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Since 1995 held each summer in a picturesque Alpine town, the Bled Festival is a classical music festival with quite a broad horizon, thus also regularly inviting jazz, chanson or folk artists. Furthermore, concerts are but a part of its programme that has a very strong focus on young musicians. Not only does an international cast of mentors works with them via workshops and masterclasses, young and upcoming players also make up a sizeable part of the line-up.

The festival is managed by Bled Culture Institute and led by its Artistic Director of many years, the acclaimed musician Jernej Brence.

Cello Attacca! is a group of young cellists, joined and led by their professor Karmen Pečar Koritnik. They closed the 2016 edition of Bled Festival with a concert at St. Martin's Church, Bled.

Venues

Concerts take place at various venues in Bled, including Bled Festival Hall, the Bled Castle, the church on Bled Island and the Cafe Belvedere. Some places outlying towns are sometimes also featured, like the baroque-built Radovljica Manor House.

Programme

Some of the guests from abroad in recent years include the Chicago Master Singers (US), Melbourne String Ensemble (AU), the Russian choir of the Voronezh State Philharmonic (known as Voronezh Girls, RU), the Tartini String Quartet.

Playing at the Cafe Belvedere, the group Oriyon presented their take on classical French chanson at Cafe Belvedere, one of the Bled Festival venues, 2016

Education

Concerts are accompanied by masterclasses and outreach workshops where master musicians will share their knowledge with young talents. In the course of more than 20 years, the masterclasses of Festival Bled have been attended by over 2,000 aspiring musicians, many of whom have by now gained international renown.

External links

Gallery

Bled Festival poster, 2011

Cello Attacca! is a group of young cellists, joined and led by their professor Karmen Pečar Koritnik. They closed the 2016 edition of Bled Festival with a concert at St. Martin's Church, Bled.

The opening concert for the Bled Festival 2016 belonged to Mladi levi, a legendary Slovene rock group founded in 1966 and recently joined by the vocalist Matevž Šalehar - Hamo. The gig took place at the Bled Festival Hall.

The 2016 Rising Starts programme featured the musicians Antoni Brozek and Pjotr Jasiurkovsky as mentors. Both are regulars at the Bled Festival, 2016

The young and highly talented cellist Zala Vidic, playing at the Knights' Hall of the Bled Castle, 2016

Playing at the Cafe Belvedere, the group Oriyon presented their take on classical French chanson at Cafe Belvedere, one of the Bled Festival venues, 2016

A concert of young jazz musicians at one of the cafes above the Bled lake, 2016

Professor Saewon Suh is not only regularly performing at the Bled Festival, he often also brings some outstanding (and mostly Korean) young musicians with him, 2016

The dance collective Schmerlitz, a folklore dance group of Lusatian Serbs, performing at the Bled Festival, 2016

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 | email               = festival.bled@siol.net
 | website             = http://www.festivalbled.com
-| organised by        = Bled culture institute
+| organised by        = Bled Culture Institute
+| organised by 2      = Društvo Kulturni hram
 | contacts = {{Contact
 | name                = Jernej Brence
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+Since [[established::1995]] held each summer in a picturesque Alpine town, the [[Bled Festival]] is a  classical music festival with quite a broad horizon, thus also regularly inviting jazz, chanson or folk artists. Furthermore, concerts are but a part of its programme that has a very strong focus on young musicians. Not only does an international cast of mentors works with them via workshops and masterclasses, young and upcoming players also make up a sizeable part of the line-up.
-[[Bled Festival]] took off in [[established::1995]] and is dedicated mainly to chamber music, though it also includes crossover genres, especially jazz. Each year there is also a special concert, ''Night of Slovene Composers'', organised by the [[Society of Slovene Composers]] and featuring new music by the contemporary Slovene composers. The festival is managed by [[Bled culture institute]].
+The festival is managed by [[Bled Culture Institute]] and led by its Artistic Director of many years, the acclaimed musician [[Jernej Brence]].
+{{Wide Image|Bled Festival 2016 Cello Attacca! at St. Martin's Church.jpg}}
 }}
 ==Venues==
-Concerts take place at various venues, including [[Bled Festival Hall]], the [[Bled Castle]], the church on Bled Island and the Radovljica Manor House.
+Concerts take place at various venues in Bled, including [[Bled Festival Hall]], the [[Bled Castle]], the church on Bled Island and the Cafe Belvedere. Some places outlying towns are sometimes also featured, like the baroque-built Radovljica Manor House.
 ==Programme==
-Some of the guests from abroad in previous years include Chicago Master Singers (US), Melbourne String Ensemble (AU) and [[Tartini String Quartet]].
+Some of the guests from abroad in recent years include the Chicago Master Singers (US), Melbourne String Ensemble (AU), the Russian choir of the Voronezh State Philharmonic (known as Voronezh Girls, RU), the [[Tartini String Quartet]].
-All the concerts are connected with the international master classes and competition, with about 2000 participants so far.
+{{Image|Bled festival 2016 Oriyon.jpg}}
-In addition to offering financial prizes, an international jury awards the best competitors. Awards have been given in the categories of violin, viola, and chamber music. As of recently, there are also painting exhibitions.
+===Education===
+Concerts are accompanied by masterclasses and outreach workshops where master musicians will share their knowledge with young talents. In the course of more than 20 years, the masterclasses of Festival Bled have been attended by over 2,000 aspiring musicians, many of whom have by now gained international renown.
 == See also ==
 *[[Bled Castle]]
 *[[Bled Festival Hall]]
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 *[http://www.festivalbled.com/ Festival Bled website]
 *[http://www.zavod-za-kulturo-bled.si/en/ Bled Culture Institute website]
+*[http://www.bled.si/en/ The Bled town website]
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Difference between revisions of "Bled Festival"

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External links

Gallery

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