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function randomizeQuote1()
   {
   ia=9301;
   ic=49297;
   im=233280;
   jran = (jran*ia+ic) % im;
   quote_number=Math.ceil( (jran/(im*1.0)) *quotenumber);

   if (quote_number==1)
      quote="The only 17-year-old Nayden Todorov directed the chamber orchestra according to experts fiery and with professional manners<br><i>Niederelbe Zeitung, October 1991</i>";
   if (quote_number==2)
      quote="This, what the young artist from Bulgaria offered to our public was just a musical delicacy.<br><i>Hadler Nachrichten, October 1991</i>";
   if (quote_number==3)
      quote="With absolutely precise gestures astonishing for his age, and with an amazingly correct feeling for the right tempo, conducting with inspiration and fire, his growth is beyond the standards for a person of his age and experience.<br><i>Glas, March 1992</i>";
   if (quote_number==4)
      quote="Nayden Todorov is born to be a musician, he is sovereign in the area called music. It seems that for him nothing else exists. But it is clear to everybody who knows him that he is an organizer, and doesn’t just consume his abilities…. One is clear: a new star is born. Let’s enjoy his magnificence.<br><i>The Voice, April 1992</i>";
   if (quote_number==5)
      quote="The 17-year-old conductor Nayden Todorov succeeded with two concerts only to embrace his older colleagues… His destiny is to be a conductor.<br><i>Plovdiv News, August 1992</i>";
   if (quote_number==6)
      quote="Particularly in the slow movements, the strength became with which Nayden Todorov held the musicians in his grasp, how a move of his elbow sent a shot of voltage to the orchestra and also to the public.<br><i>Offenbacher Post, September 1992</i>";
   if (quote_number==7)
      quote="Is Herbert von Karajan born again?<br><i>Review Title in The Voice, October 1992</i>";
   if (quote_number==8)
      quote="Nayden Todorov coped with the difficult score without problem. In his performance stand out the steady mastery of the musical form and his very special sense for a plastic phrase.<br><i>The Voice, March 1993</i>";
   if (quote_number==9)
      quote="The music lovers of Vratza had the chance once again to meet the extremely gifted young conductor and pianist Nayden Todorov. After the amazed musicians in the orchestra there is a phenomenon in Bulgarian music… Just a wonder… Superb, exclusive, charming… a conductor with a great future.. a musician the likes of which we have not seen for a long time.<br><i>Zov, April 1993</i>";
   if (quote_number==10)
      quote="Nayden Todorov belongs, no doubt, to the type of people who are never satisfied with what they achieve.  The energy, musical passion, and rare diligence he demonstrates is absolutely amazing.<br><i>Culture, April 1993</i>";
   if (quote_number==11)
      quote="When youth goes together with such talent and maturity, it is something to be admired. The reason for the loud applause of the Vratza public was young guest conductor Nayden Todorov. He enraptured the audience with his multiple qualities of remarkable musicianship which reach spiritual leadership, technical precision and logical interpretation... A splendid performer.<br><i>Zov, February 1994</i>";
   if (quote_number==12)
      quote="The 21-year-old Nayden Todorov filled the audience with admiration... No wonder that the conductor who studies now in Vienna wasn’t let go without an encore. <br><i>Mannersdorf Nachrichten, June 1995</i>";
   if (quote_number==13)
      quote="Can somebody remember the last time the concert hall was so overfilled? A significant cultural event brought together many more people than are accommodated in the hall, the gifted conductor Nayden Todorov accepted the invitation of the Vidin Philharmonic... an irrepressible aesthetic delight... a storm of loud applause...<br><i>Nie, June 1998</i>";
   if (quote_number==14)
      quote="The Plovdiv Philharmonic from Bulgaria gives a spirited account of what must have seemed a most unfamiliar score and style! Todorov’s direction is a little cautious but never stolid, auguring well for the rest of this fascinating series.<br><i>Gramophone, August 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==15)
      quote="Nayden Todorov opened the the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra’s new season. His performance was marked by youth, power, energy and brilliance.<br><i>Musika Viva, November 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==16)
      quote="A conductor with very promising talent and great perspectives.…The performance was marked with high emotionalism and professionalism... An intelligent interpretation was a result of the confident leadership of the conductor... The good balance in the orchestra, the powerful dynamic construction combined with a feeling for artistic measure are the notable result of his professionalism.<br><i>Music Horizons, November 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==17)
      quote="The Plovdiv music director Nayden Todorov is only 26 years old, but with an enviable artistic biography.<br><i>Trud, December 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==18)
