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  • 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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  • JENS-PETER MAINTZ (cello), HARTMUT ROHDE (viola), RICK STOTIJN (double bass), OLE KRISTIAN DAHL (bassoon), RIE ŠIMADA (piano), KEN NAKASAKO (piano), ZSUZSA BÁLINT (piano), NAOKO SONODA (piano)

    One of the missions of the Ljubljana Festival is the nurturing of young musicians, which partly takes place through the organisation of masterclasses. Among the guest teachers who return each year are cellist Jens-Peter Maintz, a member of the prestigious Spectrum Concerts Berlin ensemble; violist Hartmut Rohde, an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London; double bassist Rick Stotijn, who has performed world premieres of works by contemporary composers; and bassoonist Ole Kristian Dahl, since 2017 a visiting professor at the Royal College of Music in London.

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  • CONCERTO BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ALEKSEJ KORNIENKO (conductor), MIKHAIL PLETNEV (piano)

    His recordings have won numerous awards, including, in 2005, the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance for his own arrangement of Prokofiev’s Cinderella  as a suite for two pianos. He appears at the Ljubljana Festival with one of Hungary’s leading ensembles, the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, whose repertoire extends from large-scale classical orchestral works to contemporary Hungarian music.

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  • BECAUSE OF ME, BECAUSE OF YOU, BECAUSE OF THE OTHERS – RADE ŠERBEDŽIJA

    Having already entertained audiences in Slovenia on numerous occasions with his group Zapadni Kolodvor, he is now set to host a unique artistic evening as part of the summer Ljubljana Festival, presenting a broad selection of works from a catalogue that he has been building since 1974, the year he released his first album.

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  • LATICA HONDA-ROSENBERG (violin), LANA TROTOVŠEK (violin), FELIX RENGGLI (flute), THOMAS HABERLAH (piano), EVGENY SINAISKI (piano)

    These works will be performed by musicians who have all been guest teachers at the Ljubljana Festival Masterclasses for a number of years: violinist Latica Honda-Rosenberg, who combines a successful international career as a concert violinist with teaching at universities in Freiburg and Berlin; violinist Lana Trotovšek, who has achieved international acclaim through her recordings of chamber music by Beethoven, Brahms and Prokofiev and numerous concert appearances; flautist Felix Renggli, who has premiered numerous contemporary works with the Swiss Chamber Soloists and the Ensemble Contrechamps; and pianists Thomas Haberlah, a frequent accompanist at international festivals and masterclasses, including the Ticino Musica Festival in Lugano and Evgeny Sinaiski.

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  • SPANISH NIGHTS

    The soloist will be Fabio Furia, one of the leading bandoneonists, who has opened a bandoneon academy in Italy and regularly gives concerts and masterclasses, and will also be featured in this year’s Ljubljana Festival Masterclasses. A dance piece by the contemporary Mexican composer Arturo Márquez will be performed as an introduction to The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires,  while the Andalusian-inspired suite The Three-Cornered Hat  by Manuel de Falla and Boléro  by Maurice Ravel will follow after the intermission.

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  • Projects

    Gault & Millau Ljubljana Quality Mark As part of the Ljubljana Quality project, Ljubljana Tourism verifies the quality of the tourism offering and promotes the best that Ljubljana has to offer.

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  • Press Releases

    Read more 28 Dec 2023 Ljubljana Elementary School Students Send New Year's Greetings to Peers Worldwide from Ljubljana In collaboration with the Department of Preschool Education of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Tourism once again invited Ljubljana's ...

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  • Relax and enjoy

    Lush green and wooded areas can be found in the very heart of the city. The Ljubljana Dragon Ljubljana is the city of dragons. The Ljubljana dragon has been a symbol and protector of Ljubljana since ancient times.

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  • Relax and enjoy

    Lush green and wooded areas can be found in the very heart of the city. The Ljubljana Dragon Ljubljana is the city of dragons. The Ljubljana dragon has been a symbol and protector of Ljubljana since ancient times.

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