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Week of Slovenian Drama

Organised annually by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj since 1971, the prestigious theatre festival Week of Slovenian Drama presents the most successful performances based on a Slovene play or text and staged in the last season by Slovene theatres. The festival, which usually runs for nearly 2 weeks, concludes with a ceremony at which several awards are bestowed. The Grum Award is given for the best original Slovene play and the Award for a young playwright is given to the best play written by a young Slovene playwright. The Grün-Filipič Award is awarded for excellence in dramaturgy. Two awards are given for the best staging of a Slovene play appearing at the festival: the Šeligo Award, decided on by an expert jury, and the Audience Award, voted for by the festival audience.

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Visual identity for the 54th Week of Slovenian Drama, 2024. Author: Damjan Ilić (Grupa Ee)

Naša pesem Choir Competition

Launched in 1989 by the Maribor branch office of the Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD - Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti), the Naša pesem (Our song) choral competition is a national event held annually with the support of the Municipality of Maribor. In 1992, the organizers extended the competition to the international level. The competition was then upgraded with the International Choral Competition Gallus, with which it alternates every two years.

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Women's chamber choir ČarniCe performing at the Naša pesem Choir Competition. Author: Janez Eržen

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16 Apr 2024

Germany Berlin HAU3 Hebbel am Ufer

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A performance of "Sex Education II: FIGHT - Spolna vzgoja II: Borba", a final part of a cycle of performative lectures on women's sexual pleasure, reconstructing the struggle for reproductive freedom in Yugoslavia. Directed by Tjaša Črnigoj and coproduced by Mladinsko Theatre, Maska Institute, and City of Women.
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21 Apr 2024

Italy Trieste Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste

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Nine performances of "Cunning Little Lies - Prebrisane male laži", produced by Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste. The play premieres on the 5th of April.
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4 May 2024

Belgium Brussels KXX

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The opening of the group exhibition "Ghost and Nails," featuring works by Slovenian artist Trin Alt. Organized by Bn PROJECTS at KXX, a new artistic venue in Brussels, the apartment subtly remodeled by architect Yannick Vergnaud.

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17 Apr 2024

Iceland Reykjavík Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre

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A concert featuring X.U.L..
18 Apr 2024

Austria Vienna University of Vienna Alte Kapelle

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A literary-musical event with writer Norma Bale presenting her works and musician Iztok Rodež playing some of his compositions. The event is organised by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Austria (SKICA) in collaboration with University of Vienna's Department of Slavonic Studies.

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24 Oct 2024

Austria Klagenfurt Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt

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An exhibition by painter Matjaž Borovničar and sculptor Luka Širok, as part of the "A Window on to our Neighbour", organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU). Co-organised by the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt.

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Festivals

Festivals in Slovenia

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Our graphic calendar of festivals shows almost 190 festivals in 2023.

Explore all the upcoming festivals at the interactive Festivals in Slovenia infographic.

The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. Later on, in 2019, the festival number rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.

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Site-specific installation in the forest at the Floating Castle Festival in the vicinity of Snežnik Castle, 2015
The Čaplja service building at the Nordic Centre Planica designed by the STVAR architects, 2016
Corporate identity for the Museum of Architecture and Design by IlovarStritar design studio, 2011
Pocar Homestead, Mojstrana main dwelling from the outside, built in 1775
The tank from the Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991) in front of the National Museum of Contemporary History. On the eve of the International Women's Day in 2012 it was sprayed pink by the unknown activists and became a new popular landmark in Ljubljana. It is owned by the Military Museum of Slovenian Armed Forces and was transferred to the Park of Military History Pivka only a few months after the action. The pink paint was removed.
A Place under the Sun by students of the Chair of Textile and Fashion Design at the Department of Textiles of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2011
Narodni dom (National House) building by František Škabrout, built in Ljubljana 1894–1896. In 1927 the National Gallery of Slovenia rented some rooms in the building that housed also sport and leisure activities. Postcard, 1910.
The Stroj performing at Kino Å iÅ¡ka Centre for Urban Culture, 2014
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor, designed by Styria arhitektura d.o.o.

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Fields of Experimental Music in Slovenia

Luka T. Zagoričnik

Let's take a ride on the term experimental music, which currently mainly defines certain more fringe musical practices, across the expanses of various musical plains, styles and genres. We can apply this (overly) broad term to designate the varied creative simmering in certain segments of the present-day Slovenian music scene. A scene that spans the realms of electro-acoustic music, musique concrète, experimental music in the context of modern classical music, free improvisation, experimental electronic music and sound art as well as their associated present-day trends. This scene is diverse and exceptionally agile. It has developed a strong infrastructure for itself (festivals, concert series, labels, international networks) and exists in the space between self-organising and DIY models and institutional environments.

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Žarkolom, Tadej Droljc at Lunchmeat Festival, 2020

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