Announcement of the organizer, published on 18.08.2020 at https://www.facebook.com/stateoperaplovdiv:
"OPERA OPEN 2020 - WE REPEAT THE LENINGRAD SYMPHONY ON AUGUST 31!!!
Due to the great interest and exhaustion of the tickets for the concert Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" on August 22, the orchestra of Opera Plovdiv will perform once again the piece on August 31 at the Ancient Theater from 20:30 h. Conductor - Dian Chobanov.
ickets of BGN 12 and 16 at the box office of the Opera, at the box office of OPERA OPEN at the Main Street, at the box offices of Eventim and online at eventim.bg!"

Opera Open 2020: Symphony 7 "Leningrad"

22 August 2020, 20:30 h. (8:30 pm),
Ancient Theater - Plovdiv
Entrance: With invitation

31 August 2020, 20:30 h. (8:30 pm),
Ancient Theater - Plovdiv
Tickets: Ticket Office in front of the Municipality of Plovdiv, tourist information center on Roman Stadium Square, ticket office at the Ancient Theatre, at the Boris Hristov City Hall of Culture and all Eventim ticket offices, as well as online at www.eventim.bg

"Music of Peace" is an international music project, a dialogue on peaceful coexistence, a celebration of human strength and spirit. The project includes the performance of Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony by orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, Plovdiv and Torgau, as well as by the Baltic Sea Symphony Orchestra.
Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv

As always with Shostakovich, this Symphony is not dedicated to the city - whatever it is called, not to the event, but to the people. To those who died of starvation, of coldness, of shells and bombs ... of despair. There is no politics here: there is a struggle of terrible, banal evil with man. The symphony is rarely played because of its scale, huge composition, difficulty, alas - and because of political prejudices ... And now Plovdiv has the chance to hear it, to feel the thrill of the famous theme of the invasion and to experience the powerful catharsis that music leads to.

For more information: the Facebook page of State Opera Plovdiv https://www.facebook.com/stateoperaplovdiv and the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/2677089735726233/