Ars-Augusta e.V. is a non-profit association which the main aim is to promote and improve international understanding in the border triangle via media of culture, especially music. This also includes the rediscovery and maintenance of neglected or forgotten cultural heritage of the region, the mediation of historical relationships and the creation of understanding and new relationships between residents, artists and institutions. The restoration and the revitalization of historical monuments is also one of the concerns of the association.

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The soul and the founder of the association are the Greek-Polish opera singer Eleni Ioannidou and the author, musician and sound engineer Heinz Müller. The opera singer, born in Wroclaw but spent the part of her childhood in Zgorzelec. The return to her homeland three years ago revealed not only the enormous potential of the Polish-German city on the Neisse to become a real ambassador for the European idea, but also the enormous wealth of cultural heritage of the region, which has been largely forgotten. For Eleni the revival of historically significant monuments, the rediscovery of the works of composers, writers and outstanding personalities is a challenge and her vocation. The talent, the "know-how" and the professional experience of the sound engineer Heinz Müller are a stroke of luck with regard to their music projects, because this enables the documentation and preservation uniques recordings. 

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In the three years of our association's activity, we have met people who share our vision of culture, the idealism with which we work, and have become part of our team. Here you are:

people behind the association: