Hospitable Kazakhstan will welcome the participants of the festival ‘VI Voices of Friends: Poetry & Art’ from different corners of the planet.
Every year the picturesque resort of Burabay becomes a meeting place for artists thanks to the festival ‘Voices of Friends: Poetry & Art’.
The festival unites literature and visual art of the countries of the Eurasian space, glorifies artists and opens new names. Organised by the Eurasian Creative Guild (London). It is held annually since 2021 at the end of September in the resort area of Burabay (Kazakhstan). This year’s festival will take place from 15 to 18 September. ‘Voices of Friends’ is planned to be attended by creative people from Belarus, UAE, Russia, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Georgia, Ukraine, UK, Canada, Israel and Kazakhstan
The festival programme promises to be bright and rich. The guests are expected to attend film screenings, creative evenings, book presentations, master classes and the award ceremony of the Open Eurasia, Cinema Future and Burabay Film Festival competitions.
The festival officially starts on 15 September at the Higher Pedagogical College in Shchuchinsk, where a literary marathon, film screenings, a presentation of Burabay’s creative community and an exhibition of paintings by local artists and performances by authors Maria Muchinskaya, Dr. Al Artaman, Olga Shpakovich, Elena Makarova and ECG Guardian Saltanat Khamzeyeva will take place.
The local community, led by Yssuf Krykbessov, will present their work and meet writers from different countries, exchange ideas and cultures. The guests will be immersed in the atmosphere of multiculturalism and learn more about the achievements in the development of international cultural relations.
At the opening is planned to speak vice-chairman of the Eurasian Creative Guild – Marat Akhmedjenov , British Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Rector of the college Galina Bichun and others.
The festival will be held not only in offline format, but also online. In zoom there will be a performance of the writer from Israel Nina Yagolnitser. The moderator will be the director of ECG contests Anna Lari.
On 16 September the presentation of books by Hertfordshire Press and Discovery Travel Forum will take place at the Dom U Ozera hotel. The importance of tourism development is acute in today’s world. How can creativity help to develop tourism? How to attract visitors? How to develop a region? There will be a discussion on the problems of tourism development in Burabay district with the participation of experts from different countries of the world.
The creative residence of ECG Horizons will host a master class ‘Transition Plan from Creativity to Creative Business: Practice’ by Taina Kaunis and a photo shoot by British photographer Hannah Davis.
The day will end with a presentation by Alexander Kazarnovsky, Guardian of the Eurasian Creative Guild.
On 17 September, presentations by authors Paulina Geibl-Kravts and Raushan Burkitbaeva-Nukenova will take place at the Skala eco Hotel.
The final day will be held at the Wyndham Garden Burabay Hotel. The winners of Open Eurasia – 2023: Marsel Salimov, Marina Alyasova, Nurlan Toksanov will perform. At the presentations you will be able to feel the beauty of literature and immerse yourself in the worlds created by the authors, live their stories.
The culmination and the most expected event will undoubtedly be the closing ceremony of the festival, where the winners of the Open Eurasia, Voices of Friends competitions will be announced and awarded with medals named after Jonathan Fryer.
The festival ‘IV Voices of Friends: Poetry & Art’ unites creative people from different corners of the Earth, allows to exchange experience and feel the magic of art in the most beautiful place, the picturesque resort of Kazakhstan – Borovoe.