admin

Asenevtsi Monument and Boruna

Veliko Tarnovo has serious potential and chances to win the title of European Capital of Culture in 2019. The city has the opportunity to become a centre for development of street art and the art of wrapping monuments among.  This is the opinion expressed by Hanna Payer from the University of Applied Sciences in Krems, Austria, published in the VT Municipality website.

She has written a master’s thesis on the application of Veliko Tarnovo for European Capital of Culture. For her research, she has conducted detailed interviews with the heads of the 10 of the most successful applicant cities, which have already been European Capitals of Culture (ECC). Austria has twice been part of the project  – Graz was ECC in 2003, and Linz in 2009.

Hanna has decided to share the Austrian experience in the application of Veliko Tarnovo 2019. Her findings, results and conclusions from the research are at the disposal of the Old Bulgarian Capital. According to her, the chances of Veliko Tarnovo are great, as the city has great untapped potential. Hannah was impressed by the fact that application of Veliko Tarnovo is not focused on all the objects related to the history of the city and is focused on organizing various events to attract young people from around the world.

She is visiting VT to present the European project for the conservation of cultural heritage. A team of leading experts from three universities in Germany and Austria are gathered here for the initiative called  “Cult tour – cultural (garden) heritage as a focal point for sustainable tourism “. A total of three green areas / gardens are included in the project – a 16-century Baroque garden in Sibiu, Romania; a park in Alexadroupolis, Greece, built in 1960 and restored 20 years later; and the Asenevtsi Monument and the belonging green space called Boruna.

Gurko Street in Veliko Tarnovo

Gurko Street is one of the most picturesque streets in Veliko Tarnovo with its traditional houses built during the Revival Period. Authentic buildings are clustered tightly together, as if cascaded, overlooking the Yantra River.

When you look up you see Bulgarian houses and roofs, perched on the steep slope and if you look down, you can see the Yantra meandering below and around the Sveta Gora Hill, the Boris Denev Gallery and the glorious Asenevtsi Monument. Gurko is a unique place where nature merges with the architectural beauty of the city.

Gurko Street and the Varusha Quarter have maintained the traditional concepts for beauty, warmth and homeliness from the Revival Period. You can still see house windows decorated with lovely pots of flowers, ivy creeping on walls, vines planted on every inch of available land. The street is decorated with cheshmi (plural for a type of outside public tap) and street-lights that illuminate houses, passers-by and stone-paved streets.

The only national festival for open-air classical music “Fortissimo Fest” visits Veliko Tarnovo on 7 September today. The concert is part of the summer tour “Music under the stars” and starts at 20:30 in the recently renovated Summer Theatre.

Conducted by Maxim Ashkenazi, the concert programme includes three parts – classical music, folklore, jazz, film music and contemporary classical music. Soloists are Svetling Rusev with his Stradivarius violin, Neli Andreeva from Philip Koutev folklore ensemble, Georgi Andreev – gadulka (traditional Bulgarian string instrument), Petar Bodurov – bagpipe, together with Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra. They will perform works by Glinka, Saint-Saens, Brahms, Pancho Vladigerov, Georgi Andreev and blockbuster film music by John Williams – “Star Wars”, “Superman”, “Indiana Jones” and others. Entrance is free.

„Fortissimo Fest” is a classical music open air festival, founded in 2010 by Maxim Ashkenazi with the support of America for Bulgaria Foundation. The philosophy of the festival is based on the ambition to cross the boundary between elite art and the general public. Its long term goal is to bring classical music and symphony closer to more and more Bulgarians. The festival usually features young and successful performers, who present classical music in modern and exciting way.

For the last three years soloists of the festival have been notorious musicians like Sarah Chang, Vesko Panteleev – Ashkenazi, Georgi Cherkin, “Triad” trio, Andrew Armstrong, Danielle Belen.

Source: Key To Veliko Tarnovo