On February 27, 1908, Pjetër Dungu, composer, Merited Artist, was born in Shkodër. In the years 1926-1938 he worked in the wind orchestra of Tirana and then at Radio Tirana. He composed many waltzes, fantasias, intermezzos, arias, overtures, suites, romances and light music songs. He is the author of the volume “Lyra” in which he included 50 old folk songs. In 1956, Dungu presented the operetta “Friendship” and a year later the other operetta “Rrjeta e arte”. Pjeter Dungu died in Durrës in 1989.

On February 27, 1910, a rally was held in Korça in defense of the Albanian alphabet. It was organized by the “Knowledge” society in the “Hills of letters” of the city.

On February 27, 1958, the painter Pashk Përvathi was born in the village of Manati in Lezha. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Tirana for Monumental Painting. He first worked at the Lezha Ethnographic Museum as an explainer, then for two years as the manager of the Lezha Art Gallery. Now he is freelancing as a painter. In 2002, he completed all the paintings of the new Saint Paul’s Church in Detroit, USA. In 2006, the President of the Republic of Albania Mr. Alfred Moisiu decorates the painter Pashk Përvathi with the “Naim Frashëri of Gold” Order. In 2010, he won the “Abdurahim Buza” award in painting, given by the “Dea” Art Center. He is also winner of the “KULT” award, being announced by the “KULT” Academy as the VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2011, for the best creativity in visual arts.

On February 27, 2018, Gëzim Qëndro, critic, philosopher and historian of aesthetics and art, academic, translator and researcher, passed away.

Qëndro started his career as a director-painter of cartoons in the “New Albania” Film Studios to continue with the direction of the National Gallery of Arts, from 1998 – 2002, with whose name the turning point of this institution is connected.

Director of the art magazine “Visual ART”, he is also co-founder of the International Art Biennale of Tirana. Curator of fine art exhibitions. Gezim Qendro is the translator of 14 book titles mainly related to the history and theory of art, author of over 100 articles on the history of Albanian art, in the Albanian and foreign press, and author of many publications, among which “Morning Archeology”, “The heroes are hungry” and “Old Albania cinema studio” etc. Pedagogue of visual language, history and philosophy of art.

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