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Aus Italien at Musikverein Graz (Verdi, Rossini, Bellini Paisiello, Mozart) W. A. Mozart Così fan tutte, Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Neruda Concierto para trompeta, Roberto Sierra, Salseando para trompeta y orquesta, Sibelius Lemminkäinen suite, Ravel (la Valse) Valses / Der Grüne Tisch (nur Klavier), P. I. Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, G. Puccini La Bohème, Christmas Concert at Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, C. Gounod Faust and G. Donizetti Don Pasquale at Varna Opera, Gala Concert at Stefaniensaal Graz, (Operngala – u.a . Mozart, Bizet,Donizetti, Puccini, Strauss), 4. Sinfoniekonzert at Theater Magdeburg (Mozart KV 466 d-moll, Mahler 1 Symphonie), Opera and Operetta Concert at the Berlin Philharmony, Goldrausch (The Gold Rush) Live-Musik Concert at Open Air at the Mausoleum - Mausoleum im Tierpark Dessau, F. Mitterer's Die Weberischen at Musiktage Graz, Italian Opera Passion Concert at the Big Hall of Berlin Philharmonie, Die Zauberflöte at Staatstheater Wiesbaden and at Opera Sofia, Turandot at Opera Krakow, Concerts at Nikolaisaal Potsdam,
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Carmen, La Traviata, The Love for Three Oranges, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Fidelio, the ballet productions Vincent, Borgia, Carmen / Dawn of a Bull, Kats-Chernin’s The Wind in the Willows at Theater Magdeburg; Don Pasquale, Turandot, La Bohème at Opera Varna; Rigoletto at the Open-Air Festival Bansko; Der fliegende Holländer at Theater Veliko Turnovo; Faust at the Summer Festival Varna; The Magic Flute at Opera Sofia; G. Puccini Turandot at The Krakow Opera; 4. Symphoniekonzert: In Trennung vereint at Brandenburger Theater; W. A. Mozart Don Giovanni at Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, Metropolitana Brass Days at Auditório da Reitoria da UNL – Campus de Campolide, Lisbon: Fernando Lopes Graça – Divertimento; Anne Victorino d’Almeida – Concerto para Trompete e Orquestra (world premiere); L. v. Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 | Paul Merkelo, trumpet.
Orchesterkonzert – The Queen Symphony – Classic goes Pop at Konzerthaus Dortmund: crossover program – Queen with Orchestra.
BOSY goes Pop – The 80s Symphony at Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum: crossover program.
Die BOSY am KAP at Impulsbühne am KAP: open-air concert (incl. Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Offenbach).
Beethoven pur at Weilburger Schloss: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60.
Symphoniekonzert at Bulgaria Concert Hall: Pancho Vladigerov – Seven Pieces for String Orchestra; Theodosii Spassov – Concerto for Violin, Kaval & Orchestra; Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”.
Familientag – Abschlusskonzert at Auditorium, Grafenegg: incl. Dvořák, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, Dukas.
Viva la Musica! – Operngala zum 100. Todestag von Giacomo Puccini at Berliner Philharmonie – Großer Saal: works by Puccini (arias, duets, ensembles).
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Theater Magdeburg - Tosca
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Reviews & Press
Mozart, W. A. - Così fan tutte - Conductor
Bulgarian-German conductor Svetoslav Borisov, who has been principal conductor and deputy general music director at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau since the start of the 2025/2026 season, leaves no doubt about this musically either. He conducts the splendidly playing and sounding Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau with great confidence, precision and temperament. Borisov's Mozart comes across at a rapid tempo, but is controlled at all times and carries the singers. This conductor is a stroke of luck.
- Dieter David Scholz , Der Opernfreund
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Theater Magdeburg - Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos
Svetoslav Borisov and his orchestra accompany the performance with such colorful richness and smoothness, such sensitivity and alertness, that it is pure joy. The full splendor of this chamber-musical Strauss work comes to life—resounding, crackling, and singing!
- Arno Lücker , Opernwelt
Despite all the comic figures, Strauss’s music is often deeply moving, even tenderly melancholic—something the Magdeburg Philharmonic under Svetoslav Borisov managed to convey impressively, for instance in the opera’s prelude.
- Bernhard Doppler , MDR Kultur
Theater Magdeburg - Prokofiev - Die Liebe zu drei Orangen
Magdeburg’s First Kapellmeister Svetoslav Borisov played a decisive role in the premiere’s success, serving as a reliable partner to all the performers on stage. He led the Magdeburg Philharmonic—outstanding also in its many instrumental solos—through all the pitfalls of the demanding score, interpreting Prokofiev’s varied musical structures in an exemplary way.
- Gerhard Eckels , deropernfreund.de
Svetoslav Borisov makes the Magdeburg Philharmonic shine with a superb sense for tonal color and dynamic development.
- Irene Constantin , Volksstimme,
Sinfoniekonzert mit dem Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra - Vladigerov und Schumann, 3. Symphonie
He [Borisov] achieved impressive yet tasteful and never exaggerated emotionality in the pastoral movement as well. The orchestra under Borisov sounded entirely different in Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony—with the necessary density and careful attention to the beginnings and endings of phrases. What impressed me most was the clarity with which the overall form was apparent from the very start. It is evident that conductor Svetoslav Borisov approaches the works he interprets seriously and without unnecessary effects. He stands at the podium with confidence and dignity, free from any superfluous extramusical gestures that might distract the listener, fully aware that the most important task is to reveal the artistic integrity of the work he conducts.
- Eketarina Docheva , www.decrescendo.net
Bochumer Symphoniker - Weilburger Musiksommer (Beethoven, Klavierkonzert Nr. 3, Symphonie Nr. 4)
The symphony orchestra sounded wonderfully fresh, passionately conducted from the very beginning by Svetoslav Borisov. […] The audience then experienced a magnificent interpretation of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60.
- Klaus-Peter Andrießen , www.mittelhessen.de
Theater Magdeburg - Beethoven - Fidelio
It was nothing short of a miracle that amid this masquerade (...) the music was performed so brilliantly that one could easily ignore the unnecessary stage show. It began with Svetoslav Borisov at the podium and the magnificently playing Magdeburg Philharmonic! Such a coherent interpretation was truly unexpected – Chapeau!
- Michael Tanzler , www.onlinemerker.com
Theater Magdeburg - Verdi - La Traviata
Magdeburg’s First Kapellmeister Svetoslav Borisov, at the podium of the Magdeburg Philharmonic—an orchestra distinguished by its excellent performances—ensured with great authority the necessary drive while allowing ample space for the quieter passages.
- Georg Eckels , Der Opernfreund
The Magdeburg Philharmonic played with great concentration under the musical direction of First Kapellmeister Svetoslav Borisov. He understands the magical power of Verdi’s music and, as conductor, highlighted essential and intense moments such as the great duet between Violetta and Germont. He followed the composer’s tempo and infused the performance with a good measure of brio.
