"Honour of the festival" award for the People's Ensemble in Vitie

The National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble was awarded the "Festival Honor" award at the 21st anniversary of the Nationwide Festival of Artistic Cultural Societies and Song and Dance Ensembles "Flakadani i Karadaku", under the patronage of the Municipality of Vitia, Kosovo. In this festival, the artists of AKKVP were presented with a rich musical program. The National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances with artistic director Sokol Marsin conducts a rich musical activity, including participation in various festivals. The National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dances or the State Ensemble was created in 1957 as a professional ensemble. This ensemble consists of singing soloists, orchestra, dance group and choir. The purpose of the ensemble is to process, develop and spread the folklore treasure of Albania. This includes the great folklore vocal, instrumental, choreographic and costumographic riches, which vary from area to area, creating a color of motifs. Albanian folklore stands out for its originality, antiquity and variety of artistic genres. Many ethnographic areas have their own peculiarities in songs, dances, costumes, rites and customs. The support of the Folk Ensemble to this resource and the various expeditions developed in all areas have made the ensemble to be not only the pride of the traditional Albanian culture, but also to amaze researchers and folklorists from all over the world with its values. For decades, the ensemble has turned into a laboratory for the processing and interpretation with very high artistic demands of the great folklore source treasure, making possible its transmission from generation to generation.

QSPA remembers the Arbëresh poet Leonardo De Martino

The Center of Studies and Publications for Arbëresh remembered, on the occasion of the 193rd anniversary of his birth, the Arbëresh poet Leonardo De Martino. He was born in the village of Arbëresh Greçi in the province of Avelino (Italy) in 1830. QSPA writes that in 1865 he was sent as a priest to Northern Albania, where he participated in the patriotic cultural movement. "Wrote poems and some dramatic pieces, which he published in the collection "L'arpa d'un italo-albanese", Venice, 1888. De Martino also deserves the credit for staging the first Albanian drama "Nata e Këshnellavet" , Shkodër 1880, the first of its kind in Albanian", says QSPA. De Martino closed his eyes at the age of 93 at the assembly of Sarno in Italy on July 12, 1923.

The event "A day with the curator" at the National Historical Museum

Muzeu Historik Kombëtar organizoi veprimtarinë “Një ditë me kuratorin”, me nxënësit e shkollës 9-vjeçare “Skënder Caci” në Tiranë. Kuratori i pavijonit u foli nxënësve rreth objekteve të pavijonit të Luftës Antifashiste Nacionalçlirimtare. Kuratorët e Muzeut Historik Kombëtar, organizojnë orë të hapura, ku i flasin brezit të ri për punën e tyre të përditshme dhe ndajnë njohuritë e tyre mbi një temë të caktuar. “Një ditë me kuratorin” synon të përforcojë bashkëpunimin e muzeut me publikun e gjerë, të rrisë ndjeshmërinë e brezave të rinj ndaj objekteve muzeore, të evidentojë rolin e kuratorit të një muzeu, si dhe të inkurajojë dialogun me qytetarët mbi historinë e kulturën.

Drejtoresha Voshtina prezanton kalendarin e 2023 para zyrtarëve të huaj

The general director of TKOB, Abigeila Voshtina, held a meeting with the deputy director of the sector for European Integration, Policy and Information in the Delegation of the European Union in Albania, Jean-Baptiste Le Bras, and the official for Information and Communication in this institution, Dazara Dizdari - Zeneli. During the meeting, she presented in detail the artistic calendar of 2023 and the work that the National Theater of Opera and Ballet is doing in increasing the artistic quality in Albania and strengthening the Albanian culture throughout Europe. During this artistic season, various shows were staged on the stage of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet, including for children.