Events March 2017 Sightseeing Tours Highlights in March

Historical city centre and Ljubljana castle Take a walk around the historical city centre, explore major Slovene Music Days attractions and Ljubljana Castle. Daily at 11:00 Index From: in front the Town Hall (duration 2 hours) Language: Slovene, English Price: adults € 13, children € 6,5, with Ljubljana Tourist card free of charge.

Walking tour of Plečnik’s Ljubljana Festivals 4 An exploration of the life and work of the greatest Slovene architect. Exhibitions 7 Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12:00 From: Tourist Information Centre – TIC (duration 3 hours) Language: Slovene, English Price: € 20 Music 10

Taste Ljubljana food tour Opera, theatre, dance 16 Taste of 5 different dishes and 5 selected drinks included. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12:00 Miscellaneous 18 From: Tourist Information Centre - TIC (duration 3 hours) Language: Slovene, English Price: € 38 Sports 19 Ljubljana beer lover’s experience Taste of 8 different beers and 3 snacks included, visit to Brewery Museum. Mondays and Fridays at 18:00 From: Slovenian Tourist Information Centre – STIC (duration 3 hours) Cover photo: D. Wedam Language: Slovene, English Edited and published by: Ljubljana Price: € 35 Tourism, Krekov trg 10, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Town Hall tour T: +386 1 306 45 83, E: [email protected], Saturdays at 13:00 Gibanica The Welcoming of the Slovene Music Days From: in front of the Town Hall (duration 1 hour) W: www.visitljubljana.com Spring Language: Slovene, English Photography: Archives of Ljubljana 3-11 Mar 17-23 Mar Price: € 5 Biennial of Slovenian The 32nd edition of Slovene Tourism and individual event organisers 11 Mar Contemporary Dance Art On the eve of St Gregory’s Music Days, an event that Prepress: Prajs d.o.o. With the 8th edition Day, which, according has gained a deserved Printed by: Partner Graf d.o.o., Ljubljana, of Gibanica Ljubljana will to folk belief, marks the reputation as a true festival March 2017 again be the epicentre of beginning of spring, a of Slovene music, will Ljubljana Tourism is not liable for any Slovenian contemporary quiet location just outside feature several premiere inaccurate information appearing in the dance. Three-member the historical city centre performances of works by calendar. international selectors will host one of Ljubljana’s Slovene composers. committee formed for 2017 most beautiful family and p. 6 Committed to caring for the edition by Eddie Nixon (G. children’s events, The environment, we print on recycled paper. Britain), Angela Glechner Welcoming of Spring. Share our commitment by (Austria) and Suzana p. 18 Information and ticket sale: Tourist Information Centre - TIC and sharing this publication with Koncut (Slovenia). Slovenian Tourist Information Centre – STIC your friends. p. 4 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 3 Festivals Festivals

Dossier On: "Contemporaneity" in Dagmar Dachauer: Wunderbare Jahre Gibanica Contemporary Dance Choreography and dance: Dagmar 8 - 11 Mar, Different locations 10 Mar, 10:00 Dachauer Cankarjev dom cultural and congress 10 Mar, 19:00 centre PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana Dossier On no. 2: Extended forms Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba: Ideal of dance choreography; from the 10 Mar, 21:00 performance to dance work This year we celebrate the 32nd Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Discussion event; participants: Maja Šorli, edition of Slovene Music Days, centre Alja Lobnik, Nenad Jelesijević, Andreja an event that has gained a Production: Zavod Bunker Kopač, Jasmina Založnik deserved reputation as a true Admission free Curattorial Practices - round table festival of Slovene music. The 11 Mar, 11:00 programme will feature several Pre-premiere ‘17: Theme and Variation Cankarjev dom cultural and congress premiere performances of works 10 Mar, 14:00 centre by Slovene composers and the Ljubljana Secondary Preschool Education Guests: Ivana Ivković, Angela Glechner, first performance in Slovenia of & Gimnazija Ljubljana (SVŠGL) Kris Nelson, Eddie Nixon; moderated by Lucijan Marija Škerjanc’s Violin Kaja Lorenci: Just in Appearance Rok Vevar Concerto No 1. Different generations The Gibanica festival is a biennial Sometimes as Everyone Else Admission free of composers and performers will Gibanica Teja Reba: Made with Love 10 Mar, 17:00 come together at the concerts, overview of dance creativity Matija Ferlin: Staging a Play: The Glass Mateja Bučar: On(The)Line - moving 9 Mar, 17:00 Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power while the musicological symposium, in Slovenia. It showcases the Menagerie sculpture Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Station whose theme this year is “The New finest in Slovenian contemporary 11 Mar, 17:00 8 Mar, 16:00 - 19:00 Station Production: Emanat Music in the »New« Europe Between dance, which underwent a major Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova Production: Maska Ljubljana the Two World Wars”, will bring development and began to enjoy Station Admission free together leading musicologists from international recognition in the Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek: Production: Emanat Slovenia and abroad. 1980s and it is considered to be Mateja Bučar: On(The)Line - moving Unnamed www.ljubljanafestival.si the most important contemporary sculpture 9 Mar, 19:00 dance platform in Slovenia. The 9 Mar, 16:00 - 18:00 Španski borci festival was first organized in 2003 Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova Production: JSKD and Plesni Studio and received with great acclaim. Admission free Intakt The artists showcasing their work of the past two years include Dossier On: "Contemporaneity" in Snježana Premuš: Physical internationally renowned Slovenian Contemporary Dance Manifestation choreographers and dancers as well 9 Mar, 10:00 9 Mar, 21:00 as emerging young talent. Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power www.sodobniples.si centre Station Dossier On no. 1: Open work and Production: Zavod Federacija improvisational forms of dance; scores, tasks, principles, starting points Discussion event; participants: Rok Vevar, Pia Brezavšček, Nika Leskovšek, Samo Oleami Admission free Slovene Music Days 17 - 23 Mar

