April 5
th, 2007, 6.00 PM, the Vuzrazhdane Community Center in the Old Town (1 Stoyan Chalukov St., Plovdiv) is hosting a book presentation of the book “Demiurgic Exercises” by Bozhidar Bogdanov. The book will be presented by Ass.Prof. Radosslav Radev. Also, the latest issue of the literary almanac “Sveta Gora” (i.e. Mount Athos) will be presented by its editor-in-chief Sava Vassilev.
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Easter Festival presents Symphony Orchestra Concert, April 6th, 2007, 7.00 PM, at the Concert Hall, 1 Central Sq.
Music by Ravel, Chausson and Faure will be played. Conductor: Georgi Dimitrov. With the participation of the Choir of Plovdiv Boys “Stefka Blagoeva”.
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Plovdiv has always had a unique role in the creative process of artists, musicians, writers, poets… Plovdiv hosts prestigious international festivals of music, cinema, theater, folklore; different plain-airs and meetings. The Ancient Plovdiv Association has played an essential role as a culture center, transforming the Old Town of Plovdiv into the center of major culture events.
Plovdiv boasts a large number of culture and educational organizations and foundations main or regional offices:
- Open Society Foundation,
- the Saxonia-Anhalt Meeting Center,
- Alliance Francais,
- the German-Bulgarian Association,
- the Armenian Culture and Art Association,
- the Macedonian Culture and Education Association,
- the Shalom Jewish Culture and Education Association,
- the Thracian Association,
- the “13th Centuries Bulgaria” Donor Foundation,
- the “Ivan Spassov” Foundation,
- the “Art Today” Foundation,
- the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” Foundation,
- the Plovdiv Non-Industrial Organization Center,
- the Association for Restoring Plovdiv,
- the Plovdiv Creative Figures Association, and many more.