Association “Roma Academy for Culture and Education” held a final press conference on April 23 under the project “Panorama of Roma Culture”, at which it presented the results of the project. The Chairman of the Association – Stella Kostova, introduced the attendees to the book “Panorama of Roma Culture” and video portraits of fourteen emblematic Roma artists:
The magnificent Bulgarian actress Natalia Tsekova
The world-famous academician linguist Hristo Kichukov
One of the most popular and liked Bulgarian singer Bonnie
Clarinet virtuoso Mladen Mladenov
Prof. Stoyan Chaprazov, professor of English literature at a state university in USA
Vasko Vasilev, the sculptor with unique works in galleries and collections around the world
The unique violinist and benefactor Maestro Georgi Kalaidzhiev
The world-famous brass band “Karandila”
The author of books and publications on Roma culture, Prof. Yosif Nunev
The accordionist – revolutionary Martin Ljubenov
Author of books on Roma culture and Roma language, Dr. Lili Kovacheva
The virtuoso violinist Atanas Slavov – Mravcho
The king of the clarinet, Orlin Pamukov
The authors of books about Roma culture and history Deyan Kolev and Teodora Krumova.
“This is an innovative project aimed at the true face of Roma culture and art. Such a thing has not been done before, thereby strengthening the contribution of Roma culture and art to world culture,” said Stella Kostova.
The project had a duration of 14 months – from February 2023 to April 2024, financed under the “Cultural Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Cooperation” program.
