Pasha Hristova

Was born as Paraschkewa Christowa Stefanova ( Bulg Парашкева Христова Стефанова ) particularly in the 60s and 70s Pasha Christowa († December 21, 1971 in Sofia also Pasha Hristova written, Bulgarian Паша Христова; ; * July 16, 1946 in Sofia) - years internationally famous Bulgarian pop and chanson singer. Through their interpretation of the composition Dimitar Waltschews " Edna Balgarska Rosa" (Bulgarian: " Една българска роза " ), ( German: " A Bulgarian Rose" ) it is still unforgotten today. Other well-known songs are " Powej, Wetre! " (Bulgarian: " Повей, ветре " ), ( German: " Woe, wind, woe ") and " Yantra " (Bulgarian: " Янтра ").

Life

Christowa Pasha was born in Sofia at the foot of Vitosha district Knjaschewo. Her parents had recently moved from the village of Warana, community Levski, Sofia. They separated when Pasha was five years old. Pasha Christowa grew thereafter on with her father and his second wife, and for a time with her ​​grandmother, who gave her violin lessons. After she experienced the grandmother 's death at the age of 13 years, her remained no further possibility for musical activities besides singing that they initially operating as a hobby, and without guidance. After school, she was a technical designer in the Balkancar plants for electric vehicles. She married an engineer named Vassil Ivanov and had a son, Milan. With him she lived after a short time separated from her husband. After she had completed several successful appearances as a lay artist herself, Pasha Christowa applied at a school for popular music, which she could visit its extraordinary talent and exit successfully. After graduation she became a soloist in the ensemble of engineering troops. Your first success came at a participation in the International Song Festival in 1967 in Sochi, where she won the first prize and the gold medal.

In 1968, she starred opposite Boris Godschunow soloist of the legendary " Sofia Orchestra ". Along with it, she gave concerts and tours in Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, as well as in the GDR, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. At the time the Orchestra Sofia emerged about 60 recordings for the Bulgarian Radio and the Bulgarian record company Balkanton.

Pasha Christowa was a frequent guest at international festivals. She won in 1970 two awards at the "Golden Orpheus " in Bulgaria and received in 1971 at the International Song Festival in Poland Sopot an award for the song " Oh, diwen tozi swjat " (Bulgarian: " Ах, този дивен свят " ) ( German: "This divine world ").

Tragic death

Together with the orchestra Sofia, the folklore ensemble "aura" and the soloists Maria Nejkowa, Boris Godschunow and Janka Rupkina Pasha Christowa should fly to the Bulgarian Cultural days to Algiers on 21 December 1971. Your plane Ilyushin IL18 had been previously repaired, however flawed the flaps. The connection cables for the ailerons were reversed. When the machine has been recorded at the start of a strong gust of wind, the corrective steering the pilot therefore had the opposite effect. Consequently touched the machine with a wing runway and burst into flames. 32 Of the 73 occupants died The 25 -year-old Pasha Christowa was killed instantly with her ​​died her unborn second child.

The remaining passengers and crew members, including Janka Rupkina and Boris Godschunow survived, sometimes with considerable injuries. The singer Maria Nejkowa who had exchanged shortly before the start of the seat with Pasha Christowa, survived but was seriously injured after a courageous leap of about 10 meters. At the same time her husband died in the flames. December 12 was also the birthday of Maria Nejkowas, she never wanted to celebrate afterwards out of guilt over her friend Pasha Christowa again.

About the cause of the maintenance error on aileron, there is still a wide range of speculation, to the sabotage to conceal criminal activity.

Artistic creation

In the few years of her work is Christowa Pasha had devoted a broad repertoire that ranged from ballads about chanson, pop, folk and jazz to political songs. Your versatile, clear and sensitive voice made ​​her special opportunities for unforgettable interpretations both dramatic and sensitive pieces. She sang mainly compositions Bulgarian composer and lyricist, but also songs of Dusty Springfield and Czesław Niemen in translation. A particularly impressive to the audience remained her stage effect in competitions, concerts and festivals in memory. She was known for perfect intonation, spontaneity and great emotion. The artistic potential and the songs Pasha Christowas remain unforgotten in Bulgaria and partly abroad. In 2000, " A Bulgarian Rose" in Bulgaria was elected to the song of the century. There is probably no Bulgarians who does not know this song.

Discography

• LP, MC " Повей ветре, ..." "Begin to blow, wind ... " Balkanton BTMC 7645
• CD Паша Христова - " Една българска роза - Златни хитове " Ню Медиа Груп АД - София
• Various singles