A concert by the “Foundation” and the Orchestra of the State Opera Plovdiv closed the fortieth edition of Apollonia. The concert was part of their joint tour in honor of The 80th anniversary of the rock legend Kiril Marichkov. Only songs written by members of the supergroup were performed, including such hits as “Two Tracks”, “Meeting”, “We’ll Hug Again”, “Let’s Look at You” and many others.
Margarita Dimitrova, executive director of the Apollonia Foundation, presented the beloved singer with the statuette – a sign of “Apollonia”for his participation in the Festival.
The rich program of Apollonia 2024 presented not only an outstanding selection of concerts, but also incredible exhibitions, films, theater productions and literary events. President Rumen Radev, Mayor of Sozopol Municipality Tihomir Yanakiev, Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov, Minister of Tourism Evtim Miloshev were among the special guests of the Festival, who thanked the Apolonia Foundation for its long-term work and contribution to the development of Bulgarian culture.
The Apollonia Festival Orchestra thrilled the audience with its magnificent performance and unique composition. Highlights of the Arts Festival program this year were also the concerts of Stefan Valdobrev and the Usual Suspects, Vladi Ampov – Grafa, Beloslava, Hilda Kazasyan and the Pleven Philharmonic, Vasil Petrov and the Stara Zagora Military Big Band and others. For the first time, so many theaters from different regions of the country participated, and one of the most anticipated productions was the one-man show of Marius Kurkinski “Nashenets” after Chudomir.
In summer cinema “Apolonia” were screened 9 specially selected Bulgarian films, 3 of which are premieres. In the Art Gallery in Sozopol, the exhibitions “Voyages: Islands, Seas’ by Gredi Assa, as part of the paintings were specially created for festival, the diploma projects of the students of the National Academy of Artsthe photo exhibition “Our Sozopol” by Asen Shopovand on the promenade of the festival city was placed the impressive work of Pavel Koychev “Two figures”.
The literary program also fascinated the visitors of the Festival, who had the opportunity to meet the winner of the international award “Booker” – Georgi Godpodinovwho held a master class and presented his new book – “The Gardener and Death“. Ivan Ladzhev also presented his latest book “The inevitable coincidence’. The audience had the chance to get acquainted with the works of Lyudmil Todorov, Todor P. Todorov, with the poetry of the #WomenSurvivors Foundation I try and many others.
The Apollonia 2024 arts festivals took place with the media support of BNT, BNR,
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