January
Thursday
GAŠPER POPRIJAN, tuba
TEJA UDOVIČ KOVAČIČ, accordion
7th Concert of the 31st International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
January
Thursday
JELENA PEJIĆ, violin (Serbia)
VICTOR TEODOSIEV, horn (Bulgaria)
8th Concert of the 31st International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
February
Thursday
KIARA JANKO, accordion
ANTON SOTOŠEK, trombone
9th Concert of the 31st International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
February
Thursday
2.00 pm
Live streaming from Križanke Knights' Hall
KAI-MIN CHANG, piano
SOPHIE MARIN-DEGOR, soprano
ANNALISA STROPPA, mezzo-soprano
CELSO ALBELO, tenor
PAUL ARMIN EDELMANN, bass
Conductor: YAN PASCAL TORTELIER
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orcehstra
Mixed Choir of Glasbena matica Ljubljana
Artistic director: Sebastjan Vrhovnik
Choir preparation: Jakov Milutinović
Choir Preparation: Ana Erčulj
Virtuosi Festival Choir
Artistic director: Bojan Suđić
Academy of Music Chamber Choir
Choir Preparation: Sebastjan Vrhovnik
Cankarjev dom
February
Sunday
KAI-MIN CHANG, piano
SOPHIE MARIN-DEGOR, soprano
ANNALISA STROPPA, mezzo-soprano
CELSO ALBELO, tenor
PAUL ARMIN EDELMANN, bass
Conductor: YAN PASCAL TORTELIER
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orcehstra
Mixed Choir of Glasbena matica Ljubljana
Artistic director: Sebastjan Vrhovnik
Choir preparation: Jakov Milutinović
Choir Preparation: Ana Erčulj
Virtuosi Festival Choir
Artistic director: Bojan Suđić
Academy of Music Chamber Choir
Choir Preparation: Sebastjan Vrhovnik
7.30 pm
Cankarjev dom
February
Monday
OLGA KULCHYNSKA, soprano
GAËLLE ARQUEZ, mezzo-soprano
FRANCESCO DEMURO, tenor
RICCARDO ZANELLATO, bass
Conductor: ROBERTO ABBADO
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Megaron Chamber Choir
7.30 pm
Cankarjev dom
February
Wednesday
LIDIA RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ, vocal
VICENTE CAMPOS, trumpet
Conductor: JOSEP PLANELLS SCHIAFFINO
Ensemble Dissonance
7.30 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
February
Thursday
7.30 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
February
Friday
ROK ZALETEL ČERNOŠ, violin
Conductor: ŽIVA PLOJ PERŠUH
Slovene Youth Orchestra
7.30 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
March
Thursday
LUKA OVČJAK, euphonium
MIA KRISTAN, percussion
10th Concert of the 31st International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
March
Thursday
ŽAN PEČENIK, euphonium
BLAŽ KOZJEK, trombone
11th Concert of the 31st International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
March
27. March - 26. April 2024
IMPRESSIONS
Exhibition by Blaž Vehovar
Curator: dr. Nelida Nemec
Križevniška Church
March
Wednesday
12.00 pm
City Hall Ljubljana
April
Thursday
JAVORNIK NOVAK DUO
OPIFEX STRING QUARTET
12th Concert of the 31st International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
April
Thursday
TATIANA HAJZUŠOVÁ, soprano
JIŘÍ RAJNIŠ, baritone
ADRIANA MAGDOVSKI, piano
Concert by the Embassy of Czech Republic
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
April
Monday
12.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
April
Tuesday
12.00 pm
Zagreb Komedija Theatre Club
April
Wednesday
LALITA SVETE, violin
LOVORKA NEMEŠ DULAR, piano
NINA PREŠIČEK LAZNIK, piano
TOMAŽ SEVŠEK, organ
Conductor: DAVORIN MORI
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
7.30 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
April
Thursday
MUSICAL INTERPRETATION: BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC AND THE SCIENTIFIC
International Musicological Symposium
8.15 am
Knights' Hall Križanke
MARTA SESAR, flute
GEA PANTNER VOLFLAND, viola
