The 34^th Euroradio Folk Festival took place from 27 to 29 May 2013 at the Black Sea resort of Varna (Bulgaria), at the kind invitation of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

The Festival was opened by an outstanding concert of the Bulgarian Folk Ensemble Manol Radichev from the village of Gela. Its performance, including music and dance, presented ancient Bulgarian customs and authentic folk traditions from the Rhodope Mountains.

Some 16 artists or bands*, representing 16 broadcasters from 15 countries, performed not only for the local audience, but also and especially for radio listeners throughout Europe and on other continents.  The concert recordings of these top-class instrumentalists and vocalists are available to all European Broadcasting Union Members via the Euroradio Concert Exchange Network.

The common denominator of this Festival is its reference to traditional music that is open to new forms and means of interpretation. Its aim is to preserve, revive and popularize cultural diversity and media pluralism - important values of the public service mission.

During the three-day Festival programme, the following artists promoted their music, showcasing a large variety of instruments as mentioned in their biographies in the Euroradio pink offer:

* Austria, ORF – Anton “Toni” Burger and Matthias Jakisic

Bulgaria, BNR - BNR Folk Music Orchestra

Croatia, HRT - Dunja Knebl and Friends

Czech Republic, CR - Beata Bocek

Finland, YLE – Kardemimmit

Germany, ARD/BR – Alpen Klezmer

Hungary, MR - Parapács Ensemble

Korea (Republic of South Korea), KBS - Jeong Ga Ak Hoe

Norway, NRK – Hans and Øyvind Sandum

Poland, PR – Agata Siemaszko & Kuba “Bobas” Wilk

Russia, Radio Orpheus (ROP) – Soloists’ Ensemble of The Songs of Russia Folk Choir

Russia, Radio Russia (RTR) – Alexey Arkhipovsky

Spain, RNE – Ana Alcaide

Sweden, STR/SR – Marin/Marin

Switzerland, SSR/SRG/SRF – Dani Häusler Komplott

Ukraine, NRCU - Veseli Vujky

Excerpts of radio programmes and videos are available on the Community platform and on member platforms:

Euroradio Folk Festival on EBU Community

http://www.ardmediathek.de/br-klassik/klassik-aktuell-br-klassik?documentId=14934308

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/discopolis/