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| name                = Ljubljana Summer Festival
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| name                = Ljubljana Festival
| localname          = Mednarodni poletni festival Ljubljana
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| localname          = Festival Ljubljana
| street address      = Festival Ljubljana, Trg francoske revolucije 1
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| logo                = Ljubljana Festival (logo).jpg
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| street             = Trg francoske revolucije 1
 
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
 
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
 
| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 241 6000
 
| telephone          = 386 (0) 1 241 6000
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| email              = info@ljubljanafestival.si
 
| email              = info@ljubljanafestival.si
 
| website            = http://www.ljubljanafestival.si
 
| website            = http://www.ljubljanafestival.si
| proprietor         = Festival Ljubljana
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| founded by         = Municipality of Ljubljana
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| organised by        = Festival Ljubljana Public Institute
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| frequency          = annual
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| dates and duration  = summer, 2 months
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| duration weeks      = 25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 (2012) 26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 (2013) 27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 (2014)
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| festival dates    = 28.6.2015 - 28.9.2015, 17.6.2016 - 13.9.2016, 29.6.2017 - 31.8.2017, 10.2.2018 - 14.2.2018, 28.6.2018 - 3.9.2018, 2.7.2019 - 4.9.2019, 1.7.2020 - 30.8.2020, 1.7.2021 - 8.9.2021, 22.6.2022 - 7.9.2022, 20.6.2023 - 3.9.2023, 20.6.2024 - 3.9.2024
 
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| name                = Darko Brlek
 
| name                = Darko Brlek
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| email              = darko.brlek@ljubljanafestival.si
 
| email              = darko.brlek@ljubljanafestival.si
 
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}}{{Contact
| name                = Teja Kolenc
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| name                = Živa Steiner
 
| role                = Public Relations
 
| role                = Public Relations
| email              = teja.kolenc@ljubljanafestival.si
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 241 6019
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| email              = ziva.steiner@ljubljanafestival.si
 
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http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFestivalLjubljana
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https://www.instagram.com/festival_ljubljana/
 
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The origins of the Ljubljana International Summer Festival - today called [[Ljubljana Festival]] - may be traced back to 1952, when the Ljubljana Tourist Society organised its first Tourist Week. This first Ljubljana Festival featured a series of cultural, economic, folklore, touristic, and sport events. Since that time the festival has outgrown the character of a local tourist event and developed into a renowned international event which offers its ever-growing number of visitors in the summer months a variety of musical, theatrical and dance performances by leading domestic and international artists. Some of the most famous personalities that have appeared on the stage of the Ljubljana Festival include Dubravka Tomšič, Marjana Lipovšek, Katia Ricciarelli, Grace Bumbry, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovic, José Carreras, Slide Hampton, Pierre Amoyal and Maceo Parker, not to mention some of the best symphonic orchestras of the world.
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The [[Ljubljana Festival]] is a renowned and highly ambitious international festival which offers a variety of music, theatre and dance performances by leading international as well as domestic artists. Between 70 and 80 events range from concerts of classical, ethno, rock and jazz music, to performances of opera, theatre and ballet. It enriches the capital city with concerts of star soloists, acclaimed ensembles, chamber and philharmonic orchestras and performances by prima ballerinas, opera divas, and seasoned thespians.
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Taking place from the end of June to the end of September, it is the main summer festival in Ljubljana and certainly amongst the bigger ones in the wider region. As of recent years, the festival also has a small 'winter edition' in February.
 
