Difference between revisions of "Festival Maribor"

Latest revision as of 10:58, 30 July 2024

Joseph Tawadros solo oud performance in the Minorite Church at the Festival Maribor, 2015

Running a strong and uniquely conceptualised musical programme, the Maribor Festival has established itself as one of Slovenia’s most respected classical music events. Held for about two weeks each year in September, the festival usually assembles around 150 Slovenian and foreign musicians to play in Maribor (and sometimes also in its neighbouring cities). Its programme is created in collaboration with domestic as well as foreign co-producers and musicians, and is thus featuring many productions that were realised especially for the occasion.

The boldly selected repertoire encompasses both, pieces for chamber orchestras as well as outstanding symphonic and vocal-instrumental works. Many positive foreign critiques of the festival helped defining it as an internationally respected and frequented music festival. The festival's main producer is the central cultural institution in the city, Narodni dom Maribor.

Background

The origins of the Maribor Festival lie in 1964, when the Festival of Baroque Music was organised for the first time. Later, in 1994, the festival’s newly appointed artistic director, the esteemed pianist and professor Janko Šetinc, changed its name as well as its programming concept and named it "Musical September, an International Chamber Music Festival".

He was succeeded by one of the most renowned chamber musicians in the world, Radovan Vlatković, and – from 2008 up to 2015, missing out only in 2013 – the famed Richard Tognetti, also the artistic head of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Tognetti has not only gained the festival many overseas fans, he also gave it its present name and introduced orchestral performances into the programme.

Festival Maribor as seen through foreign eyes by festivalmaribor on YouTube

Programme

Though baroque music used to be at the heart of the festival, it has later been substituted by a varied selection of chamber music going from the Baroque era to the present. Different crossover genres (jazz and ethno music) also found their way into the festival’s programme, as well as multimedia projects. Nowadays it has mainly returned back to its roots and is presenting a refined selection of artists and classical pieces, centred around the festival’s annually chosen theme.

During the pre-production phase the festival serves as a kind of music laboratory, where musicians can collaborate and team up to prepare the concert line-up. Acclaimed musicians and members of exceptional orchestras from all over the world are individually chosen to set up – in accord with the program prepared by the artistic director – various chamber and orchestral ensembles as well as form the core of the Festival Maribor Orchestra. This is assembled anew each year and can alternatively also be the so called Maribor Festival Chamber Ensemble (which, for example, features the Armenian pianist Mikajel Baljan in 2016).

Past guest musicians

The festival's friendly atmosphere and innovative organisation attract world acclaimed musicians like Boris Berezovski, Vlatko Stefanovski, Joseph Tawadros, Knut Erik Sundquist, Giovanni Sollima, William Burton, Katie Noonan, Luka Šulić, Danny Spooner, Marko Letonja, Vasko Atanasovski and, Nicolas Altstaedt.

Accompanying programme

Each year, the main concert programme is accompanied by free-of-charge events that address various audiences that may not otherwise frequent such concerts and workshops (led by, for example, Bojan Cvetrežnik). This sub-programme is called the Festival for Maribor. In the past years it took place in a retirement home, a hospital, a prison, and also on the streets of Maribor (as well as some other cities). The 2016 edition of the Festival for Maribor is – following the theme of the festival – specifically focused on children.

Other more sporadic events like book presentations and lectures frequently are also set up, as are concerts outside the festival's time-frame, like the special New Year's concert.

Festival za Maribor 2013 - Flashmob (Piran, Koper, Maribor & Graz) by festivalmaribor on YouTube

Venues

The Maribor Festival takes place at many beautiful venues such as the Fin de Siècle styled Union Hall (acclaimed for its superb acoustics), the Casina Hall and the Old Hall at the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, the Vetrinje Mansion, the Minorite Church in Maribor and the Narodni dom Maribor. A part of the programme is sometimes also held in Graz, Austria (in collaboration with MusikabendeGRAZ).

In previous years the concerts were not only held in a number of Maribor based concert halls, churches and castles, but also in some other picturesque venues such as the Knights Hall at Ptuj Castle in in other nearby cities (Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec, Dornava, Velenje, etc). In addition, some of the festival's accompanying programme takes place in the picturesque squares of Maribor's historic centre.

