February 10 (BTA) - BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and famous Bulgarian jazz singer Hilda Kazasyan signed a cooperation contract here on Thursday. Thus, the Bulgarian News Agency aims to popularize the national tour of concerts, titled "The World of Cinema in Music", which is organized by Kazasyan. Lyubomir Dyakovski, music director of the Pleven Philharmonic, was also in attendance.

"Through this partnership, BTA continues its mission to present Bulgaria's beautiful faces, providing systematic information on cultural events", Valchev stressed, adding that the growing news flow in BTA's culture section, titled "LIK: Knowledge and Culture", now keeps pace with its sport section.

BTA will publish a special edition of LIK magazine dedicated to the work of the Kazasyan family using its rich archive of photos and documents, BTA Director General Valchev said.

"The World of Cinema in Music" includes some 20 masterpiece film scores of world cinema. It is a continuation of Hilda Kazasyan's previous project, titled "Let's Listen to Some Cinema" which included some of the most favourite tunes from Bulgarian films.

The next concerts will take place in Kozloduy (February 18) and Ruse (February 25). Hilda Kazasyan, Vasil Petrov, Theodosii Spassov and the Pleven Philharmonic will perform under the baton of Borislav Yotsov. DS/KK