More than 7000 individuals voted online to select the winners for first Art.gbg.bg Annual Art Awards. The competition was organised by the internet portal for art and culture, in partnership with United Bulgarian Bank, to recognise accomplishments in 2007.
The general public was able to vote via art.gbg.bg from February 25 to March 25 2008. The five categories, each encompassing five nominees, in which awards were granted were headed by a name that figured influentially in the given field.
In the theatre category, headed by actress Tsvetana Maneva, the plays nominated were August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death, produced at Sfumato Theatre-Workshop; Roumen Tsonev’s Rhythm and Blues, at Little City Theatre off the Channel; Short Play for a Child’s Room by Yana Borissova, at Theatre 199; Chekhov’s The Seagull, at Theatre Bulgarska Armiya; and a play by Hanoch Levine at Theatre 199. Voters chose The Seagull, which was produced by Krikor Azaryan.
In the category of best book of 2007, where nominees were Äóõless (Douhless, ie, Soulless) by Sergei Minaev, Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk, ×åðíàòà êóòèÿ/The Black Box by Alek Popov, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami and Travesuras de la niña mala by Mario Vargas Llosa, it was Popov’s novel that won. Literary historian and poet Yordan Eftimov chaired the committee.
Headed by the music critic and producer Ekaterina Docheva, the concert category comprised the contestants Kremerata Baltika, for the orchestra’s concert as part of Rousse’s March Music Days 2007; Sofia Soloists, directed by Plamen Djourov with Albena Danailova on violin; director Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuoso Orchestra for their work together; Nigel Kennedy’s October concert in Sofia; and director Emil Tabakov with the BNR Symphonic Orchestra, Mixed Chorus and Children’s Chorus. Kennedy’s gig was selected as concert of the year.
The exhibition category saw as nominees Boris Missirkov/Georgi Bogdanov for their photography exhibition at Sofia City Art Gallery entitled Ïî ñëåäèòå íà ñâåòëîòî áúäåùå/On the Tracks of the Bright Future; Pavel Koichev for Ïðåíîñèòåëÿò/The Carrier, held at SIBank Gallery, in which sculptures of donkeys were garnished with sun-coloured rays, recalling the donkey that carried Christ into Jerusalem; Günther Uecker’s exhibition at Sofia City Art Gallery named Mistreated Man: 14 Pacified Implements; a jubilee exhibition dedicated to painter Petar Mladenov (1887-1978) held at Shipka 6; and the two exhibitions at National Gallery for Foreign Art of works of architects Zaha Hadid in May-June, and Sir Norman Foster in December 2007-January 2008.
Art historian Vessela Hristova-Radoeva headed the exhibitions category, in which the Missirkov & Bogdanov show received the most votes.
Apollonia, Bulgaria’s annual festival of arts that has been around since 1984, won in the festivals category, chaired by journalist Panayot Denev. The other nominees were Âàðíåíñêî ëÿòî/Varna Summer, an international theatre festival; Ìàðòåíñêè ìóçèêàëíè äíè/March Music Days in Rousse; the 10th Bansko Jazz Festival and the 11th Sofia International Film Festival.
Awards will be conferred at a ceremony on May 24 2008. The award itself is a statue of a small dolphin, which is a reproduction of a currency in use during the sixth to fifth centuries BCE.
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Theatre
12 Angry Monologues/12 razgneveni monologa What: The play is a compilation of 12 of the best monologues from Bulgarian actor Velko Kunev on the National Theatre stage over the past 30 years. Alone on the stage, Kunev re-experiences the fates, thoughts, worries and fears of his characters - including Ham When: October 7 and 25, 7pm Where: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
Volpone What: This comedy, written by English Renaissance playwright Ben Jonson, tells the story of Venetian nobleman Volpone who pretends he’s at death’s door to lure the numerous aspirants to his large inheritance and thereby expose their greed and foolishness. Starr When: October 10, 22 and 28 at 7pm Where: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew/Oukrotyavane na opurnichavata What: Director Marious Kourkinski returns to the stage of the Satirical Theatre with this Shakespearean comedy, which was one of the master’s earlier plays. The original play depicts a nobleman, Petruccio, who, for pragmatic reasons, marries a shrew – a loud-mo When: October 10 at 7pm Where: Aleko Konstantinov Satirical Theatre
Cultural Institutes
Pavel Besta and his inspirations What: This exhibition by Czech artist Pavel Besta coincides with his 50th birthday. His paintings are in the realm of the grey and sorrowful. Besta discusses universal questions touching on the beating hearts and disillusioned faces who dwell in the country’s o When: Until October 31 Where: the Czech cultural centre, 100 G. S. Rakovski Str, Sofia
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Painters from Plovdiv exhibit in Sofia What: Natally gallery is organising a general exhibition featuring artists who have depicted Plovdiv’s gentle pace of life in their works. Visitors can admire the delicately smiling characters looking over from Angel Vassilev’s paintings, or the colourful abstr When: Until October 30 Where: Natally, 38A Gourko Str, Sofia
The return of Dimitar Voinov What: Racoursi gallery presents Bulgarian painter Dimitar Voinov, who has lived and worked in Germany since 1986. Now, 22 years later, he is exhibiting in Bulgaria for the first time. His paintings reveal the use of classic techniques, combined with ambiguous s When: Until October 31 Where: Racoursi, 4A Han Kroum Str, Sofia
Eva Peneva and Yulian Yordanov’s graphics for four hands What: This collaboration between two artists is a long-nurtured idea that finally comes to life. Yordanov presents 13 of his graphics including titles like Leda, Fragrance or Temptation. To find an adequate answer to his challenge, Peneva painted glass using va When: Until October 20 Where: Teo, 34 Macedonia Str, Varna
Soshana: Around the world in 80 years What: Austrian painter Susanne Schuller-Soshana is a true cosmopolitan. As one art critic puts it, she has travelled the world not in 80 days, but in 80 years. During her nomadic life, she has met some of the defining titans of the last century’s art scene – in When: Until October 16 Where: Astri, 34 Tsar Samouil Str, Sofia
The apple in the minds of several artists What: Though it has a small exhibition area, this gallery always offers carefully selected artists the chance to flaunt their talents. In this general exhibition nine artists have come together to explore the ‘apple theme.’ Works by Boiko Kolev, Rossen Rashev, When: Until October 20 Where: Art Gallery Paris, 8 Paris Str, Sofia
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER – ANI KARALAMBEVA AND NIYA ABRASHEVA What: Drawing on her experience and expertise as a long-time textile designer, Ani Karalambeva collaborates with her daughter Niya Abrasheva to create beauty in the ever-saturated world of fashion and interior design. The exhibition presents mixed media wall pa When: Until October 8 Where: Azza Gallery of Modern Art, 25 Cherni Vruh Blvd, Sofia
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