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Highlights of the 60th summer festival

06.01.2012

Dear Ljubljana Festival fans, we are happy to give you a sneak peek at the programme we have prepared to pamper you with for the 60th anniversary of the summer festival. It will open on 20 June in Cankarjev dom, with a grand concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the renowned Sir Simon Rattle. Other highlights include the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra with Yuri Temirkanov, opera arias with Inva Mula, soprano, Leo Nucci, baritone, and Ivan Repušić, conductor, the concert of the Chamber Music Orchestra of the Vienna Concerto Society and the Chamber Orchestra of Perugia, the concert of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev, the concert by Vinko Globokar and three concerts by the Maribor International Orchestra 2012, which will also organize master courses. The audience's favourite – Béjart Ballet of Lausanne – are also returning to the stage of Festival Ljubljana, this time with Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky. And after their hit of the past season – Hair, Bronowski Production has prepared another cult musical for Ljubljana: Jesus Christ Superstar. Theatre lovers will enjoy Gospoda Glembajevi (The Glembays) by Miroslav Krleža, with Boris Cavazza in the role of Naci Glembaj. Tomaž Pandur worked on the classical Greek tragedy – Medea, and the Ulysses Theatre by Rade Šerbedžija will stage Odysseus. You will also be able to enjoy the traditional concert by Vlado Kreslin, and we will let RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the best vocalists of Slovenia to siege Kongresni trg on a summer night. Moreover, this year's Festival Ljubljana will host Music masters on air (MUSMA) and numerous activities.
The Ljubljana Festival gift coupons

02.12.2011

Not sure yet what to give for Christmas? Give the ultimate cultural experience! Ljubljana Festival offers You the possibility to buy gift coupons that could be exchanged for 60th Ljubljana Festival programme from 20th of June to 4th September 2012. The gift coupons can be bought here or at Eventim's sales points. They are non refundable or exchangeable for money.
The sounds of trumpet, piano and accordion

10.11.2011

On 7th December we welcome you to Knight's Hall in Križanke to the fourth concert of Young Virtuosi 2011/2012. The performers will be Živa Komar, trumpet and Bojana Karuza, piano, and in the second part of the concert you will hear Accordion duo Furioso. Free entry!
Slovenian Young Virtuosi at Knight's Hall

26.10.2011

After two sucefull concert of Young virtuosi, we welcome you to concert of Trio Amarilis. Katja Činč, piano, Lucija Mlakar, violin and Urška Horvat, cello will perform at Wednesday, 9th November, 7.30 pm at Knight's Hall in Križanke. Entry is free!
Jože Rošer: when a young virtuos plays horn

21.10.2011

On Tuesday, 25th of October 2011 at 19.30 (Knight's Hall, Križanke) we kindly invite you to the concert of a horn player Jože Rošer (1989) who was a prizewinner at this year’s Slovene state competitions for young musicians, prior to which he had already received numerous awards and prizes for his appearances as a soloist and chamber musician. He gained a golden shield and first prize with a horn quartet in 2010 and he was twice awarded the Student Prešeren Prize, first with the Ljubljana Academy of Music Brass Ensemble in 2009 and then again in 2010 for a performance of Lars Erik Larsson’s Concertina with the Slovenian Philharmonic Chamber String Orchestra. In the present year, he has performed Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1 with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. A feature of Jože Rošer’s recital will undoubtedly be a performance of Beethoven’s Sextet, in which the horn player will be joined by other superb young musicians.
Trio ARTé, the young sound from Sicily

26.09.2011

The Italian piano trio Trio Arté is the recipient of numerous international prizes at prestigious chamber music competitions, amongst which special mention should be made of first prize at the International Competition “Eliodoro Sollima” in Bagheria, first prize at the International Competition “G. Campochiaro” in Pedara and a special award for the best chamber group of 2009. Trio Arté was formed in 2007 by a group of young Sicilian musicians studying at the Conservatory V. Bellini in Palermo, all of whom are now furthering their studies at the international chamber music school Trio di Trieste in Duino. The young musicians will be appearing in Slovenia for the first time. A highlight of their concert will be a performance of a work by the contemporary Italian composer A. E. Sollima.
Evening of Operatic Luxury with La Juive

06.09.2011

The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet opened its doors in 1920, and since then has represented the main pillar of opera and ballet activities in Lithuania. The company will present itself to the Slovene audience with operatic works enriched with opulent costumes and superb scenery. In the opera La Juive (The Jewess) - which on its first performance in 1835 in Paris was regarded as the eighth wonder of the world, and which inspired many composers of the time - all of the performers are dressed in black and white except for the cardinal, who appears in red. Director Günter Krämer is attentive to every last detail, following the historical and ethnological tradition. In addition to traditional Jewish clothing, the scenery is even graced with real silverware.
The supreme opera ending of Festival Ljubljana 2011

01.09.2011

The last week of summer events of the Ljubljana Festival 2011 is coming. From monday, 5th September, to Wednesday, 7th September, three opera evenings with 250-members ensemble of eminent Lithuanian State Opera will take place in Cankarjev home at 8 pm. First the concert of opera arias, where the tenor Joseph Calleja and a young soprano Alyson Cambridge will join the Lithuanian State Opera. The next will be Verdi's famous opera Otello, which was first staged in 1886 at Milan's La Scala and 17 years later in Ljubljana. On the final evening of the festival on Wednesday, 7th September, we will see the Halévyjevs opera La Juive, which, because of its extreme complexity, is a real rarity in today's operatic repertoire. We promise three evenings of opera surpluses, stay with us!
Gala concert of Slovenian concert

31.08.2011

Slovenian octet, the most popular and most prestigious Slovenian vocal ensemble, will be back on the summer stage of Festival Ljubljana on the last day of August. The Octet is celebrating its 60th anniversary. In all these years the he had over a thousand concerts and performed in most reputable concert halls. This venerable anniversary will be marked with a gala concert, where you will hear the Slovenian folk song repertoire, some tracks of the last period and in the end selected songs from the Thirties.
Onegin and Don Quichote in Ljubljana

30.08.2011

We invite you to spend two exquisite nights in the selected atmosphere of the famous ballet of St. Petersburg Boris Eifman State Ballet Theatre on 29th and 30th August, first Onegin and the day after Don Quixhote. Eifman continuously renews and enriches the form and content of modern ballet and presents the most interesting experiments and daring interpretations of classic works. Artistic images are a mixture of real and notional, from the birth of this highly emotional experience. The same thing happens with light and music. In Onegin the director combines classical by Tchaikovsky and contemporary rock music by Sitkovecki. Welcome!