Program 2019

Program of the II International Poetry Festival Meridian Poltava,
7-9 June 2019

Entrance to all the events is free of charge

 

Friday, June 7

11:00 UKR/SWD/ENG

Event: Informal conversation with the participants and organizers of the festival over coffee

Location: Hotel “Aristocrat”, 9а, Nebesnoi Sotni St.

11:30-12:30

Event: Transfer: Poltava – Reshetylivka

Departure: Hotel “Aristocrat”, Poltava, 9а, Nebesnoi Sotni St.

Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration

12:45-13:30 UKR/SWD

Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden

Location: Barrow, Reshetylivka

Participants: Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine), Marie Tonkin (Sweden), Lars Palm (Sweden), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)

 15:00-16:30 UKR/SWD/RUS

Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden

Location: Reshetylivsky Regional House of Culture, Reshetylivka, 9, Pokrovska St.

Participants: Igor Pomerantsev (Great Britain – Ukraine), Yuri Izdryk (Ukraine), Angela Garcia (Sweden), Gunnar Harding (Sweden), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)

16:45-17:45

Event: Transfer: Reshetylivka – Poltava

Departure: Reshetylivsky Regional House of Culture, Reshetylivka, 9, Pokrovska St.

Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration

18:30-19:15 UKR/SWD/ENG

Event: Formal opening of the festival

Location: Poltava City House of Culture, Independence Square, 5

Participants: Svyatoslav Pomerantsev, Oleksandr Bilenkyi, Valentyna Vozhdaenko, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine); Ann Lingebrandt  (Sweden), Swedish Embassy in Ukraine, moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)

19:30-21:00 UKR

Event: Creative evening with Ada Rogovtseva

Location: Poltava City House of Culture, Independence Square, 5

Participants: Ada Rogovtseva, Kateryna Stepankova, Volodymyr Maliarenko (Ukraine)

21:30-22:30 UKR

Event: Literature-musical event with wine based on the novel by Olena Andreichykova “Shadows in profile”

Location: Restaurant “Chateau galerie”, 7, Evropeiska St.

Participants: Olena Andreichykova (Ukraine), supporting music by Svitlana Dudiak (Ukraine)

 

Saturday, June 8

11:30-12:00

Event: Transfer Poltava – The Field of the Great Poltava Battle

Departure: Hotel “Aristocrat”, 9а, Nebesnoi Sotni St.

Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration

12:15-12:45 UKR/ENG

Event: Excursion in the museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”

Location: Museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”, 32, Shvedska Mohyla St.

Participants: Everyone interested

13:00-13:45 UKR/SWD

Event: Poetry reading at the museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”

Location: Museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”, 32, Shvedska Mohyla St.

Participants: Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine), Gunnar Harding (Sweden), Lasse Söderberg (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)

14:15-14:45

Event: Transfer The Field of the Great Poltava Battle – Poltava

Departure: Museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”, 32, Shvedska Mohyla St.

Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration

15:15-16:00 UKR

Event: Presentation of the book “The Country beyond Zbruch” by Oleksandr Boychenko

Location: Poltava Regional Library named after Ivan Kotliarevsky, 17, Nebesnoi Sotni St.

Participants: Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)

16:15-17:00 UKR/SWD

Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden

Location: Poltava Regional Library named after Ivan Kotliarevsky, 17, Nebesnoi Sotni St.

Participants: Serhiy Osoka (Ukraine), Lars Palm (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)

17:30-18:15 UKR/RUS

Event: Presentation of the book “Can you hear me?” by Igor Pomerantsev

Location: The Poltava Museum of Local Lore named after Vasyl Krichevsky, 2, Konstytutsii St.

Participants: Igor Pomerantsev (Great Britain – Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)

18:45-19:30 UKR

Event: Creative evening with Ivan Malkovych

Location: Theatre named after Mykola Gogol, 23 Sobornosti St.

Participants: Ivan Malkovych (Ukraine)

19:45-20:30 UKR

Event: Creative evening with Yuri Izdryk

Location: Theatre named after Mykola Gogol, 23 Sobornosti St.

Participants: Yuri Izdryk (Ukraine)

21:00 UKR/RUS

Event: Victoria Poleva chamber dedication concert “Gotland. Message to the island”

Location: Theatre Square, open stage (in case of rain – Theatre named after Mykola Gogol)

Participants: Victoria Poleva (grand piano), Nazgul Shukaeva (vocal), Andriy Pavlov (violin), Artem Poludennyi (violoncello), Yuri Nemyrovsky (clarinet), Igor Yermak (flute), Oleg Pahomov (marimba)

23:00 UKR

Event: Concert-presentation of the collection  “Not Me, But Him” by Oleg Kadanov

Location: Tse-bar, 14, Kotliarevskoho St.

Participants: Oleg Kadanov (Ukraine)

 

Sunday, June 9

10:30-12:00 UKR/ENG

Event: Walking tour around Poltava

Guides: Artur Aroyan, Olesia Achkasova

Location: Theatre named after Mykola Gogol, 23, Sobornosti St.

Participants: Everyone interested

12:15-13:00 UKR/SWD

Event: Poetry reading: Sweden

Location: Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2, Ostogradski St.

Participants: Lasse Söderberg, Angela Garcia (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)

13:15-14:00 UKR

Event: Presentation of the new collection of short stories “District “D” by Artem Cheh

Location: Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2, Ostogradski St.

Participants: Artem Cheh (Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)

14:30-15:15 UKR/RUS/SWD

Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden

Location: Poltava Art Museum named after Mykola Yaroshenko, 5, Evropeiska St.

Participants: Igor Pomerantsev (Great Britain – Ukraine), Marie Tonkin (Sweden), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)

15:30-16:15 UKR

Event: Presentation of the poetry collection “No one here knows us, and we don’t know anyone” by Kateryna Kalytko

Location: Poltava Art Museum named after Mykola Yaroshenko, 5, Evropeiska St.

Participants: Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)

16:45-17:30 UKR/RUS

Event: Presentation of children’s art-book “Manual of a (Not-so-young) Father” by Peter Zalmayev

Location: Poltava Regional Library for children named after Panas Myrnyi, 17, Nebesnoi Sotni St.

Participants: Peter Zalmayev (Україна), moderator – Serhiy Zhadan (Ukraine)

18:00-18:45 UKR

Event: Presentation of the novel “Mondegreen. Songs about death and love” by Volodymyr Rafeenko

Location: The Poltava Museum of Local Lore named after Vasyl Krichevsky, 2, Konstytutsii St.

Participants: Volodymyr Rafeenko (Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)

19:15-20:15 UKR/SWD

Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden

Location: White Rotunda (in case of rain – Holy Assumption Cathedral, 1, Soborna Square

Participants: Serhiy Zhadan (Ukraine), Gunnar Harding (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)

21:00 UKR

Event: Concert of the band “Mannerheim Line”, official closure of the festival

Location: Theatre Square, open stage (in the case of rain – Theatre named after Mykola Gogol)

Participants: Serhiy Zhadan, Oleg Kadanov, Yevhen Turchynov (Ukraine)