We kindly invite you to join us on Monday, 19 August, via a free live broadcast on ljubljanafestival.si, at the press conference, which will be held at 1.00 pm in Križanke. The general and artistic director of the Ljubljana Festival, Darko Brlek, will present tonight’s concert Zappa Day in Ljubljana  with cellist and founder of Ensemble Dissonance Klemen Hvala, conductor Jonathan Stockhammer and guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski. Prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova will speak about the Gala of World Ballet Stars. Conductor Živa Ploj Peršuh will be joined by bass guitarist Laura Porra at this year’s concert with the Slovenian Youth Orchestra. We will also be joined by Oto Pestner, who will perform in Križanke this Friday. Pianist Cesar Camargo Mariano and Bossa de Novo band member Primož Vitez will also present their new project.