Дом „Петко Стайнов" - Казанлък
Home "Petko Staynov" - Kazanluk

Summary/Abstract: The Home “Petko Staynov” has been established by the “Petko Gruev Staynov” Foundation in the native house of the composer in the town of Kazanluk, at 13 “Academician Petko Staynov” Street as a cultural centre consisting of: - Permanent museum exposition “Petko Staynov” - Musical hall - Electronic archives. The museum exposition, arranged by the Museum of History “Iskra” under a agreement for joint activities with the Foundation, is on display in two premises: halls 1 and 2. Owing to the computer technologies used, the exposition presents materials and documents not only from the fund of the Museum of History “Iskra”, but also from the funds of the libraries of the Central Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Central State Archives, the Institute of Art Studies at the BASc.,. the Union of Bulgarian Composers, the State Musical Academy “Pancho Vladigerov”, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Community Centre “Iskra” etc., provided by the Foundation. The exposition presents the composer’s road of life, his symphonic and choir works, his academic, musical and social activities, his publications, his links with his native place, the national recognition he enjoyed and still enjoys. The museum exposition is on the background of symphonic and choral music by the composer. In the Musical hall is Petko Staynov’s piano from the 1920s. The hall is intended for pupils’ concerts, small chamber concerts, literary readings and other cultural events as well as for teaching music. There are 30 seats available. The Electronic archives, set in other premises, will start functioning from the beginning of 2003, and are intended for visitors to the museum exposition, who want to get more detailed information about the composer’s life as well as for researchers, who will study the life, work and versatile activities of Petko Staynov. The archives will offer approximately four thousand digital records of the documents and the materials from the funds and libraries available in the museum exposition, respectively systematized. At the next stage the Archives will also offer the possibility to listen to records of Petko Staynov’s works as well as to watch films about him.

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