      quote="Nayden Todorov is a musician with an obvious sense of theater, of flow and construction of the opera. The stage is not foreign to him, and what we saw is how everybody on the stage, as well as the orchestra, submitted to his musical logic.<br><i>Art-Theater, February 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==19)
      quote="Not an empty seat in the house. Strong dramatic conflicts, emotion, romance–this is what everybody in the hall felt... A strict and intensively built opera performance from the wonderful Nayden Todorov.<br><i>Maritza, February 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==20)
      quote="If we have to choose his best qualities, first: He always has the right concept for the sound and the structure of the piece, and he always knows how to get it; second: He rehearses extremely intensively, but... with a smile! And the orchestra trusts him, because he never forgets his responsibilities.<br><i>Musika Viva, March 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==21)
      quote="Nayden Todorov is born to be a conductor, he is fascinating and electric, influences the musicians, and makes them feel the same he does. He has taste and a feeling for measure, flexible and beautiful gesture, an external mark of his internal harmony. Without nonsense, needless effects or conducting show.<br><i>Duma, March 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==22)
      quote="In the overfilled hall, the Plovdiv Philharmonic gave an extremely original concert under its chief conductor Nayden Todorov, who subsequently proved the level of his professionalism.<br><i>Maritza, March 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==23)
      quote="The tempi are relaxed and this adds much to the overall interpretation of the concerto... There tends to be a warm and friendly understanding between the soloist and the conductor giving as one anticipates the other musician.<br><i>On The Town, October 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==24)
      quote="The youngest Bulgarian conductor? No! The best!<br><i>168 Hours, January 2002</i>";
   if (quote_number==25)
      quote="…Among the guest artists the greatest and most emotionally charged bravos went deservedly to conductor Nayden Todorov…He presented the music in lively fashion, pulsating, filled with rousing interest…I would like very much to see again the art of conducting of this Bulgarian.<br><i>Gazeta Wyborcza, February 2002</i>";
   if (quote_number==26)
      quote="The 28-year-old conductor proved himself to be the “key to success” of Saturday’s concert. He is an extremely gifted musician with a large personality, filled with the joy of creating music and possessing great skill in his dialogue with the orchestra, and in fulfilling all of one’s expectations…<br><i>Glos Wielkopolski, February 2002</i>";
   if (quote_number==27)
      quote="The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra have audibly got close to the heart of Glass’s sound world and Todorov’s understanding of the music’s structures is convincing.<br><i>Gramophone, March 2002</i>";
   if (quote_number==28)
      quote="For the entire evening the conductor maintained, with an iron hand and with tremendous expression, the pulse of the composition, with faultless rhythm, like a metronome - this is rather rare. The Brahms was received without the ennui so typical of so many Late Romantic interpretations, filled with boiling ideas. In all truth I wanted to hear it again.<br><i>Gazeta Wyborcza, March 2002</i>";
   if (quote_number==29)
      quote="…the orchestra under Nayden Todorov adds due weight and dramatic impact. Dynamic balance, rhythm, pulse and phrasing are all attended to under his tight direction.<br><i>Stringendo Magazine, September 2002</i>";
   if (quote_number==30)
      quote="... a virtuoso conductor, possesses the maturity and professional skill to maintain the respect of professional orchestral and solo musicians, and equally, commands a charismatic stage personality which inspires orchestra and audience alike... Conductors of Nayden Todorov's potential are rare in the world!<br><i>Professor Paul Van Ness<br>Los Angeles State University<br>November 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==31)
      quote="... a very promising conductor! ... his ideas are always very original, vivid and interesting. He is certainly equipped with rich imagination and colorful pallet of a real, professional musician. I believe that any musical ensemble will enjoy to work under his guidance!<br><i>Professor Mendi Rodan<br>Israel Philharmonic<br>December 1997</i>";
   if (quote_number==32)
      quote="... outstanding, both in his talent and his ability to bring forth a high quality of performance from the orchestra!<br><i>Leor Segal, General Director<br>Israel Northern Symphony<br>November 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==33)
      quote="... the most gifted young conductor to appear before the Haifa Symphony Orchestra during my fourteen years tenure... The orchestra always enjoys playing for him and our public has reacted to him enthusiastically!... an unusually gifted conductor!<br><i>Stanley Sperber, Music Director<br>Haifa Symphony Orchestra<br>May 1999</i>";
   if (quote_number==34)
      quote="... a conductor with great future! The Sofia National Opera would only benefit, if Nayden Todorov works more with us...<br><i>Plamen Kartalov, General Director<br>Sofia National Opera<br>October 2000</i>";
