The Ljubljana Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in Europe, founded in 1953 and it will take place for the 73rd time this 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
CARLUS PADRISSA, artistic and stage director
JOSEP VICENT, chief conductor
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Wednesday
JOSEP VICENT, chief conductor
ADDA SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE
EL AMOR BRUJO
From Flamenco to Latin Grooves
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
July
Thursday
THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
CHARLIE YOUNG III, conductor
PAUL ELLINGTON, orchestra manager
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Friday
7.00 pm
Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana
July
Friday
TOMAŽ DOMICELJ, guitars, harmonica, voice
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
FAUSTO ROMITELLI: THE BREATH OF THE BEAST
Featuring Ictus, Dominic Sambucco, RotorMotor
From Professor Bad Trip to Techno Beat
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
6. July - 11. July 2025
XXVIII. INTERNATIONAL ARTS COLONY
Tomo Vran, selector
Klemen Kocijančič, project coordinator
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
CLUSTER
Internationally acclaimed choreographic masterpieces by Edward Clug
SNG MARIBOR BALLET
9.00 pm
Križanke
July
Friday
RE5PIRACIÒNES
From Gardel to Piazzolla
4 BELLOWS 4 TALES ACCORDION QUARTET
Stefano Bembi
Zoran Lupinc
Maurizio Marchesich
Imad Saletović
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
July
16. July - 13. August 2025
Eva Petrič: We are like butterflies…
Immersive performance and multimedia installation
Križevniška Church, Križanke
July
Thursday
EPIFANIO COMIS, piano
SONART STRING QUARTET
NIKOLAJ MINČEV, violin
IVA MILETIĆ, violin
LUCIAN MORARU, viola
JÖEL WÖPKE, cello
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
Monday
AÏGHETTA GUITAR QUARTET
François Szonyi, guitar
Alexandre del Fa, guitar
Philippe Loli, guitar
Olivier Fautrat, guitar
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
Soloists: JANEZ PODLESEK, violin
BENJAMIN ZIERVOGEL, violin
DMITRIJ SITKOVETSKY, conductor, violin
ENSEMBLE DISSONANCE
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Tuesday
PEHLIVANIAN OPERA ACADEMY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
concert version
GEORGE PEHLIVANIAN, conductor
POA Festival Orchestra
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Wednesday
8.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
August
Thursday
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
GORAN BOJČEVSKI & BALKAN NUEVO
GORAN BOJČEVSKI, clarinet, kaval – sheperd's flute, Armenian duduk, frula – Balkan wooden flute, soprano saxophone
ANDRAŽ FRECE, accordion
MATIC DOLENC, acoustic guitar
JAN SEVER, piano, keyboards
JAKA KRUŠIČ, double bass
GREGOR HROVAT, drums
Križanke
August
Monday
GORAN BOJČEVSKI & BALKAN NUEVO
GORAN BOJČEVSKI, clarinet, kaval – sheperd's flute, Armenian duduk, frula – Balkan wooden flute, soprano saxophone
ANDRAŽ FRECE, accordion
MATIC DOLENC, acoustic guitar
JAN SEVER, piano, keyboards
JAKA KRUŠIČ, double bass
GREGOR HROVAT, drums
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Tuesday
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Wednesday
RADE ŠERBEDŽIJA
MY HAT HAS THREE HOLES
ZAPADNI KOLODVOR
Antun Stašić
Mario Igrec
Ranko Purić
Marjan Krajna
Dario Hleb
Borna Sercar
8.30 pm
Križanke
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
Friday
FROM CSARDAS TO WALTZ
40th Anniversary Gala
BUDAPEST GYPSY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
8.30 pm
Križanke
August
Monday
8.00 pm
Slovenian Philharmonic
August
Tuesday
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Tuesday
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: 32 YEARS LATER
Dr. Nelida Nemec, curator
6.00 pm
Križevniška Church, Križanke
September
4. September - 7. September 2025
LES MISÉRABLES, musical
KOMEDIJA THEATRE, ZAGREB
8.00 pm
Križanke
September
Monday
Giuseppe Verdi: OTELLO, opera
SNG MARIBOR OPERA AND BALLET
GUY MONTAVON, director
ROBERTO GIANOLA, conductor
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Tuesday
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Wednesday
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
September
Friday
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, conductor
8.00 pm
Cankarjev dom
