Санкт-Петербургская ассоциация содействия культуре

191025, Saint-Petersburg, Stremyannaya str., 19
Tel./fax: (812) 314-36-06; (812) 117-29-25

      Saint-Petersburg Culture Promotion Association (SPb CPA) was founded in 1992 on recommendations of the Coordination council of creative unions and the Cultural Committee of Saint-Petersburg.
      Before 1999 it was Saint-Petersburg department of International Culture Promotion Association and from 1999 it acquired its independent status and current name.
      In compliance with the Charter the main purpose of SPb CPA is promotion of patronage in all the spheres of culture, cultural cooperation and development of international cultural links, assistance to the revival of spiritual culture of Russia.
      The President of the Association is a Honorary Freeman of Saint-Petersburg, National Artist of the USSR, composer A.P.Petrov, the Chairman of the board is a Honored cultural worker of RF M.M. Shcheglov, General Director is a Honored worker of arts of RF B.L.Berezovskiy.
      Culture Promotion Association operates in close contact with the Coordination council of creative unions and the Cultural Committee of Saint-Petersburg and carries all the organizational and financial activities of the council.
      Besides those responsibilities the Association holds independent cultural activities as well.
      From 1995 till 2002 SPb CPA was the organizer of Saint-Petersburg literature prize “Northern Palmira”. In 1999 under the aegis of the Association International Congress of Poets (named after Pushkin) was held. Over hundred of Russian-language poets from Russia and other countries participated in it.
      Among the other activities of the Association is “Autumn exhibition at Palace bridge”, a number of musical activities held jointly with a Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Society including promotion of Russian –American project “Perform musicals together”
      The plans of the Association for the nearest future is producer support of staging of A. Solovyeva’s and M.Krylov’s ice opera “Eternity”, assistance in holding of musical festival “New Europe Stars” as well as a number of other cultural projects.