   if (quote_number==35)
      quote="Professional, authentic talent, great artistic and musical capacity.<br><i>Ghena Dimitrova, soprano<br>Nicola Ghiuselev, basso<br>July, 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==36)
      quote="... how well Todorov checks, slows and grades the pace in the slow movement. Imagine what he would make of the slow movement of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. In the Nimrod section of Enigma he might even out-Bernstein Bernstein in his last recording of the Elgar work...<br><i>Rob Barnett<br>British Music Society<br>December 2001</i>";
   if (quote_number==37)
      quote="The conductor was a master whose left hand seemed nearly fluid in his direction of the left side while the baton seemed to be an extension of his own arm directing the right.<br><i>The Maine Campus, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==38)
      quote="No doubt the success owed much to conductor Nayden Todorov who led his capable orchestra with controlled momentum. Tempos were sufficiently measured as to allow breathing room but not at the expense of the drama´s forward thrust.<br><i>Telegram & Gazette, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==39)
      quote="The orchestra, under conductor Nayden Todorov, played with zest and genuine feeling for the romance of Donizetti`s masterpiece. Here was a performance in which that mother of all set pieces, the often-parodied 'Lucia Sextet' came across as a compelling little musical drama.<br><i>The Star-Ledger, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==40)
      quote="With the youthful but commanding conductor Nayden Todorov in the pit, a first rate company of singers brought the tale of star-crossed lovers caught in the crossfire of warring Scottish clansmen to vibrant life.<br><i>The Kansas City Star, October 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==41)
      quote="A refreshingly honest acoustic sound came from the orchestra. Conductor Nayden Todorov drew fine shaping from the strings. The brass section met his demands with fearless vigor and awesome accuracy.<br><i>The Eagle, October 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==42)
      quote="The orchestra, chorus and four soloists were all exemplary musicians, deeply familiar with Mozart´s style and directed firmly and subtly by conductor Nayden Todorov.<br><i>The Washington Post, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==43)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==44)
      quote="The Youth Orchestra of Plovdiv, Bulgaria is conducted by Nayden Todorov and lends a most sympathetic and sensitive accompaniment to the soloist.<br><i>Strings, October 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==45)
      quote="Nayden Todorov, the conductor, kept things moving, allowing the singers leeway but making sure they didn't go overboard. He set crisp, swift tempi, and was in obvious control.<br><i>The Post and Courier, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==46)
      quote="The wider range of tempi of Nayden Todorov enables the exciting climaxes to achieve their effect all the more powerfully.<br><i>Gramophone, February 2004</i>";
   if (quote_number==47)
      quote="The cast under the energetic direction of Nayden Todorov, filled The Whiting's stage with colorful pageantry.<br><i>The Flint Journal, March 2005</i>";
   if (quote_number==48)
      quote="Under the steady baton of conductor Nayden Todorov, the tale of star-crossed lovers in war-torn Egypt unfolded with crisp precision.<br><i>The Kansas City Star, March 2005</i>";
   if (quote_number==49)
      quote="Most interesting in this Aida was the sound produced by the orchestra, conducted by Nayden Todorov. The strings and winds blended wonderfully with dark, shadowy hues. Even the brasses' blare was blunted by a pillowy softness.<br><i>The Wichita Eagle, March 2005</i>";
   if (quote_number==50)
      quote="The evening was magical. From the moment that the curtain opened to the final curtain closing, the production was terrific. Upon the first note played, I knew this would be a great performance.<br><i>Palladium-Item, April 2005</i>";
   if (quote_number==51)
      quote="The orchestra's conductor for the Midland production was Nayden Todorov, who also received generous applause from the appreciative audience at Cole Theatre.<br><i>Midland Reporter, April 2005</i>";
   if (quote_number==52)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";   
   if (quote_number==53)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==54)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";
   if (quote_number==55)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";   
   if (quote_number==56)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";   
   if (quote_number==57)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";   
   if (quote_number==58)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";   
   if (quote_number==59)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";   
   if (quote_number==60)
      quote="The conductor Nayden Todorov did excellent work with the orchestra and the cast.<br><i>The River Cities´Reader, November 2003</i>";
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