There are no words strong enough to describe the scale of the show, its emotional and artistic value, its energy charge. The audience was in awe of the beautiful stage where the most beloved Bulgarian singer gave, without sparing himself, his all.
The presentation of Grafa's beautiful and impactful music was accompanied by the strong personal messages, uncompromising performances of the musicians, backing vocalists, dancers and last but not least by multimedia and lighting solution, which for the first time present on a Bulgarian stage.
"A man is only as big as his dreams", this popular quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from The Little Prince describes what Grafa showed to his fans, the whole of Bulgaria and the thousands of children who were part of the audience at Vasil Levski Stadium. All the professionals who joined the show's team and worked on every detail of the show for more than half a year believed in the dream of real musical events happening on home soil. The audience also believed in the show and donated BGN 5 from every ticket purchased for the development of the talent of the children from the Dimitar Berbatov Foundation.
Just before the concert DJ Burlak & DiMO BG took the stage, followed by the amazing youngsters from Junior Band, who made sure the audience was in the right musical mood.
The iconic evening in the history of Bulgarian pop music started with a very sunny mood with the hits "Sun in your eyes" and "You shine". Together with them, the stage lighting, multimedia and pyro effects shone. The audience burst into applause, euphoria was in the air in the Borisova Garden and infected everyone there. A new charge of emotions exploded when Grafa invited Bulgaria's No. 1 goal master Dimitar Berbatov and the children from his foundation on stage. He welcomed the audience on "his own turf" and personally thanked the crowd of many thousands for supporting their favorite artist and the development of Bulgarian music, art and talent by buying tickets to the concert. Berbatov invited on stage 16-year-old pianist Ivaylo Vassilev, a child of his foundation. Especially for him Graf arranged the song "Nobody" for piano. Ivaylo came confidently on the big stage and took the audience's breath away with his virtuoso performance.
The show went on - the choreographer Radostina Tocheva and the dancers from RiO Crew were on a world level, the stage also suited the special guests Tino (Fiasco), Maria Ilieva (Stolen Love), Vesko Eshkenazi (Vanilla) and Mihaela Fileva (A dano, a na dal). The event brought strong heartfelt emotions to the wife of the Count - Maria. Unexpectedly for her, the security guards brought her on stage during the song "Universe" from Graf's latest album "Centennial Forest". Vladi Ampov emotionally and in a unique way told the story of the first bouquet of flowers he gave to Maria and thanked her for being by his side and supporting him for 17 years. Their daughter Nicole was scheduled to be part of the concert as a dancer from RiO Kids. They all performed brilliantly with their rendition of "Smoke me out".
In our lives, we sometimes forget to give thanks for all the good things and all the support we receive. At the concert Grafa showed himself not only as a great artist, but also as a great person who appreciates those who are by his side in the important moments of his life. He did not fail to mention the corporate partner of the event, ProCredit Bank, which is also behind the implementation of the "Be Green" campaign aimed at encouraging the audience to use public transport to get to the concert and to dispose of their waste separately on the stadium grounds.
At the performance, Grafa presented two songs written for his parents. The first, "Comfort", from his latest album, is for his father Kiril Ampov, who was present at the event. Vladi Ampov used the song announcement to remind the audience to love and appreciate their parents. "The Last Song," which is dedicated to his mother Toni Ampov, was the last song on the setlist. The sky above the stadium was lit up by a beautiful fireworks display, which brought more cheer and caused further refusal from the audience to accept that this was the end of the concert. For several minutes the crowd of many thousands screamed "More! More! More!" and it had its effect. The stage lit up again, and this time the women's choir "Mystery of Bulgarian Voices" took the stage with Graf. They performed the epic "Centuries-old forest", which melts the heart of every Bulgarian. Vladi Ampov generously gave two more songs - "Moments" and "I give everything for you", after which the stadium lights lit up and reflected the happiness written on the faces of the audience. This was the end of the show and the beginning of a new stage in the history of Bulgarian pop music - one in which it is emerging on a new and exciting stage.
