The New Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria by the music critic Julia Hristova as an alternative to the existing Bulgarian musical institutions (which had been financially supported and controlled by the state until the fall of Communism in 1989).
The Julia Hristova Concert House, which opened in 1990, serves as a home for the Orchestra.
This House had its own unique system of organizing and financing the orchestra and working with its young musicians.
According to the words of its founder, Julia Hristova, "We worked not to survive but to create.
"[1] From the very beginning, the idea of the New Symphony Orchestra was to be both a school and an institution taking care of young, talented musicians who had no experience on the stages of concert halls, but who had the strong desire to work and perfect themselves.