Concert using links in the document here .

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2021 competition from the link below.

Protocol

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2019 competition from the link below.
Protocol

You can download the 2019 booklet of the competition here.

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2018 competition from the link below.
Protocol

You can download the 2018 booklet of the competition here.

You can now download the protocol containing the results from the 2017 competition from the link below.
Protocol

You can download the 2017 booklet of the competition here.

You can download the 2016 booklet of the competition here.