London Bulgarian Choir
| London Bulgarian Choir | |
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Basingstoke leg of the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year competition
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | LBC |
| Origin | London, UK |
| Genres | Bulgarian folk music |
| Years active | 2000 - present |
| Website | www |
The London Bulgarian Choir is a London-based amateur choir, specialising in Bulgarian folk music. Dessislava Stefanova has led the choir since its formation in 2000. Primarily a performing choir, the LBC perform around twenty concerts a year and have been involved in high-profile collaborations with British Sea Power, Doves and Orlando Gough.
LBC won the Open Choir Category of BBC Radio 3's Choir of the Year 2006 competition.
In the summer of 2005 LBC toured Bulgaria. The tour was covered in a full-page article in the British Songlines magazine and filmed for Bulgarian television. The choir returned to Bulgaria in August 2010, featuring in national press and television, and performing at the Koprivshtitsa folk festival and the Bansko jazz festival.
Sections of the choir contributed to the soundtracks for the 2004 Warner Bros. epic Troy and the 2005 BBC miniseries The Virgin Queen. The Virgin Queen soundtrack won the 2007 BASCA Ivor Novello award in the Best Television Soundtrack category.
The choir has taken part in London-based events such as the Exhibition Road Music Day, Various Voices, and the London Jazz Festival.
Outside London, the choir regularly take part in music and arts festivals, and have performed at the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival,MusicPort,Sidmouth Folk Week and the Larmer Tree Festival.
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