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GARY LEVINSON AND FRIENDS

Although Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky did not get along, both are among the most important composers of the Romantic era. Where the former was an admirer of Classicism and constructed…

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Grandpa Frost is coming to Ljubljana

From 23 to 31 December, a festively decorated Grandpa Frost's hut will stand on Kongresni Trg Square, open for children to visit every day between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

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Giacomo Puccini: TOSCA, opera

Cast:
Floria Tosca: Rebeka Lokar
Mario Cavaradossi, painter: Jonathan Tetelman
Barone Scarpia, chief of police: Željko Lučić
Cesare Angelotti: Valentin Pivovarov Read more

MODANSE - SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA, ballet

The winner of the second prize at the 1995 Vaganova-Prix international ballet competition in St Petersburg, at which she was the youngest contestant, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 2003. Zakharova returns to the Ljubljana Festival after an interval of five years, this time with the brand-new double bill Modanse,  produced by the rapidly growing production company MuzArts. 

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One of the few still functioning high-mountain herdsmen’s settlements in Europe charms visitors with its numerous herdsmen’s huts that are covered with spruce shingles. In summer there are delightful meadows and nature in bloom, while in winter there’s the opportunity for various snow-based activities. Ljubljana  Kamniška Bistrica, lower cable-car stop: 32 km Explore the special features of Velika Planina In the summer you can visit the museum collection in the Preskarjeva bajta hut.

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Mexican Flavours Day

We invite all lovers of Mexican cuisine to Grosuplje. On Friday, June 21, from 11:00 and until late in the evening, we invite you to the Mexican Flavours Day, which will take place at the City Market…

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CLAUDI ARIMANY (flute), EDUARD SÁNCHEZ (flute), PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ (piano)

This time he will be joined by Pedro José Rodríguez (with whom he performed at the 69th edition), one of the most prominent pianists in Basque Spain, who gives regular concerts throughout Europe and is deeply involved in Pamplona’s musical life, and the flautist Eduard Sánchez, an internationally renowned soloist and professor in Barcelona, who frequently performs at prestigious international festivals. The trio will present rarely heard flute compositions from the Romantic period, including works by Theobald Böhm, Friedrich Kuhlau, Franz Doppler, Gioacchino Rossini (arranged by Böhm) and Karl Doppler, as well as three adapted movements from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s fairy-tale opera The Magic Flute. 

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LJUBLJANA-VIENNA

Through concert performances in Europe and the USA, appearances at major music festivals and a successful collaboration with RTV Slovenia’s record label ZKP, the 4Saxess saxophone quartet, consisting of Andrej Omejc, Oskar Laznik, Tadej Šepec and Dejan Prešiček, has developed into one of the leading ensembles of its type, both nationally and internationally.

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OLVO-Band

It has performed in numerous countries, including Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Croatia, Hungary and Sweden. At this year’s Ljubljana Festival the ensemble will be performing in several locations in the city centre, along the Ljubljanica River (Pleteršnikovo nabrežje and Zmajski most) and in a number of popular and picturesque Ljubljana squares (Pogačarjev, Prešernov, Dvorni and Stari).

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ORCHESTRA DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO, ZUBIN MEHTA (conductor), LANA TROTOVŠEK (violin)

At this concert we will hear some of the finest compositions of his “heroic” period: the Egmont Overture,  the Violin Concerto  and the Seventh Symphony.  They will be conducted by Zubin Mehta, appearing at the Festival for the fifth time. The Indian maestro trained at the Vienna Academy of Music. Within seven years of arriving in Vienna, he had already conducted both the Wien (Vienna) and the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic) and was soon to become one of the most sought after conductors in the world.

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