MAJA ROME, viola
IGOR MITROVIĆ, cello
IGOR DEKLEVA, piano
ANŽE RUPNIK, piano
IZIDOR ERAZEM GRAFENAUER, guitar
TIM JURKOVIČ, guitar
URŠKA KRIŽNIK ZUPAN, harp
TAJDA KRAJNC, zither
Night of Slovene Composers
Slavko Osterc Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic
April
Thursday
MARTA SESAR, flute
GEA PANTNER VOLFLAND, viola
MAJA ROME, viola
IGOR MITROVIĆ, cello
IGOR DEKLEVA, piano
ANŽE RUPNIK, piano
IZIDOR ERAZEM GRAFENAUER, guitar
TIM JURKOVIČ, guitar
URŠKA KRIŽNIK ZUPAN, harp
TAJDA KRAJNC, zither
Night of Slovene Composers
7.30 pm
Slavko Osterc Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic
April
Friday
MUSICAL INTERPRETATION: BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC AND THE SCIENTIFIC
International Student Symposium
9.00 am
Academy of Music
April
Friday
CLARIPIANO DUO
Concert Atelier of the Society of Slovene Composers
7.30 pm
Slavko Osterc Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic
April
Saturday
7.00 pm
Minorite Church - Cultural Quarter Minoriti Maribor
April
Monday
THE ART OF SONG CYCLE
Aleksandra Radovanović, soprano
Gregor Ravnik, tenor
Igor Vićentić, piano
7.30 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
April
Tuesday
LANA TROTOVŠEK, violin
Conductor: STEVEN LOY
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
7.30 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
April
Thursday
11.00 am
General Consulate of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt
May
Monday
12.00 pm
Caffè San Marco
May
Tuesday
Press Conference, 7. 5. 2024
Arturo O'Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Margareth Menezes
Chick Corea Symphony Tribute Ritmo
Spanish Nights
Zappa Day in Ljubljana
12.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
June
Tuesday
Press Conference, 4 June 2024
Summer Night
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca, opera
Zbog sebe, zbog tebe, zbog drugih - Rade Šerbedžija
Arturo O'Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Margareth Menezes
1.00 pm
Križanke
SUMMER NIGHT – DITKA, ALENKA & NECA
Tribute to unforgettable songs by Ditka Haberl, Alenka Pinterič and Neca Falk
RTV SLOVENIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & BIG BAND
RTV SLOVENIA YOUTH CHOIR
PATRIK GREBLO, musical director and conductor
Soloists: NINA STRNAD, NUŠKA DRAŠČEK, DARJA ŠVAJGER, NUŠA DERENDA, EVA HREN, LARA JANKOVIČ, ANIKA HORVAT, LARA BARUCA, SAŠA LEŠNJEK, ZALA SMOLNIKAR ZÁLI, ANDRAŽ HRIBAR, OTO PESTNER
Host: MARIO GALUNIČ
Congress Square
June
Thursday
SUMMER NIGHT – DITKA, ALENKA & NECA
Tribute to unforgettable songs by Ditka Haberl, Alenka Pinterič and Neca Falk
RTV SLOVENIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & BIG BAND
RTV SLOVENIA YOUTH CHOIR
PATRIK GREBLO, musical director and conductor
Soloists: NINA STRNAD, NUŠKA DRAŠČEK, DARJA ŠVAJGER, NUŠA DERENDA, EVA HREN, LARA JANKOVIČ, ANIKA HORVAT, LARA BARUCA, SAŠA LEŠNJEK, ZALA SMOLNIKAR ZÁLI, ANDRAŽ HRIBAR, OTO PESTNER
Host: MARIO GALUNIČ
8.45 pm
Congress Square
June
Wednesday
Giacomo Puccini: TOSCA, opera
PIER FRANCESCO MAESTRINI, director
SIMON KREČIČ, conductor
Floria Tosca: REBEKA LOKAR
Mario Cavaradossi: JONATHAN TETELMAN
Baron Scarpia: ŽELJKO LUČIĆ
SNG Maribor Opera and Ballet
7.30 pm
Cankarjev dom
June
Thursday
Mikis Theodorakis: ZORBA THE GREEK, ballet
Drama ballet based on the novel The Life and Times of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis
LORCA MASSINE, choreographer
SIMON ROBINSON, conductor
SNG Maribor Ballet
9.00 pm
Križanke
June
Friday
ZBOG SEBE, ZBOG TEBE, ZBOG DRUGIH
RADE ŠERBEDŽIJA
Because of Me, Because of You, Because of the Others
ZAPADNI KOLODVOR
VASIL HADŽIMANOV, keyboards
MIROSLAV TADIĆ, guitar
