WebFolk.BG presents Authentic Bulgarian Musical Folklore
Multimedia Database for
Authentic Bulgarian Musical Folklore

On the WebFolk project 
Mr. Kavaldjiev receiving the GIP award (30426 bytes) Dr. Lubomir Kavaldjiev  is the first Bulgarian senior researcher in musicology creating multimedia databases in music. He is a chair person of the Reserach  group "Musical Culture and  Information" in the Sector " Music" at the Institute for Art Studies - Bulgarian Academy of  Sciences.
This database has become available after long term efforts of the research team at the Institute for Art Studies working on preserving, systematization and computer digitalization of the collected for almost a century unique samples of the Bulgarian music folklore. This work won first award (1997) for regional Bulgarian projects under the initiative of Global Inventory Project at the European Commission, G7 and Japan.



Reserach  group
"Musical Culture and  Information"
The First GIP Award Diploma  (15028 bytes)
This Internet implementation
(Web- Site & Database)
was sponsored by the Internet Program
of the Open Society Foundation - Sofia
                                  Bulgarian  version