Founded in 1995 and comprising instrumentalists from major orchestras in Bulgaria, including concertmasters and soloists, and professors from the ‘Pancho Vladigerov’ National Academy of Music, the Sofia Amadeus Orchestra specialises in music from the Baroque period and is recognised for its stylish and refined sound.

The Amadeus Orchestra has performed throughout Bulgaria and at prestigious festivals in Greece and North Macedonia alongside soloists including the cellist Maria Kliegel, mezzo-soprano Christina Angelakova, violinist Vesselin Parashkevov and flautist Yang He. The orchestra has also toured Spain and Italy. The Amadeus Orchestra under principal conductor Svilen Simeonov received Bulgarian National Radio’s Musician of the Year Award in 1999.