YVETTE HOLZWARTH, violin, vocal
Guest: JURE IVANUŠIČ, voice
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Monday
Press Conference, 1 July 2024
Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus, ballet
XXVII. International Arts Colony
Margareth Menezes
1.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
Aram Khachaturian: SPARTACUS, ballet
Ballet spectacle
YURY GRIGOROVICH, choreographer and librettist
ABZAL MUKHTIDIN, conductor
Spartacus: BAKHTIYAR ADAMZHAN
Crassus: ARMAN URAZOV
Phrygia: MADINA UNERBAYEVA
Aegina: AIGERIM BEKETAYEVA
THE STATE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE ASTANA OPERA
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Cankarjev dom
July
Monday
Aram Khachaturian: SPARTACUS, ballet
Ballet spectacle
YURY GRIGOROVICH, choreographer and librettist
ABZAL MUKHTIDIN, conductor
Spartacus: BAKHTIYAR ADAMZHAN
Crassus: ARMAN URAZOV
Phrygia: MADINA UNERBAYEVA
Aegina: AIGERIM BEKETAYEVA
THE STATE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE ASTANA OPERA
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
Aram Khachaturian: SPARTACUS, ballet
Ballet spectacle
YURY GRIGOROVICH, choreographer and librettist
ABZAL MUKHTIDIN, conductor
Spartacus: BAKHTIYAR ADAMZHAN
Crassus: ARMAN URAZOV
Phrygia: MADINA UNERBAYEVA
Aegina: AIGERIM BEKETAYEVA
THE STATE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE ASTANA OPERA
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Cankarjev dom
July
Tuesday
Aram Khachaturian: SPARTACUS, ballet
Ballet spectacle
YURY GRIGOROVICH, choreographer and librettist
ABZAL MUKHTIDIN, conductor
Spartacus: BAKHTIYAR ADAMZHAN
Crassus: ARMAN URAZOV
Phrygia: MADINA UNERBAYEVA
Aegina: AIGERIM BEKETAYEVA
THE STATE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE ASTANA OPERA
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Wednesday
CONCERTO BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRÁS KELLER, conductor
MIKHAIL PLETNEV, piano
All four Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos
20.00
Cankarjev dom
July
Thursday
CONCERTO BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ALEXEI KORNIENKO, conductor
MIKHAIL PLETNEV, piano
All four Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Friday
Press Conference, 5 July
A Solitude Sorrounded by Other Solitudes
Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Gala Concert with Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Concert at the 40th Anniversary of bassoonist Zoran Mitev
12.00 pm
Pergola
July
Friday
A SOLITUDE SURROUNDED BY OTHER SOLITUDES
Theatre-dance performance
MAŠA KAGAO KNEZ, concept, director and choreographer
8.00 pm
Theatre Glej
July
Monday
5.00 pm
National Gallery
July
Monday
Giuseppe Verdi: IL TROVATORE, opera
ZUBIN MEHTA, conductor
CESARE LIEVI, original production director
STEFANIA GRAZIOLI, revival director
Il Conte di Luna: LEON KIM
Leonora: CAROLINA LOPEZ MORENO
Manrico: MATTEO DESOLE
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Tuesday
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Wednesday
Giuseppe Verdi: IL TROVATORE, opera
ZUBIN MEHTA, conductor
CESARE LIEVI, original production director
STEFANIA GRAZIOLI, revival director
Il Conte di Luna: LEON KIM
Leonora: CAROLINA LOPEZ MORENO
Manrico: MATTEO DESOLE
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Friday
12.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
July
Saturday
20.00
Križevniška Church
July
Monday
ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DEL CONSERVATORIO VINCENZO BELLINI DI CATANIA
EPIFANIO COMIS, conductor
SERENA SÁENZ, soprano
Catania Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory Symphonic Orchestra
9.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
