Festival Maribor

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Festival Maribor

Kneza Koclja 9, SI-2000 Maribor

http://www.festivalmaribor.si

office@festivalmaribor.si

Phone386 (0) 2 229 4011, 386 (0) 2 229 4007

Organised byNarodni dom Maribor

Frequencyannual

In the course of its rich history the Maribor Festival has become one of Slovenia's most exquisite classical music events. Held each year in September it comprises around 20 concerts in the main and accompanying programme dedicated mainly to chamber music, but lately enriched also with symphonic works and different crossover genres. It is led by Richard Tognetti, violin player, conductor, composer, and artistic head of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The series of concerts includes also morning matinees.

Background

The first roots of the Maribor Festival date back to 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 was also distinguished for its unique approach to organisation as the invitations to participate in the festival were not given to chamber ensembles with their concert repertoire being pre-defined but rather, in the majority of cases, to top musicians – soloists – who 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.

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 to present times. In the last year concerts have also included symphonic music, a special evening dedicated to multimedia projects (combinations of music and photography or video), and different crossover genres (jazz and ethno music).

Venues

The Maribor Festival venues are the Narodni dom Hall, Maribor, 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 Knights Hall at Ptuj Castle. But concerts take place at concert halls and in churches and castles, not only in Maribor but also in some picturesque nearby cities (Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec).

See also

• Narodni dom Maribor
• Slovene National Theatre Maribor

External links

• Maribor Festival website