External links

Gallery

Pianist Jasminka Stančul and violinist (at that time also the festival's artistic director) Richard Tognetti performing in the Kazina Hall at Festival Maribor, 2015

Joseph Tawadros solo oud performance in the Minorite Church at the Festival Maribor, 2015

The Maribor Festival Orchestra (each year set up especially for the festival) performing in the Union Hall at the Festival Maribor, 2015

Satu Vänskä and the SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra performing at the Union Hall at the Festival Maribor, 2015

Women’s Choir APZ Maribor performing in the Slovene National Theatre Maribor at the Festival Maribor, 2015

Maribor Festival Orchestra, September 2010

Maribor Festival Orchestra during a performance in the Slovene National Theatre Maribor at the Maribor Festival, 2010

Maribor Festival Orchestra performing The Crowd at the Maribor Festival, 2010

Maribor Festival Orchestra performing The Crowd on stage at the Maribor Festival, 2010

Maribor Festival Orchestra performing in the Slovene National Theatre Maribor at the Maribor Festival, 2010

Accordion player Richard Galliano performing Gallianissimo in the Slovene National Theatre Maribor at the Maribor Festival, 2010

Poster for the Maribor Festival by Zadrga, September 2011

Portrait of violin player Satu Vänskä, performing at the Maribor Festival, September 2011

Conductor, composer and violin player Richard Tognetti (Bach Recordings), artistic director of Maribor Festival

