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PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
AGBU Young Professionals Group in Burgas Hosts Successful Kick-Off
Concert Event
On April 22, 2009, the AGBU Young Professionals of Burgas (YP Burgas)
co-sponsored a Genocide commemorative concert with the city’s
municipality that brought in over 200 people from the local Armenian and
Bulgarian community, including several representatives from the
Municipality of Burgas, AGBU Burgas, the priest of the Armenian Church
of Burgas, and the media.
The event took place at the Burgas Concert Hall and aired on a local
public television station, TV SKAT. YP Burgas chairman Levon Manukyan
served as the conductor of the show, which was a Genocide commemorative
play and musical performance written by Julia Manukyan. The concert
began with a performance of the Armenian liturgy by the city’s Armenian
Chamber Choir and followed with poetry readings, solo piano renditions
and Armenian pop songs. The script and selected texts featured music,
and video images which created a performance memorial for the Armenian
Genocide of 1915. A dinner reception followed the concert.
The newly established YP Burgas is being headed by Manukyan and
secretary Kevork Tanielian under the guidance and encouragement of
Roupen Chavoushian, AGBU Plovdiv chairman. With 15 current members, YP
Burgas is the third AGBU Young Professionals group in Bulgaria.
Following this initial concert, the group is planning music and poetry
evenings, an Armenian arts festival and sports competitions. On June 1,
the group also hosted a ceremony for 30 kids and parents for "Children’s
Day," which featured games, quizzes, a talent show and refreshments.
"Our goal is to bring the young Armenian professionals in Burgas
together as often as possible," said secretary Kevork Tanielian. "We
also hope to popularize Armenian culture to the Bulgarian community."
The AGBU Young Professionals are committed to preserving and promoting
the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural, and
humanitarian programs. For more information on the AGBU Young
Professionals, please contact the AGBU YP Liaison at ypliaison@agbu.org
or (212) 319-6383.
For more information on AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit
Established in 1906, AGBU () is the world’s largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually serving some
400,000 Armenians on six continents.