The October issue of LIK, entitled “100 Years of Varna Summer on the Music Scene,” was presented at BTA’s National Press Club in Varna on Wednesday. The latest issue of the Bulgarian News Agency’s magazine for literature, art and culture focuses on the 100th anniversary of the Varna Summer International Music Festival, as well as at the 120-year history of the Varna Regional Museum of History. Addressing the event, LIK Editor-in-Chief Georgi Lozanov said that Varna is a festival city, and the Varna Summer mega-festival has for long been influencing Bulgarian cultural identity on the national scale.
He noted that events like the Varna Summer Festival cultivate their own audience, because classical music, in particular, is not something that is self-explanatory; it requires a certain level of education to truly appreciate it and grasp its depth. “We hope that art will reach the audience on its own, but that is not always the case – it only happens with popular culture. High art requires special education and engagement to decipher its codes. Festivals create hierarchies of values that help audiences shape their own criteria,” added Assoc. Prof. Lozanov.
The Varna Summer Festival is also important because it integrates the Bulgarian cultural scene into the European one, he went on to say. “Europe is the bastion of democracy in the world. This is our natural place and our natural commitment to democracy. The fact that we are there means that we are part of the democratic world, to which the arts also integrate us,” Assoc. Prof. Lozanov added.
The event was also attended by the Varna Summer International Music Festival Director, Prof. Mario Hossen, BTA Deputy Director General Evgenia Drumeva, Varna Deputy Mayor Sofia Koleva, LIK Editor Yanitsa Hristova, and Varna Regional History Museum Director Igor Lazarenko.
The October issue was also presented at BTA’s national press clubs across Bulgaria, where various guests talked about local festivals.
The LIK magazine has been freely accessible since January 2024. All issues published since the magazine’s relaunch in 2022, including the October issue, are available for download from BTA’s website.
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