about us
The International Festival of Poetry “ORPHEUS” – PLOVDIV 2025 is a project of Plovdiv LIK Foundation. It includes creative, cultural, educational and promotional activities united by the desire for exchanging ideas, inspiration and creative contacts.
The festival will take place from the 8 th until the 10 th of May 2025 in the Little Early Christian Basilica as a festival center, but its activities will cover a number of other historical and cultural spaces in Plovdiv.
The festival includes: poetry readings, poetry competition, cultural and educational seminar, writers’ forum and exploratory trips.
The eighth edition of the festival gathers together poets from the Turkey, Slovakia, Croatia, Denmark, Georgia and Bulgaria.
The Orpheus Project – PLOVDIV 2025 is implemented with the financial support of the Municipality of Plovdiv – Directorate “Culture and Archeology” and is a part of the Cultural
Calendar of the Municipality for 2025.
Anton Baev – Director
Elka Dimitrova – Head of the Creative team
Ivan Kostov – Head of Web and Advertising activities
Victoria Baeva – Live stream and support
Lidiya Shamova, Gergana Zlatkova, Antonia Baeva, Dimana Ivanova – translators
Vera Gavrailova – accountant
Contacts
Anton Baev: baev_a@hotmail.com, +359 898 47 74 23
Elka Dimitrova: elkadimitrova4@gmail.com
What you will get
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COUNTRIES
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