The Ljubljana Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in Europe, founded in 1953 and it will take place for the 73rd time next summer. Each year the festival hosts the world’s leading artists and cultural institutions, which bring visitors from all over the world to the Slovene capital. The programme of the summer festival includes symphonic and chamber concerts, as well as opera, ballet, musical and theatre performances, jazz and popular music concerts featuring first-class foreign and domestic artists.
June
Friday
SUMMER NIGHT – THIS NIGHT IS MINE
Greatest Hits by Janez Bončina Benč
8.45 pm
Congress Square
June
Monday
LA FURA DELS BAUS
Joseph Haydn: THE CREATION, oratorium
JOSEP VICENT, conductor
CARLUS PADRISSA, director
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Wednesday
ADDA SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE
EL AMOR BRUJO
JOSEP VICENT, conductor
From Flamenco to Latin groves
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Friday
7.00 pm
Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana
July
Friday
TOMAŽ DOMICELJ
LAST ACOUSTIC
Guest: Marjan Farič, clarinet and saxophone
9.00 pm
Devil’s Courtyard – Križanke
July
Saturday
7.00 pm
Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana
July
Saturday
DOMINIC SAMBUCCO, sound artist
ROTORMOTOR
ICTUS
From "Professor Bad Trip" to Techno Live Electronics
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Monday
ENNIO MORRICONE CONDUCTED BY ANDREA MORRICONE
Sololists: VITTORIANA DE AMICIS, soprano
VINCENZO BOLOGNESE, violin
LUIGI MATTACCHIONE, harmonica
ANDREA MORRICONE, conductor
ORCHESTRA ROMA SINFONIETTA
RTV SLOVENIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Wednesday
EDWARD CLUG, choreographer
CLUSTER
Internationally acclaimed choreographic masterpieces by Edward Clug
SNG MARIBOR BALLET
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Friday
RE5PIRACIÒNES
desde Gardel a Piazzolla
4 BELLOWS 4 TALES ACCORDION QUARTET
Stefano Bembi
Zoran Lupinc
Maurizio Marchesich
Imad Saletović
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
July
Thursday
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
July
Monday
8.00 pm
National gallery
July
Wednesday
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
July
Friday
DUO BECCHIO
MARIO TERUEL SANTAPAU, cello
ÓSCAR ÁLVAREZ PERIS, piano
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
July
Wednesday
SPANISH ROMANCE
Soloist: MAK GRGIĆ, guitar
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
July
Thursday
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Friday
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
August
Monday
CONCERTO GROSSO
DIMITRY SITKOVETSKY, conductor
ENSAMBLE DISSONANCE
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Tuesday
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DON GIOVANNI, concert version
GEORGE PEHLIVANIAN, conductor
PEHLIVANIAN OPERA ACADEMY
POA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Wednesday
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
August
Friday
BALKAN & BRAZILIAN RESONANCES
BOJAN CVETREŽNIK, violin
DAVID GORDON, piano
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
August
Tuesday
ENSEMBLE.SI – STRINGS
Petra Kovačič, violin
Matjaž Bogataj, violin
Gea Pantner Volfand, viola
Mladen Somborac, viola
Nika Somoborac, cello
Primož Zalaznik, cello
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
August
Thursday
MAHLER IN LJUBLJANA
Soloists: NIKA GORIČ,
soprano JAKA MIHELAČ, bariton
JONATHAN STOCKHAMMER, conductor
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
August
Monday
GORAN BOJČEVSKI & BALKAN NUEVO
ANDRAŽ FRECE, accordion
MATIC DOLENC, acoustic guitar
JAN SEVER, piano, keyboards
JAKA KRUŠIČ, double bass
GREGOR HROVAT, drums
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Tuesday
I SOLISTI VENETI
MASSIMO MERCELLI, flute
GIULIANO CARELLA, conductor
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Thursday
SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA
VADIM REPIN
PAS-DE-DEUX FOR TOES AND FINGERS
ARTEMIY BELYAKOV, Bolshoi Theatre
MIKHAIL LOBUKHIN, Bolshoi Theatre
DENIS ZAKHAROV, Bolshoi Theatre
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
August
Monday
CHENGDU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ning Feng, violin
Chen Lin, conductor
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Tuesday
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Tuesday
ORCHESTRA DELL’ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY SANTA CECILIA
DANIEL HARDING, conductor
Soloist: MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ, mezzo-soprano
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Wednesday
Giacomo Puccini: TOSCA, selection of arias – concert performance
MODESTAS PITRĖNAS, conductor
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
4. September - 25. September 2025
HOMMAGE À SLAVKO TIHEC: THIRTY-TWO YEARS ON
Dr. Nelida Nemec, curator
In collaboration with: Maribor Art Gallery
6.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
September
4. September - 7. September 2025
LES MISÉRABLES, musical
KOMEDIJA THEATRE, ZAGREB
Stanislav Moša, director
Dinko Appelt, conductor
Claude-Michel Schönberg, music
Victor Hugo, author of the novel
Licensed by: Music Theatre International Eutope Ltd, CAMERON MACKINTOSH LTD.
8.00 pm
Križanke
September
Monday
Giuseppe Verdi: OTELLO, opera
SNG MARIBOR OPERA AND BALLET
Arrigo Boito, librettist
GUY MONTAVON, director
ROBERTO GIANOLA, conductor
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Tuesday
MAXIM VENGEROV, soloist
KAKHI SOLOMNISHVILI, conductor
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Wednesday
MARTHA ARGERICH, piano
CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE MONTE-CARLO
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Friday
FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, conductor
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
