Sofia Synth Symposium

MEET THE FUTURE OF SOUND IN EASTERN EUROPE AT //S//S ’26

The second edition filled with gear demos, hands-on workshops, and live performances. Expect more makers, more music, and even more ways to connect with the region’s growing community of artists, inventors, and innovators.

Tickets available at https://www.synthsymposium.com/ or at the door.
Single day ticket €10, two day ticket €15. 50% discount available for students (student ID required).

## Friday June 12 – Opening Party @ Atelieto Bar (Free entrance)

• 22:00 LTNC – Live
• 23:00 Preslava Krasteva (aka LVA) – Live
• 00:00 YAPACC (Berlin) × DESI (Sofia) × PAKKADEJ (London) – Live
• 01:00 ArteFactor – Live
• 02:00 Wrighter – Live

## Saturday June 13 – Expo Day 1

10:00 – Expo Doors open
12:00 – Start of the program

### Talks & Demo sessions

• 12:00 – 13:00 Creating Audio Plugin in JUCE
  Desislava Ilieva (daudio.dev)
• 13:00 – 14:00 How to embed an AI Model into your music plugin (C++/JUCE)
  Achillefs Sourlas
• 14:00 – 14:30 Audiowizz - EVE Audio
• 14:30 – 15:30 Game Audio
  Sound Ninja
• 15:30 - 16:30 Modular Synthesis Demo
  Uwe George (Rides In The Storm)
• 16:30 – 17:00 Live Performance
• 17:00 – 18:00 Ableton – Deep Dive
  Preslava Krasteva (aka LVA)
• 18:30 – 22:00 Live Performance

### Workshops

• 12:00 – 13:30 Kids music making workshop
  Boyan Avramov
• 14:30 – 15:30 Procedural Audio
  Petar Guglev
• 17:00 – 18:30 Audio Coding
  MusicTechBG

## Sunday June 14 – Expo Day 2

10:00 – Expo Doors open
12:00 – Start of the program

### Talks & Demo sessions

• 12:00 – 13:00 Sound & Music Creation with Max/MSP
  Vladimir Vlaev
• 13:00 – 14:00 Circle Of Live: The Architecture of Collaborative Live Improvisation
  Niko Seizov (Grammy nom. Creative Producer)
• 14:00 – 14:30 Live Performance
• 14:30 – 15:30 Recording Techniques vs. Audio Editing
  Strezov Sampling (WSA nom.)
• 15:30 – 16:30 Randomness as a Method in Electronic Music, Sound Design, and Film Scoring
  Emilian Gatsov (Elbi)
• 16:30 – 17:00 Live Performance
• 17:00 – 17:30 Software Giveaway Draw
  Win software licenses and prizes from our partners
• 17:30 – 18:30 Past and future of electronic music
  Simo Lazarov

### Workshops

• 12:00 – 13:30 Kids music making workshop
  Boyan Avramov
• 14:00 – 18:30 Design & Build a Simple Effect Module
  Nikolai Dichev (Rides In The Storm)

## Closing Party 19:00 – 22:00 @ Toplocentrala

## ТЕЖЪК ЛУКС (Shamanez + Superseko)