Sofia Boy's Choir

The Sofia Boys' Choir is the first boys choir in Bulgaria, founded in 1968. The performers, aged 8–15, are selected from schools in Sofia. The founder and first conductor of the choir was Lilyana Todorova; she served from 1968 to 1989. Prof. Dr. Adriana Blagoeva has been conductor of the choir since 1989. She graduated from the National Musical Academy in Sofia as choir conductor. Nowadays, besides her active conducting work, she is professor in choral conducting at the National Musical Academy. In 1997 she founded the Youth Formation with the Sofia Boys Choir, consisting of former members of the boys choir. Today the choir is presented in three formations – boys, youth and mixed. Zornitsa Getova has been choirmaster and pianist of the choir since 1999.