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Concert on Lokrum Island

© Damil Kalogjera
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© Damil Kalogjera

Concert on Lokrum Island

Photograph of musicians sitting beside a harpsichord on Lokrum Island, near Dubrovnik. This instrument was shipped onto the island for a concert that took place on 22 April 1993, during the 59th PEN International Congress in Hvar/Dubrovnik, which was titled Place and Destiny. As well as putting on a concert to celebrate the opening of the Congress, Croatian Centre members and associates read from an anthology of Bosnia and Herzegovinan poetry, planted olive trees, and created a stone memorial to mark the occasion. This photograph was taken by Damil Kalogjera.

Concert à Lokrum Island

Photographie de musiciens assis près d'un clavecin à Lokrum Island, près de Dubrovnik. Cet instrument avait été envoyé sur l'île pour un concert qui a eu lieu le 22 avril 1993, lors du 59e Congrès de PEN International à Hvar/Dubrovnik, sous le titre Place and Destiny. En plus de donner un Concert pour l'ouverture du Congrès, les membres du Centre croate et leurs associés ont lu des textes d'une anthologie poétique de Bosnie-Herzégovine, planté des oliviers et créé un monument en pierre pour commémorer l'occasion. Cette photographie a été prise par Damil Kalogjera.

Concierto en la Isla Lokrum

Fotografía de varios músicos sentados junto a un clavicémbalo en la isla Lokrum, cerca de Dubrovnik. El instrumento fue llevado a esta isla para un concierto que tuvo lugar el 22 de abril de 1993, durante el 59o Congreso de PEN Internacional en Hvar/Dubrovnik, cuyo título fue Place and Destiny. Además de aquel concierto para celebrar la apertura del Congreso, miembros y asociados del Centro Croata leyeron poemas de una antología de poesía de Bosnia y Herzegovina, plantaron un olivos, y crearon un monumento para conmemorar esta ocasión. La fotografía fue tomada por Damil Kalogjera.

Date:

22/04/1993

Creator:

Damil Kalogjera

Centre:

Croatian Centre  (Hrvatski P.E.N. centar)

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