NUMTI Dobrin Petkov

NUMTI Dobrin Petkov is the National School of Music and Dance in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is located in the center of the city on Ivan Vazov Street and is one of the major MusicAL art schools in the Bulgarian education system. The school offers a comprehensive education in music for passionate 1st through 12th grade students. The school offers instrumental, vocal and ballet classes. The instrumental classes that are offered are Piano, Cello, Violin, Viola, Double Bass, Harp, Accordion, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Tuba, Trumpet, Classical Guitar and Drums. Regular sessions are held at lunch with preschool children. The teaching staff is composed of highly qualified and established teachers, some of which have won national and cultural prizes. The school offers an intensive artistic and general education activities: concerts, competitions, master classes, open classes, multimedia projects, general and sporting events. The students are winners and have won many awards from prestigious international and all national music competitions and festivals. One of the best known events are the annual concerts, which the most prominent young talents of the school stood on the stage as soloists for the Symphony Orchestra of Plovdiv, which is a long tradition set by Maestro Dobrin Petkov. Many of the graduates continue their higher education in music in the other prestigious educational institutions like The Royal Academy of Music in London and Glasgow, conservatories and music academies in New York, Paris, Vienna, Weimar, Bern, Zurich, Essen and Linz, at the National Music Academy "Pancho of Music" and the New Bulgarian University in Sofia, at The Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv.

Campus layout

The building of NUMTI Dobrin Petkov is located in the center of the city and has excellent facilities: hall auditorium for concerts and ballet performances, chamber rooms for solo and ensemble concerts, a rich library with music and special musical literature, an information center, two computer rooms, a multimedia room equipped with audio, and a video system cabinet in the history of music.

History

The Founders

At the end of 1944, the city of Plovdiv formed a committee for cultural advancement of the city for which, one of the purposes of was to open a new school and the creation of a symphony orchestra, which was just called The Music School. In 1975, with ACTIVE assistance of the Director then, Atanas Mirenkev, the school opens specialized training in classical dance. In 1995, the school was named after one of the greatest Bulgarian musicians - Dobrin Petkov, who was at the time the chief conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera in Plovdiv. In 2004, the school became the national music school and was renamed to the National School of Music and Dance (NUMTI) "Dobrin Petkov"

"Art exists in human life in order to awake and kindle the spark of the utmost noble virtues. The wider the range of people affected by its influence, the more valuable its great mission. And that is why, every individual who manages to sow the seeds, is ever so lucky to be the mediator between art and humanity. Don’t you ever forget your difficultly won peaks, my dear musicians! Remember your deep love and devotion to those whom you so ardently serve – art and humanity. Only then will you be remembered forever – by humanity, and by art itself" - Dobrin Petkov.

Achievements

The National Music School constantly creates activities for the students attend, such as concerts, competitions, master classes, open classes and multimedia projects. One of the best known events are the annual concerts, where teachers and students perform their best piece of music in front of the entire school. Some of the students have won many many awards at national and international music competitions:

• "Flame" in Paris, France
• "For Young Musicians" in Santorini, Greece
• "Valery Gavrilin" in Vologda, Russia
• "For Young Pianists" in Niz, Serbia
• "Ohrid Pearls" in Ohrid, Macedonia
• "Carl Filtsch" in Vienna, Austria
• "European Music Competition - Moncalieri" in Turin area, Italy
• "International Music Competition" in Belgrade, Serbia
• "Gospels Jar" in Larnaca, Cyprus