The mission of the Off the Beaten Path Foundation is to foster and encourage a love of classical chamber music through organizing events and initiatives, including concerts, educational projects, and multidisciplinary artistic collaborations, and to inspire philanthropy and volunteerism.
Our primary goal is to organize and develop the Off the Beaten Path Chamber Music Festival in the village of Kovachevitsa and the town of Gotse Delchev, providing a permanent forum for creativity and connection between renowned classical musicians from Bulgaria and abroad and Bulgarian audiences – in a place where classical music is rarely performed live.
We also run several additional activities and initiatives in the region, including a charitable society for the repair and maintenance of the Svetlina Community Center in Kovachevitsa, a composers' program for commissioning and premiering new musical works, and a number of music education programs, which we have collectively called "The Path Is Yours"..
Since 2022, we have dedicated a portion of our proceeds from tickets to support important causes such as the planting of trees across Bulgaria, jointly with Gorata.bg. Since 2023, we've organized an annual recycling awareness campaign, jointly with Bulekopak. And in 2025, we have a forthcoming partnership with the educational organization "Teach for Bulgaria".
Our goal is to build a community of like-minded people who support causes related to nature, culture, and all the arts, in addition to music.
The Off the Beaten Path Foundation was founded by pianist Lora Tchekoratova in Sofia in 2017.