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Since 2000 the Ljubljana Festival has also featured music workshops, which give Slovene musicians the opportunity to meet with world-famous music performers and enrich their knowledge under guidance. In 2006 the 20th [[Slovene Music Days]] took place within the framework of the festival, comprising concerts, an international musicological symposium and various other round tables. In recent years too the programme has been enriched by the [[Križanke International Art Colony]], which gathers artists in the inspiring environment of Križanke.
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==Programme==
  
Ljubljana Festival's events take place at several locations in Ljubljana but most are held within Plečnik's open-air complex at [[Križanke]] which was created within the abandoned former monastery especially for the festival. Major events are held at the Open-air Stage, while other venues include the Baroque-style Križanke Church, the Knight's Hall and the 'Courtyard of Hell'.
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Of the most famous artists who have appeared on the stage of the Ljubljana Festival one can name Gilberto Gil, Ennio Morricone, Tan Dun, Ricardo Mutti, Jose Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Grace Bumbry, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, José Carreras, Yuri Bashmet, Misha Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gidon Kremer, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Julian Rachlin, Angela Gheorghiu, Maceo Parker, Wynton Marsalis, Marcelo Alvarez, [[Bernarda Fink]], [[Marjana Lipovšek]], Vadim Repin, Zubin Mehta, Sir Andrew Davis, Midori, [[Tomaž Pandur]], Elina Garanča and Maris Jansons,
  
The 53rd Ljubljana Festival of 2006 incorporated a total of 62 concerts, opera, ballet and other performances. This festival was opened by the famous Russian Bolshoi Theatre with Prokofiev's opera 'The Fiery Angel' and closed with Mikis Theodorakis' 'Zorba the Greek', performed by the [[Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Maribor]]. The summer stages hosted renowned Argentine tenor Marcelo Alvarez, Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, Russian violinist Vadim Repin and Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The organisers also co-operated with world music promoter Brane Rončel to organise concerts by David Calzado from Cuba, the Afro-Cuban performers Conga Kings and the vocal jazz group Manhattan Transfer. Other events at 2006 festival included performances held as part of the 'Days of Chanson' concerts by Slovene world music performers Terr folk, Šukar and Vlado Kreslin, and the annual Slovene Pop Song Competition.
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Some of the best symphonic orchestras and ballet companies in the world were also hosted – the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre of St Petersburg, the New York Philharmonic, the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from London, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, the St Petersburg Boris Eifman State Ballet, the Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, etc.  
  
The 54th Ljubljana Festival of 2007, for instance, featured 72 performances involving more than 3,000 artists from 23 countries, and attracted more than 83,000 visitors. The festival opened with Alexander Borodin's ''Prince Igor'', a joint project of Kiev Opera House, the [[Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Ljubljana - Opera and Ballet]] and the [[Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Maribor]]. Three more operas - ''Aida'', ''Die Valkure'' and ''Salome'' - were presented by the Lithuanian State Opera and Ballet, and ''Faust'' was staged by the [[Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Maribor]]. The 2007 programme also featured London's West End production of the ''Dirty Dancing'', Tomaž Pandur's ''Tesla Electric Company'', the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra under Krzysztof Penderecki, and violinist Vadim Repin. Highlights of the festival were the three performances by the Bolshoi Theatre and two concerts by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.  
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The Ljubljana Festival has also established itself as an important producer of opera performances. Productions from both Slovene opera institutions (the [[Slovene National Theatre Maribor]] and the [[Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana]]) as well as international productions of the Lithuanian National Opera, the Mariinsky Theatre, and the Croatian National Theatre have been incorporated into its diverse programme.
  