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Article
 | status       = PHOTO COVER
-| maintainer   = Gregor Pompe
+| maintainer   = Anže Zorman
 }}
@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 | local name          = Festival Maribor
 | logo               = Maribor Festival (logo).svg
-| street              = Rotovški trg 1
+| street              = Ulica kneza Koclja 9
 | town                = SI-2000 Maribor
-| telephone           = 386 (0) 2 228 1257
+| telephone           = 386 (0) 2 229 4001
 | fax                 =
 | email               = office@festivalmaribor.si
 | website             = http://www.festivalmaribor.si
-| organised by        = Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra
+| organised by        =
+| organised by 2      = Narodni dom Maribor
 | contacts =
 {{Contact
-| name                = Brigita Pavlič
+| name                = Barbara Švrljuga-Hergovich
-| role                = Director
+| role                = Head of Festival Maribor, Head of the Narodni dom Concert Management
-| telephone           = 386 (0) 41 568 413
+| telephone           =
-| email               = brigita.pavlic@festivalmaribor.si
+| email               = barbara.svrljuga@nd-mb.si
 }}
 {{Contact
-| name                = Tea Gorič
+| name                = Tadeja Kristovič
-| role                = Deputy Director
+| role                = Public relations, Producer
-| email               = tea.goric@festivalmaribor.si
+| email               = tadeja.kristovic@nd-mb.si
-}}
+| telephone           = 386 (0) 2 229 4006
-{{Contact
-| name                = Tina Jagodič
-| role                = Executive Producer
-| email               = tina.jagodic@festivalmaribor.com
-}}{{Contact
-| name                = Patricija Simonič
-| role                = Marketing
-| telephone           = 386 (0) 2 228 1257
-| email               = patricija.simonic@festivalmaribor.si
 }}
 | frequency           = annual
 | dates and duration  = September, 11 days
 | duration weeks      = 36,37 (2012) 36,37 (2013) 36,37 (2014)
-| festival dates      = 8.9.2015 - 18.9.2015
+| festival dates      = 8.9.2015 - 18.9.2015, 6.9.2016 - 17.9.2016, 3.9.2017 - 21.9.2017, 20.9.2018 - 28.9.2018, 10.9.2019 - 19.9.2019, 17.9.2020 - 26.9.2020, 16.9.2021 - 25.9.2021, 15.9.2022 - 24.9.2022, 14.9.2023 - 1.10.2023, 11.9.2024 - 22.9.2024
 |accounts=
 https://twitter.com/festivalmaribor
 https://www.facebook.com/FestivalMaribor
+https://www.youtube.com/user/thefestivalmaribor/videos
+https://www.instagram.com/festival_maribor
 }}
+{{Teaser|
+{{Wide Image|Festival Maribor 2015 Joseph Tawadros at Minorite Church.jpg}}
-{{Teaser|
+Running a strong and uniquely conceptualised musical programme, the Maribor Festival has established itself as one of Slovenia’s most respected classical music events. Held for about two weeks each year in September, the festival usually assembles around 150 Slovenian and foreign musicians to play in Maribor (and sometimes also in its neighbouring cities). Its programme is created in collaboration with domestic as well as foreign co-producers and musicians, and is thus featuring many productions that were realised especially for the occasion.
-{{Image|Maribor Festival Orchestra 02 - The Crowd - Maribor Festival 2010 - Photo Dejan Bulut.jpg}}
-In the course of its rich history the [[Festival Maribor]] has become one of Slovenia's most exquisite classical music events. Held each year in September it comprises around 20 concerts by over 200 musicians in Maribor and its partner cities (Ptuj, Dornava, Prevalje, and Velenje). The main and accompanying programme are dedicated mainly to chamber music, but lately enriched also with symphonic works and different crossover genres. From 2008 up to 2012 the Maribor Festival's artistic director was Richard Tognetti, violin player, conductor, composer, and artistic head of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, an artistic collaborator of the festival for the time being.
+The boldly selected repertoire encompasses both, pieces for chamber orchestras as well as outstanding symphonic and vocal-instrumental works. Many positive foreign critiques of the festival helped defining it as an internationally respected and frequented music festival. The festival's main producer is the central cultural institution in the city, [[Narodni dom Maribor]].
-As a part of the [[Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012]] programme, the festival presented in three weeks 300 artists, including the ''Junior Festival Orchestra'' of the new International Summer Academy for Young Musicians. The concerts took place also in Slovenj Gradec, Murska Sobota and Novo mesto.
 }}
 ==Background==
-The roots of the Maribor Festival date back to [[established::1963]] when a festival of baroque music was organised by the Concert Management Maribor. In 1994 the festival was held with its concept and name changed to "Glasbeni September" (Musical September), an International Chamber Music Festival, under the artistic directorship of the pianist and professor [[Janko Šetinc]]. It has taken place every year in Maribor for the past 10 years. Up to 2007 the festival programme was created by well-known chamber musician, Croatian horn player Radovan Vlatković.
-The festival is also distinguished for its unique approach to organisation as the invitations to participate in the festival have not been given to chamber ensembles with their concert repertoire being pre-defined but rather, in the majority of cases, to top musicians &ndash; soloists &ndash; who have then created ensembles in Maribor according to the programme selected by the artistic director. Since 2008 the festival has been run under the new name Maribor Festival and since 2010 it has been produced by the [[Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra]].
+The origins of the Maribor Festival lie in [[established::1964]], when the Festival of Baroque Music was organised for the first time. Later, in 1994, the festival’s newly appointed artistic director, the esteemed pianist and professor [[Janko Šetinc]], changed its name as well as its programming concept and named it "Musical September, an International Chamber Music Festival".