July
Tuesday
Press Conference, 23 July
Ritmo. The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute
Spanish Nights
Zappa Day in Ljubljana
1.00 pm
Live streaming from Križanke
July
Tuesday
RITMO. THE CHICK COREA SYMPHONY TRIBUTE
Show created by Josep Vicent with arrangements by Emilio Solla
ADDA SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE (ADDA Alicante Symphony Orchestra)
JOSEP VICENT, conductor
PAQUITO D'RIVERA clarinet, saxophone
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Wednesday
SPANISH NIGHTS
ADDA SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE (ADDA Alicante Symphony Orchestra)
JOSEP VICENT, conductor
FABIO FURIA, bandoneon
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Thursday
OLVO-Band
Street Concert in the City Center
VIRGINIE VANTYGHEM, conductor
Different times and locations
July
25. July - 11. August 2024
LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL MASTERCLASSES 2024
BRANIMIR SLOKAR, artistic director
Vič-Rudnik Music School
July
29. July - 10. August 2024
Križevniška Church
July
Monday
Press Conference, 29 July
Ljubljana Festival Masterclasses 2024
Ningbo Symphony Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
1.00 pm
Live streaming
July
Monday
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
July
Tuesday
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
July
Wednesday
VIVA VIVALDI!
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
BENJAMIN ZIERVOGEL, violin
BORIS BIZJAK, flute
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Thursday
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Wednesday
ENSEMBLE.SI
MATIC KUDER, clarinet
MARKO ZUPAN, flute
LUKA MITEV, bassoon
ANDREJ ŽUST, horn
MARTINA FILJAK, piano
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Thursday
6.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Thursday
Giacomo Puccini: LA BOHÈME, concert version
GEORGE PEHLIVANIAN, conductor (acts 1, 3 and 4)
TILEN DRAKSLER, CAROLINA CEREZO DÁVILA, conductors (act 2)
Pehlivanian Opera Academy
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Friday
LJUBLJANA-VIENNA
4SAXESS ENSEMBLE
MOJCA BITENC, soprano
GABRIEL LIPUŠ, baritone
PETRA KOVAČIČ, violin
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Monday
GARY LEVINSON AND FRIENDS
GARY LEVINSON, violin
ANTON ILYUNIN, violin
MICHAEL KLOTZ, viola
ADAM SAVAGE, viola
INBAL SEGEV, cello
ANI AZNAVOORIAN, cello
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Tuesday
IN DUET
NUŠKA DRAŠČEK, mezzo-soprano
MARKO HATLAK, accordion
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
Wednesday
ROCOCO VARIATIONS
STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC
STEVEN LOY, conductor
BERNARDO BRIZANI, cello
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
August
19. August - 2. September 2024
HOMMAGE À FRANČIŠEK SMERDU: SIXTY YEARS LATER
Curator: dr. NELIDA NEMEC
Križevniška Church
August
Monday
Press Conference, 19 August
Zappa Day in Ljubljana
Gala of the World Ballet Stars
Slovene Youth Orchestra
Oto Pestner & "My Ladies"
Bossa de Novo & Cesar Camargo Mariano
1.00 pm
Live streaming from Križanke
August
Monday
ZAPPA DAY IN LJUBLJANA
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
JONATHAN STOCKHAMMER, conductor
VLATKO STEFANOVSKI, solo guitar
BLAŽ ŠEF, voice
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Tuesday
WORLD STARS OF BALLET GALA
Svetlana Zakharova, Artemy Belyakov, Ksenia Ovsyanick, Dinu Tamazlacaru, Diana Kosyreva, Dmitry Smilevski, Tatyjana Melnyik, Motomi Kiyota, Kristina Kretova, Igor Tsvirko
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
August
Wednesday
ŽIVA PLOJ PERŠUH, conductor
SLOVENE YOUTH ORCHESTRA