Ljubljana Festival 2008 opened on 19 July with a concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring conductor Colin Davis.
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Although the Ljubljana Festival is most active during the summer months, other important aspects of its programming include the spring [[Slovene Music Days]], featuring concerts of works by Slovene composers and a symposium attended by musicologists from around the world, and the [[Križanke International Art Colony]], which gathers visual artists in the inspiring environment of the Križanke venue.
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==Venues==
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Ljubljana Festival's events take place at several locations in Ljubljana but most are held within [[:Category:Plečnik heritage|Plečnik's]] open-air complex at [[Križanke]] which was created within the abandoned former monastery especially for the festival. Major events are held on the Open-air Stage, while other venues include the Baroque-style Križanke Church, the Knight's Hall and the 'Courtyard of Hell'. Some of the events are also realised in the Kongresni trg square, the [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]], the [[Slovene Philharmonic]] or in the Grand Union Hall of the Grand Hotel Union.
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==Background==
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One of the oldest festivals in Ljubljana, the Ljubljana Festival has its roots in the first Tourist Week, organised by the Ljubljana Tourist Society in [[established::1952]].
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The festival has since than by far outgrown the character of a local tourist event with folklore, sport and economic activities, thus nowadays attracting a total audience of nearly 60,000 spectators from Slovenia as well as abroad. It was awarded the Golden Honorary Medal of Freedom – the highest award of the President of the Republic of Slovenia – for its valuable contribution in organising and presenting domestic and international artistic endeavour and events.
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==See also==
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* [[Slovene Music Days]]
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* [[Križanke International Art Colony]]
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* [[Festival Ljubljana Public Institute]]
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* [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]]
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* [[Križanke]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.ljubljanafestival.si/en Ljubljana Festival website] (in English)
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Ljubljana Festival 2016 Concert at Kongresni trg.jpgA joint concert by the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra and the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, held at Kongresni trg as the opening concert of the Ljubljana Festival, 2016

The Ljubljana Festival is a renowned and highly ambitious international festival which offers a variety of music, theatre and dance performances by leading international as well as domestic artists. Between 70 and 80 events range from concerts of classical, ethno, rock and jazz music, to performances of opera, theatre and ballet. It enriches the capital city with concerts of star soloists, acclaimed ensembles, chamber and philharmonic orchestras and performances by prima ballerinas, opera divas, and seasoned thespians.

Taking place from the end of June to the end of September, it is the main summer festival in Ljubljana and certainly amongst the bigger ones in the wider region. As of recent years, the festival also has a small 'winter edition' in February.


Programme

Of the most famous artists who have appeared on the stage of the Ljubljana Festival one can name Gilberto Gil, Ennio Morricone, Tan Dun, Ricardo Mutti, Jose Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Grace Bumbry, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, José Carreras, Yuri Bashmet, Misha Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gidon Kremer, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Julian Rachlin, Angela Gheorghiu, Maceo Parker, Wynton Marsalis, Marcelo Alvarez, Bernarda Fink, Marjana Lipovšek, Vadim Repin, Zubin Mehta, Sir Andrew Davis, Midori, Tomaž Pandur, Elina Garanča and Maris Jansons,

Some of the best symphonic orchestras and ballet companies in the world were also hosted – the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre of St Petersburg, the New York Philharmonic, the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from London, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, the St Petersburg Boris Eifman State Ballet, the Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, etc.

The Ljubljana Festival has also established itself as an important producer of opera performances. Productions from both Slovene opera institutions (the Slovene National Theatre Maribor and the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana) as well as international productions of the Lithuanian National Opera, the Mariinsky Theatre, and the Croatian National Theatre have been incorporated into its diverse programme.

Other events

Although the Ljubljana Festival is most active during the summer months, other important aspects of its programming include the spring Slovene Music Days, featuring concerts of works by Slovene composers and a symposium attended by musicologists from around the world, and the Križanke International Art Colony, which gathers visual artists in the inspiring environment of the Križanke venue.

Venues

Ljubljana Festival's events take place at several locations in Ljubljana but most are held within Plečnik's open-air complex at Križanke which was created within the abandoned former monastery especially for the festival. Major events are held on the Open-air Stage, while other venues include the Baroque-style Križanke Church, the Knight's Hall and the 'Courtyard of Hell'. Some of the events are also realised in the Kongresni trg square, the Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, the Slovene Philharmonic or in the Grand Union Hall of the Grand Hotel Union.

Background

One of the oldest festivals in Ljubljana, the Ljubljana Festival has its roots in the first Tourist Week, organised by the Ljubljana Tourist Society in 1952.

The festival has since than by far outgrown the character of a local tourist event with folklore, sport and economic activities, thus nowadays attracting a total audience of nearly 60,000 spectators from Slovenia as well as abroad. It was awarded the Golden Honorary Medal of Freedom – the highest award of the President of the Republic of Slovenia – for its valuable contribution in organising and presenting domestic and international artistic endeavour and events.

See also

External links


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