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Literature Festival 2021 – Program

14th International Literature Festival Ruse 2021 "The Breath of Europe" LITERARURE FESTIVAL RUSE is the oldest international literature festival in Bulgaria. Over the years it has attracted famous representatives and winners of prestigious awards, as well as young and innovative writers. It is a trademark in an international context. Authors from almost all european More...

September 23rd, 2021|

Vienna Duo Concert

International Elias Canetti Society and Austrian Music Weeks present Vienna Duo Concert When: 14th July, 19.00 h Where: Canetti House,12 Slavyanskiy Street Free admission Within the jubilee 25th edition of Austrian Music Weeks we invite you to a concert of Vienna Duo (Austria)! The duo lives and performs in the heart of the capital More...

July 9th, 2021|

Danube Sunset – June 29

On the evening of 29.06., a specially planned concert to celebrate the International Danube Day took place on one of the stages at the pier in Ruse. The main actors of the celebration were two-man orchestra - Nikolay Ivanov OM and Peter Jordanov Buny (from the band "Oratnitsa") and Marcus Rust, a German musician who More...

July 1st, 2021|

Book presentation of Leah Davcheva – June 21

For the Ladino language in 14 stories of Sephardic Jews in Bugaria This is what the Riva Publishing House and the author of the book "Kaleidoscope of Identities" - Leah Davcheva, PhD, presented and discussed with the audience at the Canetti House on 21 June. According to Davcheva, the idea for the book was born More...

June 30th, 2021|

Danubia

A family, a boat, a river - a sensual and geopoetic journey from the source to the mouth of the Danube On May 2, the four-member crew of the Amorados set out from Strasbourg, France, with the goal of reaching the delta of the Danube via the Rhine, the Main and the Main-Danube Canal More...

June 8th, 2021|

THE BLACK BOOK OF GOVERNMENT WASTE – PRESENTED IN RUSE

THE FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM AND THE ELIAS CANETTI SOCIETY This is a reading against lulling our attention to the absurd spending of Bulgarian and European taxpayers' money. It is also a reminder not to remain silent in the face of blatant abuse, and not to resign ourselves to the idea that 'this is More...

May 28th, 2021|

SHARING FUTURE scholarship holder 2021

The Artist in Residence grant "Sharing Future" of the International Elias Canetti Society, sponsored by the Danube Rectors' Conference, is already in its third round this year. We received 33 applications from artists and artist duos, so the selection process proved to be a difficult task. First of all, we would like to thank the More...

May 25th, 2021|

Literature Night 2021

On 12.05.2021, from 18.00 to 21.30, for the 10th consecutive year, the anniversary edition of the Night of Literature took place in Russe and in about 17 other cities in Bulgaria. Our sincere thanks to all colleagues of the participating venues: the Regional Library "Lyuben Karavelov" and the Community Center "Zora". Thanks also to all More...

May 13th, 2021|

Online-Interview with Ilija Trojanow

At the invitation of the Austrian Library in Russe and the Austrian Library in Veliko Tarnovo, an online event with the Vienna-based writer Ilija Trojanow took place on 11.05.2021. Penka Angelova and Detelina Kamenova from the International Elias Canetti Society talked with him about his book "Hilfe? Hilfe!". The Bulgarian edition "ПОМОЩ? ПОМОЩ!", More...

May 12th, 2021|

Europe Day concert with David Holzinger

On the occasion of Europe Day on May 9, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed by the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, the choir and soloists of the Ruse State Opera. The guest conductor from Austria, David Holzinger, came specially to this event at the invitation of the International Elias Canetti Society. The performance of the Ninth More...

May 10th, 2021|