LAURI PORRA, electric bass guitar
Marcel Štefančič, moderator
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Thursday
AN EVENING OF MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS
SOFIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
NATIONAL CHOIR OF SOFIA PHILHARMONIC
NAYDEN TODOROV, conductor
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Friday
OTO PESTNER & “MY LADIES”
With a special musical surprise
RTV SLOVENIA BIG BAND
LOJZE KRAJNČAN, conductor
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Monday
BOSSA DE NOVO & CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO, piano
Premiere performance of the songs from the new album
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Tuesday
COMMITTED TO STEPS
MISSION: SMOG-HUNTER
JANA KOVAČ VALDÉS, director and choreographer
6.00 pm
August
Tuesday
RTV SLOVENIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OKSANA LYNIV, conductor
JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ, tenor
Concert of Opera Arias
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
August
Wednesday
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
August
Thursday
Press Conference, 29 August
London Symphony Orchestra
Uroš Perić & RTV Slovenia with International Guests
Vlado Kreslin
12.00 pm
Live streaming from Križanke
August
Thursday
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Sir ANTONIO PAPPANO, conductor
BRUCE LIU, piano
Winner of the Chopin Competition Warsaw 2021
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
August
Friday
UROŠ PERIĆ & RTV SLOVENIA BIG BAND WITH INTERNATIONAL GUESTS
LOJZE KRAJNČAN, conductor
CYNTHIA SCOTT, guest
BRAD LEALI, guest
CONNOR SELBY, guest
8.00 pm
Križanke
August
Saturday
VLADO KRESLIN
MALI BOGOVI & BELTINŠKA BANDA
Guests:
MASAYAH
AJDINA KRESLIN
DONNA MARINA MARTENSSON
NINA GVARDJANČIČ
8.30 pm
Križanke
September
Monday
FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA
RICCARDO CHAILLY, conductor
La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Tuesday
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor
MARTHA ARGERICH, piano
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Wednesday
CONCERT AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF BASSOONIST ZORAN MITEV
ZORAN MITEV, bassoon
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church
September
Sunday
KAI-MIN CHANG, piano (Taiwan, China)
HINA KHUONG-HUU, violin (France, Japan, USA)
1st Concert of the International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Križanke Knights' Hall
October
Thursday
KUAN-WEI CHEN, piano (Taiwan, China)
AD ASTRA PIANO TRIO
2nd Concert of the International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
October
Thursday
EMPIRO DUO
AJA URLEP, harp
3rd Concert of the International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
October
Tuesday
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: 3 SISTERS REMIX, theatre performance
IVICA BULJAN, director
Ljubljana Festival, Teater TIVOLI
7.30 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke and Križevniška Church
October
Wednesday
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: 3 SISTERS REMIX, theatre performance
IVICA BULJAN, director
Ljubljana Festival, Teater TIVOLI
7.30 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke and Križevniška Church
October
Thursday
FILIP KAUCH, piano (Poland)
IVAN PETRENKO, piano (Ukraine)
4th Concert of the International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
October
20. October - 24. October 2024
Different times and locations
October
Thursday
ORFEO DUO (Spain)
QUELLA VITA QUINTET (Spain)
5th Concert of the International Young Virtuosi Cycle
7.00 pm
Knights' Hall Križanke
