On June 14-16, the main cultural and artistic event of this summer will take place in Verkhovyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region – the II Forum of Central and Eastern Europe “VIA CARPATIA 2019”
The initiator of the Forum – Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality Mykola Kniazhytskyi told about the scientific and practical conference “Vincenz’s Circle”, which will take place within the II Forum of Central and Eastern Europe “VIA CARPATIA 2019”.
“This year, for the second time, we will hold the forum “VIA CARPATIA 2019″ in the places that Ukrainian humanitarian writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries called Ukrainian Athens. It is very important for us to revive the Ukrainian Carpathians and the Hutsul Region. These places are famous all over the world, but now they are going through difficult economic times. Our task is to draw attention to the problems of the Carpathians and those people who live in the mountains.”
he said.
Kniazhytskyi also said that the Vincenz Circle conference this year is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Public and political figures from Europe, Ukrainian high-ranking officials, politicians and members of the Cabinet of Ministers will take part in the forum. Conference participants will discuss issues of ecology, preservation of the Carpathians, development of cross-border cooperation in the Carpathian region.
Also, as part of the II Forum of Central and Eastern Europe “VIA CARPATIA 2019”, a number of artistic events will traditionally take place in the open air among the Carpathian mountains. Forum participant, writer, publisher, laureate of the Shevchenko Prize – Ivan Malkovych spoke about them. For example, this year’s program includes a screening of the musical “Hutsulka Ksenia” directed by Rostyslav Derzhypilskyi, book presentations by Vitaliy Portnykov, Ivan Malkovych, Yuriy Andruhovych, Serhiy Zhadan, Vasyl Zhdankin, concerts by Solomiya Chubai, bands “Jalapita”, “Roccoco”, “Crying of Jeremiah” and “Carbido”, as well as a concert by the “INSO-Lviv” symphony orchestra. The traditional Hutsul festival “Polonin Summer” will also take place within the framework of the forum. On the last day of the Festival, there will be a concert – the premiere of the symphonic suite “Holy Christmas Carol” performed by the academic orchestra “INSO-Lviv”, composer Ivan Nebesny.
The idea of the II Forum of Central and Eastern Europe “VIA CARPATIA 2019” is to revive the summer cultural capital of Ukraine – Verkhovynshchyna in Ivano-Frankivsk region. The forum is designed not only to reveal the diversity of the Carpathian culture, but also to gather the intellectual leaders of Eastern and Central Europe, because Ukraine is one of the countries that signed the Carpathian Convention. A document that unites the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and Serbia.
The initiator of the Forum is Mykola Kniazhytskyi, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality.
The organizer of the Forum is the NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”.
