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The non-profit institute Imago Sloveniae goes back in the year 1986, when its predecessor, the Society for the Revitalisation of the Cultural Image of the Old City Centre was established. The name of the society actually still describes a big part of Imago's activity, which is organising live music and other cultural events in various old city squares, and along them in castles, sacred buildings, museums and other architectural heritage sites in Slovenia.

Up until now, it has produced well over 2000 concerts of mainly classical, choir and early music, but also of jazz, ethno and even occasional ventures into rock and more experimental music territories.

In connecting the cultural heritage with living culture, Imago Sloveniae collaborates with various cultural and tourist organisations. Its main affairs are the International Music Festival Imago Slovenia (since 1994), the Summer in Old Ljubljana Town festival (since 1986), the Nights in Old Ljubljana Town festival (since 1988) and the Winter in Old Ljubljana Town cycle (since 1986).

Concept and background

The project was initiated by the musician and pedagogue Primož Lorenz (1942–2007) in the second half of the 1980s. In order to revive the old town centre of Ljubljana, he and some others have started to organise open air concerts there. This enterprise soon began to spread outside the local area and to deal with this, the Imago Sloveniae institute was established in 1994. Currently it collaborates with 25 municipalities and towns and manages a network of cultural venues spaced all over the country, utilising this to also realise their musical programme in the more peripheral regions.

Revitalisation of architectural heritage by way of live music, discovery of new, often unusual sites for cultural events like castle courtyards and churches, poly-centric and regionally dispersed promotion of new music, the artistic development of young musicians and free accessibility of arts are the main coordinates of the Imago project.

IMAGO SLOVENIAE, predstavitveni film by Imago Sloveniae on YouTube

The festivals

Imago Sloveniae organises several festivals and cycles, with Summer Imago Sloveniae Festival being the primary one. It goes on from June till September and takes place all over Slovenia.

The Ljubljana part of this festival, which also uses its historic name Summer in Ljubljana Old Town, lasts from June till the middle of August and is co-organised by the still active Society for the Revitalisation of the Cultural Image of the Old City Centre. It has a further subsection, The Jazz Stage, which is taking place at the Gornji Trg square. A similar December edition is called Winter in Ljubljana Old Town.

Nights in Old Ljubljana Town is a more condensed festival, set in the last few days of August. Another, more recent project, established in 2005, is the Young Talents Cycle.

International projects

Imago Sloveniae organised the European Music Summer 2009, a project supported by the EU Culture Programme (2007–2013). 73 concerts of music (early music, ethno, jazz) were performed by around 970 musicians from 17 European countries and took place at architectural heritage sites in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. In course of this project (and naturally also its regular work), Imago has established firm links with a number of festivals and cultural institutions worldwide.

External links

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-The non-profit institute [[Imago Sloveniae]] roots in the year 1986, when its predecessor, the ''Society for the Revitalisation of the Cultural Image of the Old City Centre'' was established. This name still reasonably sums up the core creed of Imago's activity, which is organising live music and other cultural events in various old city centres and squares, and along them also in castles, sacred buildings, museums and other architectural heritage sites in Slovenia.
+The non-profit institute [[Imago Sloveniae]] goes back in the year 1986, when its predecessor, the ''Society for the Revitalisation of the Cultural Image of the Old City Centre'' was established. The name of the society actually still describes a big part of Imago's activity, which is organising live music and other cultural events in various old city squares, and along them in castles, sacred buildings, museums and other architectural heritage sites in Slovenia.
-Up until now, it has produced well over 2000 concerts of mainly classical and early music, choir music, jazz and ethno, though occasional ventures into rock and more experimental music territories also do happen.
+Up until now, it has produced well over 2000 concerts of mainly classical, choir and early music, but also of jazz, ethno and even occasional ventures into rock and more experimental music territories.
-In connecting the cultural heritage with living culture, Imago Sloveniae collaborates with various cultural and tourist organisations and small entrepreneurs. Its main projects are the [[International Music Festival Imago Slovenia]] (since 1994), the ''Summer in Ljubljana Old Town'' festival (since 1986), the [[Nights in Old Ljubljana Town]] festival (since 1988) and the ''Winter in Old Ljubljana Town'' cycle (since 1986).
+In connecting the cultural heritage with living culture, Imago Sloveniae collaborates with various cultural and tourist organisations. Its main affairs are the [[International Music Festival Imago Slovenia]] (since 1994), the ''Summer in Old Ljubljana Town'' festival (since 1986), the [[Nights in Old Ljubljana Town]] festival (since 1988) and the ''Winter in Old Ljubljana Town'' cycle (since 1986).
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 ==Concept and background==
-The whole thing was initiated by the musician and pedagogue [[Primož Lorenz]] (1942&ndash;2007). In order to revive the old town centre of Ljubljana, he and some other members of the Ljubljana civil society started to organise open air concerts in the second half of the 80s. This project soon began to spread outside the local area and to deal with this, Imago Sloveniae was established in [[established::1994]]. It currently collaborates with 25 Slovene municipalities and towns and manages a network of cultural venues from all over the country, utilising this to offer high-quality culture to the smaller, more peripheral towns.
+The project was initiated by the musician and pedagogue [[Primož Lorenz]] (1942&ndash;2007) in the second half of the 1980s. In order to revive the old town centre of Ljubljana, he and some others have started to organise open air concerts there. This enterprise soon began to spread outside the local area and to deal with this, the Imago Sloveniae institute was established in [[established::1994]]. Currently it collaborates with 25 municipalities and towns and manages a network of cultural venues spaced all over the country, utilising this to also realise their musical programme in the more peripheral regions.
-Revitalisation of architectural heritage by way of live music, discovery of new, often unusual sites for cultural events like castle courtyards and churches, poly-centric and regionally dispersed promotion of new music, the artistic development of young musicians and free accessibility of arts form the main coordinates of the Imago project.
+Revitalisation of architectural heritage by way of live music, discovery of new, often unusual sites for cultural events like castle courtyards and churches, poly-centric and regionally dispersed promotion of new music, the artistic development of young musicians and free accessibility of arts are the main coordinates of the Imago project.
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 The Ljubljana part of this festival, which also uses its historic name ''Summer in Ljubljana Old Town'', lasts from June till the middle of August and is co-organised by the still active ''Society for the Revitalisation of the Cultural Image of the Old City Centre''. It has a further subsection, ''The Jazz Stage'', which is taking place at the Gornji Trg square. A similar December edition is called ''Winter in Ljubljana Old Town''.
-[[Nights in Old Ljubljana Town]] is a more condensed festival, set in the last few days of August. Another, more recent project, established in 2005, is also the ''Young Talents Cycle''.
+[[Nights in Old Ljubljana Town]] is a more condensed festival, set in the last few days of August. Another, more recent project, established in 2005, is the ''Young Talents Cycle''.
 == International projects ==
-Imago Sloveniae organised the ''European Music Summer 2009'', a project supported by the EU Culture Programme (2007&ndash;2013). 73 concerts of music (early music, ethno, jazz) were performed by around 970 musicians from 17 European countries and took place at architectural heritage sites in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. In course of this project, as well as its other activities, Imago has established firm links with a number of festivals and cultural institutions worldwide.
+Imago Sloveniae organised the ''European Music Summer 2009'', a project supported by the EU Culture Programme (2007&ndash;2013). 73 concerts of music (early music, ethno, jazz) were performed by around 970 musicians from 17 European countries and took place at architectural heritage sites in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. In course of this project (and naturally also its regular work), Imago has established firm links with a number of festivals and cultural institutions worldwide.
 ==See also==

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Concept and background

The festivals

International projects

See also

External links

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