Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest Bulgarian participants, presented their new joint project called “The meeting of three continents together with artists from Africa and Australia at the third edition of the international jazz festival held in Smolyan, Bulgaria, on July 21.
Elitsa and Stoyan aka Stundzhi, performed the Meeting on Three Continents together with Marvin Dillmann from Wuppertal, Australia who played the didgeridoo (a 1-2 metres long native Australian wind instrument) and Mamadou Diabate and Louis Sanou from Burkina Faso, Africa, who played traditional African percussion instruments.
Some of the project's compositions will be included in a forthcoming album by the Bulgarian duo. Elitsa and Stoyan are hoping to have the opportunity to perform together with their African colleagues in Burkina Faso in the near future.
You can watch Elitsa's and Stoyan's 2006 performance at the July Jazz Fest here.