Ljubljana Festival

Music concert Vinko Globokar's Instrumental Theatre - The 75th Anniversary of Vinko Globokar at Ljubljana Festival.

The Ljubljana Festival is the main summer festival in Slovenia. One of the oldest festivals in Ljubljana, it has its roots in the first Tourist Week, organised by the Ljubljana Tourist Society in 1952. Since that time the festival has outgrown the character of a local tourist event featuring folklore, sport and economic activities, and has developed into a renowned international summer event which offers its ever-growing number of local and foreign visitors a variety of music, theatre and dance performances by leading domestic and international artists. Between 70 and 80 events ranging from concerts of classical and jazz music, to performances of opera, theatre and ballet take place over the two months of the Ljubljana Festival, attracting a total audience of nearly 80,000 spectators.

Programme

From the beginning of July to the end of August, the Ljubljana Festival enlivens and 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. Some of the most famous personalities who have appeared on the stage of the Ljubljana Festival include Marjana Lipovšek, Katia Ricciarelli, Grace Bumbry, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, José Carreras, Yuri Bashmet, Misha Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Riccardo Muti, Gidon Kremer, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Julian Rachlin, Angela Gheorghiu, Maceo Parker, Gilberto Gil, Wynton Marsalis, Marcelo Alvarez, Bernarda Fink, Vadim Repin, Zubin Mehta, Sir Andrew Davis, Midori, Tomaž Pandur, Ennio Morricone, not to mention some of the best symphonic orchestras in the world.

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 Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre, and the Croatian National Theatre have been incorporated into its diverse programme.

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 Ursuline Church, the Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, Slovene Philharmonics or at the Ljubljana Castle.

External links

Ljubljana Festival website

Gallery

Conductor Davorin Mori, opening concert of the 38th Slovene Music Days, 2024. Author: Andrej Grilc

Dance and music performance Ruski kozaki at Ljubljana Festival in Križanke

Music concert Vinko Globokar's Instrumental Theatre - The 75th Anniversary of Vinko Globokar at Ljubljana Festival.

Ljubljana Festival, Berzoika, Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, 2016

A 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

Ana Votupal partaking in a series of classical music concerts held at the Ljubljanica river, Ljubljana Festival, 2016

During Ljubljana Festival various concerts were held on a boat in the middle of Ljubljana, here with the Croatian flautist Ana Votupal, 2016

Ljubljana Festival, Natalie Clein together with Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra at Križevniška Church, 2016

Ljubljana Festival, the famed cellist Natalie Clein performing together with Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra at Križevniška Church, 2016

Ljubljana Festival, Othello, Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, 2016

Ljubljana Festival, Thus Spoke Zaratustra, Križanke, 2016

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.8, performed by the Zagreb and Slovene Philharmonic Orchestras together with 21 Croatian and Slovene choirs. The concert took place in 2011 on the square in front of the Slovene Philharmonic as the opening event of the Festival Ljubljana.

Ljubljana Festival

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