The joint initiative of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Music, MUSICORUM VIA, has started with a concert entitled “Masterpieces of Opera and Operetta Classics. Two Academies - One Stage”. The event took place on 7 April at the “Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall with the participation of students from the Vocal Faculty of the “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music. Arias and ensembles from works by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Offenbach, Kalman, Lehar were performed. The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva welcomed the participants and the audience of MUSICORUM VIA. "I would like to thank the young musicians for sharing their talent with us. I am glad that the historical hall of the Academy will [...]

The diploma for foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was presented by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, to Prof. Yuri Tschinkel. The ceremony was held today in “Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. The Assembly of Academicians had elected Prof. Yuri Tschinkel from the USA as a foreign member of BAS in November 2024. On the occasion of the awarding of the diploma and in the framework of the academic seminar "Current Problems of Science", Prof. Yuri Tschinkel delivered a lecture on "Geometry of Numbers". Yuri Tschinkel is a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA. He is one of the leading contemporary mathematicians with outstanding contributions to the development of algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, [...]