+He was succeeded by one of the most renowned chamber musicians in the world, Radovan Vlatković, and &ndash; from 2008 up to 2015, missing out only in 2013 &ndash; the famed Richard Tognetti, also the artistic head of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Tognetti has not only gained the festival many overseas fans, he also gave it its present name and introduced orchestral performances into the programme.
+{{YouTube|pAJUtP2ZWpk}}
 ==Programme==
-In the first years the festival was dedicated mainly to baroque music, but later it offered a distinguished range of chamber music from the Baroque era to present times. In the last years the chamber music from various periods has been joined by symphonic music, a special evening dedicated to multimedia projects (combinations of music and photography or video) and different crossover genres (jazz and ethno music). The series of concerts includes also morning matinees.
-Acclaimed musicians from all over the world have been part of this innovative festival: Boris Berezovski, Vlatko Stefanovski, Joseph Tawadros, Knut Erik Sundquist, Giovanni Sollima, William Burton, Katie Noonan, Luka Šulić, Danny Spooner, [[Marko Letonja]], [[Vasko Atanasovski]] and many other eminent instrumental and vocal soloists and choirs.
+Though baroque music used to be at the heart of the festival, it has later been substituted by a varied selection of chamber music going from the Baroque era to the present. Different crossover genres (jazz and ethno music) also found their way into the festival’s programme, as well as multimedia projects. Nowadays it has mainly returned back to its roots and is presenting a refined selection of artists and classical pieces,  centred around the festival’s annually chosen theme.
-The Maribor Festival enjoys international acclamation also by many critics, among them John Allison from the ''The Telegraph'' newspaper in London that rated the festival with four stars and described it as "one of the best European summer festivals".
+During the pre-production phase the festival serves as a kind of music laboratory, where musicians can collaborate and team up to prepare the concert line-up. Acclaimed musicians and members of exceptional orchestras from all over the world are individually chosen to set up &ndash; in accord with the program prepared by the artistic director &ndash; various chamber and orchestral ensembles as well as form the core of the Festival Maribor Orchestra. This is assembled anew each year and can alternatively also be the so called Maribor Festival Chamber Ensemble (which, for example, features the Armenian pianist Mikajel Baljan in 2016).
-{{YouTube|BUDmpgIrJR8}}
+===Past guest musicians===
+The festival's friendly atmosphere and innovative organisation attract world acclaimed musicians like Boris Berezovski, Vlatko Stefanovski, Joseph Tawadros, Knut Erik Sundquist, Giovanni Sollima, William Burton, Katie Noonan, Luka Šulić, Danny Spooner, [[Marko Letonja]], [[Vasko Atanasovski]] and, Nicolas Altstaedt.
+===Accompanying programme===
+Each year, the main concert programme is accompanied by free-of-charge events that address various audiences that may not otherwise frequent such concerts and workshops (led by, for example, [[Symbolic Orchestra|Bojan Cvetrežnik]]). This sub-programme is called the Festival for Maribor. In the past years it took place in a retirement home, a hospital, a prison, and also on the streets of Maribor (as well as some other cities). The 2016 edition of the Festival for Maribor is &ndash; following the theme of the festival &ndash; specifically focused on children.
+Other more sporadic events like book presentations and lectures frequently are also set up, as are concerts outside the festival's time-frame, like the special New Year's concert.
+{{YouTube|DYOst6oIeAE}}
 ==Venues==
-The Maribor Festival takes place in Maribor venues such as the Union Hall, Rotovž Square, Knights Hall at Maribor Castle, Maribor Cathedral, Casina Hall and the Old Hall at the [[Slovene National Theatre Maribor]], and the [[Narodni dom Maribor|Narodni dom Hall]] in Maribor. Concerts are held not only in concert halls, churches, and castles of Maribor, but also in some picturesque settings such as the Knights Hall at [[Ptuj Castle]] in nearby cities (Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec).
+The Maribor Festival takes place at many beautiful venues such as the Fin de Siècle styled Union Hall (acclaimed for its superb acoustics), the Casina Hall and the Old Hall at the [[Slovene National Theatre Maribor]], the [[Vetrinjski dvor|Vetrinje Mansion]], the Minorite Church in Maribor and the [[Narodni dom Maribor]]. A part of the programme is sometimes also held in Graz, Austria (in collaboration with MusikabendeGRAZ).
+In previous years the concerts were not only held in a number of Maribor based concert halls, churches and castles, but also in some other picturesque venues such as the Knights Hall at [[Ptuj Castle]] in in other nearby cities (Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec, Dornava, Velenje, etc). In addition, some of the festival's accompanying programme takes place in the picturesque squares of Maribor's historic centre.
 == See also ==
-*[[Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra]]
 *[[Slovene National Theatre Maribor]]
+*[[Vetrinjski dvor|Vetrinje Mansion]]
+*[[Narodni dom Maribor]]
+*[[Minorite Church, Maribor]]
 == External links ==
 *[http://www.festivalmaribor.si/en/ Maribor Festival website]
+*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalconcertreviews/8009239/Maribor-Festival-review.html The Telegraph review of Festival Maribor]
+*[http://www.musikabendegraz.at/en/ MusikabendeGRAZ website]
 {{Gallery}}

Difference between revisions of "Festival Maribor"

Latest revision as of 10:58, 30 July 2024

Contents