4 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 5 Festivals Taste Ljubljana Exhibitions Magdalena Reiter: Forms of Distance Programme: B. Arnič-Lemež / N. Bečan Food Tour A New Age is Coming! Industry - The Vugrinec Collection. Croatian 11 Mar, 19:00 / B. Glavina / T. Hosokava / U. Rojko / M. Labour - Capital Modern Art 1880 - 1945 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Tajčević / A. Srebotnjak Wednesdays and 25 Oct - 21 May, City Museum of Ljubljana 10 Nov - 12 Mar, National Gallery of centre Admission free Saturdays at 12:00 The exhibition on industry in Ljubljana Slovenia Production: Zavod Mirabelka Other times can be arranged for depicts how Ljubljana dealt with new The collection of Davor Vugrinec New Music in the “New” Europe groups of more than ten people industries as they arrived and offeres presented for the first time to the public The central overview of Slovenian Janša, Narat, Preda, Tomažin: Between the Two World Wars by prior request. the experience of “travel through in 2015 at the Art Pavilion in illustration, the Biennial unites Something’s in the Air 18 - 21 Mar time and space”. The show starts off as the collection of “masterpieces older and younger generations 11 Mar, 20.10 Križanke with the sugar refinery on the banks of Croatian Modernism”. As a of illustrators employing diverse Cankarjev dom cultural and congress International musicological symposium. of the Ljubljanica. It goes on to depict demonstration of the requirements that artistic methods and rewards their centre Head of symposium: Jernej Weiss. capitalists of the time, businessmen make up a successful collecting policy, finest achievements with the Hinko Production: Maska Ljubljana Presentation of the monograph whose vision made Ljubljana into an the collection is an excellent example of Smrekar Award, as well as the Official Prize-Giving Event of Gibanica “Sizifovsko lépo: portret Uroša Rojka” industrial hub. At the same time, the ambitious determination that surpasses Smrekar distinctions and accolades. and Ksenija Hribar Awards [Sisyphean Beauty: A Portrait of Uroš exhibits tell the story of the life of the even some museum collections. The The 2016 Life Achievement Award 11 Mar, 21:30 Rojko] proletariat. The rise of industry in the exhibition presents contemporaries, goes to Marjan Manček, presentation Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Author of the book: Leon Stefanija late 19th and early 20th century takes a friends, and fellow students of Slovenian of his works will be curated by Station 21 Mar, 12:00 sharp turn after WWII, when factories artists, from the Šubic brothers, Anton Tatjana Pregl Kobe. For the past Hosts: Uroš Kaurin & Vito Weis Križanke were nationalised and many capitalists Ažbe, and the Impressionists onwards. forty years Marjan Manček has chased out of the country. The end of Especially storied is the founding era of employed illustration as his main Barbara Jernejčič Fürst - mezzo- Slovene Music Days the war marked the beginning of the the “Zagreb School”. The exhibition of vehicle of expression, infusing it soprano Andrej Kopač - violin; Matej Haas - ascent of large socialist enterprises. The sixsty-five paintings and works on paper heavily with his signature humour. Gaiva Bandzinaitè - piano violin; Milan Nikolić, fagot; Klemen next break came in the 1990s, when and twelve sculptures includes works by In cooperation with the Section of 21 Mar, 19:30 The tour will give Golner - piano; Beata Barcza - piano Slovenia shed socialism and enterprises Mato Celestin Medović, Vlaho Bukovac, Illustrators of the Union of Slovene Slovenian Philharmonic Hall 16 Mar, 19:30 you an insight into were privatised. Emanuel Vidović, Oton Iveković, Čikoš Fine Arts Associations; catalogue Programme: M. Kogoj rev. J. Jež / M. traditional Ljubljana Križanke Sundays at 16:30 guided tours in English. Sesija, Mirko Rački, Ljubo Babić, Miroslav text by Judita Krivec Dragan Bravničar / J. Pavčič / M. Lipovšek dishes part of the Programme: B. Arnič Lemež / V. Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00 - Kraljević, Milivoj Uzelac, Marjan Trepše, Open: 10:00 - 19:00, Sundays 10:00 - Slovenian lieder Batista / D. Beovič / P. Dolenc / N. Firšt much-acclaimed Taste 21:00. Closed: Mondays , Vladimir Becić, Marino 14:00. Closed: Mondays Admission free / R. Kamplet / T. Mauko / M. Mihevc / I. Ljubljana project. Štuhec / H. Vidic Theresa Plut - soprano Departure point: 12th Slovenian Biennial of llustration Night of Slovene composers Polona Gantar - organ Ljubljana Tourist Information 18 Nov - 19 Marc 2017 Cankarjev dom Gallery Admission free 22 Mar, 19:30 Centre, Stritarjeva ulica street Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Duration: Admission free Marjan Peternel - piano 3 hours Programme: B. Arnič / S. Koporc / F. Lovrenc Arnič - conductor Šturm / M. Strmčnik / T. Svete / L. Lebič Language options: 17 Mar, 19:30 English, Slovenian Slovenian Philharmonic Hall RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra Programme: M. Kogoj / D. Žebre / M. Žiga Stanič - piano Price: Kogoj-A. Srebotnjak) / S. Osterc Žiga Brank - violin € 38.00 per person Solemn opening of the 32nd Slovene Simon Krečič - conductor You will visit five different styles of restaurants Music Days 23 Mar, 19:30 and taste five different dishes as well as five Slovenian Philharmonic Hall selected drinks. Nadja Drakslar Petrač - clarinet; Andrej Programme: L. M. Škerjanc / A. Pivko Petrač - cello; Tomaž Petrač - piano Kneževič / Ž. Stanič 20 Mar, 19:30 Closing of the 32nd Slovenian Music Days Križanke Admission free www.visitljubljana.com 6 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 7 Exhibitions Exhibitions

