DESSY DOBREVA NORTH AMERICA TOUR
“A TRIP TO BULGARIA" Bulgarian-American Center Madara
presents
THE BULGARIAN ANGELIC VOICE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR, FAN TV, 2008 www.DessyDobreva.com
BOSTON CONCERT-PARTY
Saturday, Dec 5th, 2009, CONCERT STARTS AT ** 7:00 PM !!!
DOORS OPEN 6:00 PM ”Dessy is a talent I will remember for many years. She has that rare combination of technical music skill, strong vocal ability, amazing stage presence and a passion for performing that makes it clear why she is a star...”
- David Parks, Consulting Producer
The good mood and the wild party will be guaranteed by the sound of Bulgarian and Balkan folklore songs, the moving rhythms of the Bulgarian dance “horo“,
the latin jazz rhythm for the lovers of smooth bossa nova and hot salsa, as well as the mandatory dance-pop rhythm for the best and tireless dancers.
In the program are also included many surprises.
Dessy will perform some of the most popular and loved Russian songs such as Ochi Chernie (Black Eyes), Alexandra, Katyusha and others. She will also present some new folk projects as well as new songs.
Place: FELT Restaurant & Lounge, 4th floor ! www.FELTboston.com 533 Washington St, Boston, MA, 02111,
Public transportation and directions- click here >>
Parking $10 with Felt validation (take it in hte club) Lafayette Parking Garage, 1 Avenue De Lafayette Boston, MA 02111, MAP>> FELT is one of Boston's premier event venues! A huge dance floor and alcoves to sip your cocktail in--the same alcoves
Lenny Kravitz, Ben Affleck, Jen Garner, Bono, The Rock, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg & Fergie have enjoyed their night out in Boston. 21+ only, bring valid ID
Don’t forget to put on your comfortable shoes, because the show
will be unforgettable and the dancing - absolutely guaranteed!
PROGRAM:
7:00 pm-10:30 pm - CONCERT-PARTY with DESSY DOBREVA
and DJ SteF.A.N. Koev, spinning top BG and electro-house dance hits remixed live
10:30 pm- 2:00 am -After party: Russian-International night!
Party with us, under the beats of International DJ Igor, spinning the best in Russian and international house music. More info on: www.eegboston.com
You can buy TICKETS at the door $25 !!! For more information: (617) 283-4543
PART OF NORTH AMERICA TOUR “A TRIP TO BULGARIA“
After presenting her new Russian album “Dorogoi Dlinnoyu“ (A Long Trip) at the “Words and Portrait“ project in Moscow at the end of October, Dessy was impatient to gather and entertain once again the Bulgarian music lovers in USA and Canada with some of the most popular and favorite songs.
On November 7th, 2009, with a concert in New York Dessy Dobreva starts her new tour “A Trip To Bulgaria“ in USA and Canada. Dessy will have concerts in Chicago (IL), San Diego (CA), Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), San Francisco (CA), Boston (MA), Saint Louis (MO), Dallas (TX), Ottawa (Canada), Montreal (Canada), Pittsburgh (PA), Orlando (FL), Fort Lauderdale (FL).
More info about the tour: www.bgcenter.org/dessy
As a multi-award winning vocalist and musician, Dessy Dobreva is well-known throughout Bulgaria, where she has anchored her own television show and participated in the highest rated program on Bulgarian TV, “Slavi's Show”. She has performed in front of audiences exceeding 50,000 people, including such high profile events as the Easter Concert (2003), and the New Years Concerts (2002 and 2003) at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. During her three year tenure as the lead singer of Ku-Ku Band and “Slavi's Show”, she sang along with such stars as Manhattan Transfer, Dream Theater, David Coverdale, BOND, Incognito, to name a few. Among the guests on the show were also the likes of Jean-Claude Van Dame, Former Russian President, Mikhail Gorbachev (whom Dessy brought to tears with her rendition of an old Russian song!), Ray Liotta, Stephen Baldwin, Tony Palmer (Sony Music), and Bob Miller (Governor of Nevada, USA). She has performed at Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), Astoria Hall (London, UK), The Blue Note (New York, USA).
Dobreva studied classical piano as a child but grew up loving Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Stevie Wonder, as well as Bach.
Even after winning fame as a teenager, she wanted to push herself further musically and enrolled at Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 2006 in Voice Performance. During her two years at Berklee, Dessy received heaps of awards as a songwriter and a performer, the most outstanding of which are Top song for December’ 05 at Indie 104 iRADIO LA, two Honors from The Billboard World Song Contest, USA, and an Honor from The Great American Song Contest. Dessy has two more degrees - Master in Jazz & Pop Vocals, and Bachelor in Music Theory, from the State Musical Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In October 2008 was released Dessy's first solo project, called "It's HER!", produced entirely by her. The record is a unique variety of ethnic, pop, R&B, jazz and Bulgarian folklore arrangements, and was issued in 50 000 copies for Bulgaria.
In March 2009 Dessy won the award of Fan TV, voted online by fans, for Performer Of The Year (2008). At the same time Dessy was invited to join the elections for the European Parliament as a candidate of NMSS party, a member of ELDR party in Europe. She was named the "lucky charm" of the party.
In June 2009 Dessy won the Grand-Prize of Kemer’s first international singers contest “Kemervision”, part of the 6th Culture Festival “The Golden Pomegranate” in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey.
In her social life, Dessy is proud to be one of Unicef’s “friends” around the world, helping to raise over 1 350 000 USD for the benefit of children with disabilities from the Mogilino institution. Dessy also supports charity campaigns such as The Avon Walk Around the World for Breast Cancer and The Bulgarian Christmas, a charity initiative which raises funds for the medical treatment of Bulgarian children, supported by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, George Parvanov.
