No. 10
03.03.2009
Apollonia Foundation
Synthesis in Vietnam
Inside this issue:
Thank you letter from 2 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...International competi- 2 tion Davorin Jenko in Belgrade Tour.reg project
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Association of Artists from Gevgelija
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Wine presentation on St. Tripfun’s Day
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About us
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Eco calender
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Macedonian ethno band 'Synthesis' went to Vietnam to give two concerts on February 18 and 28 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, launching the first cultural promotion of Macedonia in this Far-East country. The concerts were organized in cooperation with Vietnamese conductor Le Fi Fi, who has been working in Macedonia for the last 16 years. This is the first time that a Balkan band goes to Vietnam. “The impressions from the first concert are wonderful, every last seat was taken and the public shouted with excitement. We also performed a song in the Vietnam language; a very famous and traditional song “ says Marjan Jovanovski from Synthesis. Synthesis combines the roots of Macedonian folk music heritage with contemporary arrangements, using full range of original Macedonian instruments, like kaval, gaida, zurla, tapan, tarabuka and tambura. Powerful and explosive, SYNTHESIS is the most exported Macedonian world music project. The name “Synthesis” was chosen to express the concept of the group, which is to combine traditional sounds with contemporary arrangements to create a musical synthesis. In recognition of the great contribution Synthesis has made for the affirmation of Macedonian music and culture through its numerous concerts all over the world (Japan, Israel, The United States, Italy, France, and many others), in 2006 the Macedonian Chamber of Commerce pronounced the band its Honorary Ambassador of Macedonian Culture. For more info on the band: www.synthesis.com.mk. Apollonia Foundation is proud to say that we also participated in this project, and helped the band with a donation of 2000€ to cover some part of the costs for their trip to Vietnam. It’s in our believes that cultural heritage forms our individual, local and national identities and that’s why we should respect, celebrate and help promote our cultural treasures, and Synthesis is definitely one of them.
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Thank you letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs At the request of the Embassy of Republic of Macedonia in Bucharest and in cooperation with Apollonia Foundation, a few select companies from Gevgelija participated in the fundraising Christmas bazaar which took place in Bucharest in December, last year. “Noel”, “Vipro” and “Jostela” gave their products for free and all the money collected from the sales were given to the charity fund for children with special needs. Part of the products were given as a Christmas present to 43 children from the village Urzikuca, near Krajova, who are attending schools where they learn the Macedonian language and represent the smallest generation of Macedonians in Romania. Here is the thank you letter that Apollonia Foundation recently received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in Bucharest, where they express special gratitude and appreciation for the support and the contribution that the Foundation showed for this event.
Young and talented musicians from Gevgelija win first prize at the International competition Davorin Jenko in Belgrade Three children from Gevgelija, young and talented musicians, along with 600 other musicians from all over Europe, participated in the International competition Davorin Jenko in Belgrade, and came home with remarkable results. Andonov Gorge, who had been playing piano for only one year, won the second place in the category A of the piano solo discipline, even through he was the youngest in this category. The piano duo Ivan Gavrilovski and Jovanov Ice won the first place in the category B of the piano duo competition. All three children are extremely talented musicians with a very good sense of rhythm and melodic moves. They are students in the class of prof. Ljubica Ulisheva from the musical school Vaso Karajanov Gevgelija. We are glad to say that Apollonia Foundation supported these children with a donation of 22.000 denars, for covering the cost for their accommodations in Belgrade.
Their participation in this contest was also organized by the Association of Musical and Ballet Educators of Macedonia, in Gevgelija. We hope that this achievement will be an inspiration for all the other talents, and for the people responsible for investing in them. See: www.msdjenko.edu.yu
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Tour.reg project The professors from the High School Josif Josifovski from Gevgelija, who were part of the international Tour.Reg project, returned from the study visit in Bad Ishal - Austria with very good impressions of what they've seen and learned there. They visited classes on catering, hotels, marketing and tourism in the best tourist school in Austria Salzkammergut, and also made a presentation of Gevgelija and the tourism here to the students that learn there. The main goal of this visit was for our teachers to get familiar with how tourist schools work in Austria, in particular the educational programs and materials, managing and administrating of the tourist schools, and also how tourism is organized in Austria.
Association of Artists from Gevgelija In the exhibitory parlor of Apollonia Hotel there is continuous affirmative exhibitions that began four months ago, of art made by the artists from Gevgelija which is organized by the Association of Artists from Gevgelija and Apollonia Foundation.
The art attracted a lot of people in the hotel and many of the paintings were sold to guests staying in the hotel. For better achievement of the main goal of this exhibition - affirmation of Gevgelijan artists - a catalogue with all the artists from the association was published.
Apollonia Foundation made a donation of 18.000 denars for this purpose. This exhibition will continue throughout the whole year.
Wine presentation on St. Trifun’s day On the occasion of St. Tripun’s day on the 14th of February in Gevgelija, and in the frames of the project “The route of the wine”, promotions and degustation of wine from Gevgelija was held. The wineries Rigo Impeks, Jostela and Plodomaks presented their best products to the customers in Gevgelija. The presentation was held in Motel Vardar, and organizers of the event were the wineries, the Foundation for Local Development Gevgelija, and Apollonia Foundation. “The route of the wine” started last year and this project has been realized with cooperation between the municipality of Gevgelija and partners from Greece.
Preservation and resurrection of the cultural and historical heritage Apollonia Foundation
FUTURE EVENTS * 5.03.2009, 7 pm Hotel Apollonia Concert of classical music from the class of Ljubica Ulisheva
* 5.03.2009, 10 am Day Center for children with special needs Concert for the children on the occasion of Woman's day
With the contract for strategic cooperation that Apollonia Foundation has with the Museum of Gevgelija, we are involved in the projects for systematic exploration on the archeological place Vardarski Rid: There is a special place in the facilities of Apollonia Group which is given to the museum for their needs, especially for the first phase of preservation of the artifacts found on Vardar Hill;
Аdress: Gevgeliski Partizanski Odred 1 1480 Gevgelija R. Macedonia Тelephone: 034/ 213-222 Fax: 034/213-223 E-mail: snezana.dimitrova@apollonia.com.mk fondacija@apollonia.com.mk
* Participation in financing the project for dislocation of the monument of Liberty from Vardar Hill to a new location; * Participation in financing proper literature about affirmation of Vardar Hill: - One of them is the monograph “Antical coins from Vardar Hill” from Boban Husenovski * Financing marketing projects - making copies of the artifacts found on Vardar Hill:
* March, Apollonia Hotel Exhibition of Toni Shulajkovski
Copy of the figure Siren - integral part from the bronze dish Autepsa. Copy of silver coin with the character of Aleksander the Great. Financing the presentation of artifacts found on Vardar Hill in the exhibitory parlor of Apollonia Hotel.
ECO CALENDAR
Classical concert for 8th March 19h
Apollonia Hotel
Lets all plant our future!
Exhibition Toni Sulajkovski
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