74th Ljubljana Festival: A summer of the arts at the highest level

The 74th Ljubljana Festival will transform the capital into an open cultural platform where music, theatre, film, dance and contemporary visual practices meet in a thoughtful dialogue. 

Slovene and international artists will appear at selected venues of the festival, including Congress Square, Križanke Summer Theatre, cultural and congress centre Cankarjev Dom and the concert hall of the Slovenian Philharmonic. Thoughtfully connecting tradition with the present, the programme addresses a diverse audience while creating space both for established artists and for new artistic voices.

Find out below all the shows and dates: 

• SUPERB SAUVIGNON AND ART IN THE HEART OF LJUBLJANA - 29 May, 3 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• THE BIGGEST HIT MUSICAL RETURNS TO KRIŽANKE - 5 June, 8.30 pm and Friday, 4 September, 8 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• KINO KRIŽANKE: SMALL FILMS, BIG STORIES - 9–11 June, 9 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• MUSIC ON THE RIVER: THE LJUBLJANICA AS A CONCERT STAGE - 17–19 June, River Ljubljanica
• A MAGNIFICENT OPENING WITH PUCCINI’S OPERATIC MASTERPIECE - 21 June, 9 pm, Congress Square
• NEISHA CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF A CREATIVE JOURNEY - 26 June, 9 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• A PIONEER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT KRIŽANKE - 28 June, 9 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre)
• SUMMER NIGHT HONOURS OTO PESTNER - 30 June, 8.45 pm, Congress Square)
• CREATIVE DIALOGUE AMONG ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - 5–10 July, Križanke)
• LITTLE ART COLONY – A CREATIVE WEEK FOR CHILDREN - 6–10 July, Križanke
• NEW PRODUCTION OF EVITA - 6, 8 and 10 July and Monday, 13 July, 9 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• A JAZZ TRIBUTE TO TWO MUSICAL ICONS - 7 July, 9.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF FRENCH OPERA - 9 July, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• WE WANT MILES! – THE CENTENARY OF A LEGEND - 14 July, 9.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• AN OPERA CLASSIC FROM LA FENICE - 15 and 16 July, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• FROM TRADITION TO INTERPRETATIVE MATURITY - 17 July, 5 pm, Križevniška Church
• A LEGENDARY PIANIST AND A MASTER OF THE CONDUCTOR’S ART- 17 July, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• A NEW GENERATION OF OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS - 26 July to Sunday, 9 August, Vič–Rudnik Music School, Ljubljana Academy of Music
• A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ROMANTICISM AND VIRTUOSITY - 27 July, 8 pm, Union Hall, Grand Hotel Union
• HUNGARIAN VIRTUOSITY AND EUROPEAN CLASSICISM -  28 July, 8 pm, Union Hall, Grand Hotel Union
• BETWEEN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE POETRY OF FILM -  29 July, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• LA FOLÍA THROUGH TIME - 30 July, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• THE COLOURS OF CHAMBER MUSIC - 31 July, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• AN EVENING OF ROMANTIC TRIOS - 4 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• BETWEEN ROMANTICISM AND MODERNITY - 5 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• THE SOLDIER’S TALE - 6 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• FOUR ACCORDION TALES - 10 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• THE WORLD OF TITAN - 11 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• SOUNDSCAPES OF THE NONET - 12 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• A SONIC TAPESTRY OF HARPS - Thursday, 13 August, 8 pm, Križevniška Church
• YOUNG OPERATIC VOICES ON THE PROFESSIONAL STAGE - 14 August, 8 pm, Grand Hall, National Gallery
• TANGO OPERA - 17 August, 8.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• DIALOGUE OF CENTURIES - 18 August, 8 pm, Marjan Kozina Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic
• CLASSICAL ELEGANCE AND ROMANTIC COLOUR - 19 August, 6 pm, Marjan Kozina Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic
• PASSION AND RHYTHM - 19 August, 8.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• EUROPEAN AND CHINESE REPERTOIRE - 20 August, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• ŠERBEDŽIJA’S MUSIC AND POETRY - 22 August, 8.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• A TIMELESS TRAGEDY IN THE LANGUAGE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE - 24 and 25 August, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• ART THAT CONNECTS - 26 August, 6 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• A NEW SONIC CONSTELLATION - 26 August, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• A MUSICAL ADVENTURE BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION - 27 August, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• AVITAL MEETS AVITAL – A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - 28 August, 6 pm, Križevniška Church
• PREMIERE OF THE FINAL PART OF A POPULAR TRILOGY - 28 August, 8.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• A SUMMER EVENING WITH SOUL - 29 August, 8.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• PASSION, RHYTHM AND FREEDOM - 31 August, 8.30 pm, Križanke Summer Theatre
• HOMAGE TO FRANCE ROTAR - 1 September (opening at 6 pm) to Wednesday, 23 September, Križevniška Church
• VIRTUOSITY WITHOUT BORDERS - 1 September, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• BETWEEN BEETHOVEN AND BRUCKNER - 2 September, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• MUSIC AS AN EXISTENTIAL EXPERIENCE  - 3 September, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• PASSION AND ENERGY -  6 September, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• MAHLER’S SIXTH AS THE HEIGHT OF DRAMA - 7 September, 8 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom
• A SYMPHONIC EPILOGUE TO THE SUMMER -  8 September, 8.30 pm, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom