Days of the spiritual culture of Bulgaria in Russia October 30 - December 3 
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For the second year now, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation provides Russian viewers with a unique opportunity to feel a kinship with the national Balkan tradition. Albania, Montenegro and Romania almost finish their cultural march-throws in Russia, the baton is taken by Bulgaria, which sends its cultural ambassadors to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Veliky Novgorod and Chelyabinsk.
“On a European and global scale, it is difficult to find an analogue to spiritual communication that has existed for many years between the Bulgarian and Russian peoples. I am convinced that all the events included in the diverse program of the Days will be met with emphasized interest from the Russian public. “One of the prominent Bulgarian artists, musicians, artists, writers and poets was invited and responded to participate in these festivities,” says Vejdi Rashidov, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria. “I want to emphasize that relations between our peoples have never been expressed in pragmatic categories. This is a special, spiritually emotional sphere. Bulgaria and Russia are united by the space of the Spirit. ”
On October 30 at 18.30 in the Philharmonic of Veliky Novgorod, the Sofia Soloists chamber ensemble will perform under the direction of conductor and composer Plamen Dzhurov. The ensemble was founded in 1962 by a group of young musicians, they applauded at major festivals in Germany and France, Italy and Belgium. The repertoire of the collective includes more than 600 works, ranging from baroque to modern music, discography - over 60 CDs. The world famous musicians such as Henrik Schering, Daniil Saffron, Nikanor Sabaleta performed with the orchestra. Recently, the team worked with Albrecht Breuninger, Patrick Galois, Heinz Holliger and Nigel Kennedy.
November 2 at 19.00 in the St. Petersburg Chapel (as part of the festival "Neva Choir Assemblies) will be a performance of the Bulgarian male choir" John Kukuzel Angeloglasny ". Dimitar Nikolov Dimitrov - artistic director and chief conductor of the ensemble for more than 30 years.
The choir is the first performer of ancient Bulgarian Orthodox chants on a concert podium, was created in 1967. They were successful at international festivals of early music in Paris, Edinburgh, Rome and others. The choir gave concerts to the President of Austria at the Hofburg Palace, and in Rome to the President of Italy. The ensemble was well known to the late Pope John Paul II, before whom the choir performed more than once.
On November 18, at 19.00 , the Bolshoi Theater of Russia will host a solemn ceremony dedicated to the Days of Spiritual Culture of Bulgaria in Russia and an Opera Gala Concert. Bulgaria will be represented by opera stars Krasimira Stoyanova (soprano), Vladimir Stoyanov (baritone) and Kamen Chanev (tenor), accompanied by the choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater - conductor Pavel Balev.
The Bulgarian marathon will continue on November 21 in St. Petersburg. In the Philharmonic them. D.Shostakovich at 19.00 will be a gala concert of the stars of the opera of Bulgaria. The organizers will discover new Bulgarian names for the Russian opera connoisseur from the Boris Hristov Museum Center. Plamen Beykov (bass), was the last student of the famous Boris Hristov, Apostle Milenkov (bass baritone), Alexander Nosikov (bass), Maria Zhekova (mezzo-soprano). All of them are participants and laureates of numerous national and international competitions, the opera future of Bulgaria. The Russian side in this concert will be presented by the Mariinsky Theater soloist, People’s Artist of Russia - Vladimir Galuzin (tenor), conductor - Mikhail Tatarnikov with the Mikhailovsky Theater Orchestra. The program includes masterpieces of Russian, Bulgarian and Western vocal art.
On the same day, November 21 at 12.00 in the Museum of Artillery in St. Petersburg, the exhibition "Forgotten photographs of the Russian-Turkish war." Photos from the collection of the Bulgarian artist and photographer Ivo Hadzhimisheva, lifetime honorary member of the Royal Association of Photographers of Great Britain. For many years, Ivo Hadzhimishev collects, processes and shows contemporaries the best examples of Bulgarian photography of the last century. In 1877, Russian troops took Plevna, in a difficult moment, came to the aid of the fraternal people of Bulgaria. In the old photographs of 1878-1879 presented at the exhibition, the events of the Russian-Turkish war come to life, the heroic pages of Russian history reopen before the viewer. The exhibition will last until December 3, and the exhibits themselves will be solemnly donated by the owner as a gift to the Artillery Museum.
Within the framework of the Days, the Week of Bulgarian Films from November 19 to 24 in the metropolitan movie theater Rolan, art exhibitions and theater performances at the Chelyabinsk Puppet Theater, the School of Contemporary Play and the Moscow Theater of Nations will also be held.
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