Corporeality, group exhibition medieval manuscript - the Sarajevo Plečnik House 23 Feb - 9 Apr, City Art Gallery of Haggadah, one of the world’s most Ljubljana beautiful gems of Jewish culture Zoran Mušič, the best known 20th The exhibition Corporeality continues and cultural heritage of Bosnia and century Slovenian-born painter with the research and display of Hercegovina. and a man with more than one paintings, photography and video art Open: 10:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 18.00, homeland, spent most of his life in contemporary Slovenian culture, Saturdays 10:00 - 12:00 and 12:30 - 14.00, between Venice and Paris. He based on a selected theme or content. Sundays 10:00 - 13:00 mostly painted landscapes, still This is already the third selection and Admission free lifes, portraits, Dalmatian donkeys exhibition in which artists focus on a and horses, trees, views of Venice, Puppet Museum at Ljubljana Castle theme that is strongly present around double portraits with his wife Slovenia is a country with a rich tradition us but perhaps underexposed. In this Ida, and poignant self-portraits of puppeteering. The Puppet Museum’s case, it is corporeality in its widest sense, depicting him as an old man. His permanent exhibition, set up by the of both animate and inanimate nature. visual motifs were always related Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, introduces The exhibition presents the following to the Slovenian region of Kras and you to the history of puppeteering artists: Uroš Abram, Rajko Bizjak, Robert its typical scenes. He became world in Slovenia and the creativity of Černelč, Ana Čigon, Jurij Kalan, Tina famous with his series of paintings contemporary Slovenian puppeteers, Kolenik, Samo, Kamila Volčanšek. We Are Not the Last, in which he presents the most popular puppet Open: 11:00 - 19:00. Closed: Mondays relived the scenes he experienced The new permanent exhibition at Tartaglia, Omer Mujadžić, Ivan Meštrović, of creation. The same can be said for his characters, and gives you an insight Admission free in the Dachau concentration camp. the Plečnik House in Trnovo presents Frano Kršinić and others. photography - from the process of taking into puppeteering techniques and the Ljubljana’s National Gallery displays the most important projects of the Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00 - photographs, setting up motifs, work in The Sarajevo Haggadah process of creating a puppet show. the world’s only permanent survey late architect. Plečnik’s creativity 20:00. Closed: Mondays and 1 Jan. the darkroom and all the way to the final 1 - 15 Mar, Kresija Gallery After viewing the exhibition, you can try exhibition of Mušič’s work, which comes to life through the plans, presentation - there were no coincidences Historical-documentary exhibition your hand at puppeteering skills. Tone Lapajne: Memory of Earth explores the entire range of the models and photographs of his in this process, and the final result always Presentation of the facsimile and Open: 10:00 - 19:00 daily 22 Nov - 5 Mar, Jakopič Gallery famous artist’s painting techniques. creations such as the Zacherl House had a sublime sense of balance between reproductions of selected miniatures The Jakopič Gallery is posthumously Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00- in Vienna, Castle, the National the aesthetic and documentary. from the exceptional illustrated presenting an important Slovenian artist 20:00. Closed: Mondays and University Library in Ljubljana, His photographic oeuvre consists with an impressive oeuvre, but who has the Ljubljana Central Market, Žale of interpretations of contemporary yet to get his due. Today, Tone Lapajne Cemetery, the Church of St. Michael at Slovenian architecture, the baroque is best known as a painter, especially the Ljubljana Marshes and numerous in Slovenia and works of Jože Plečnik. for his paintings, which he created with other masterpieces. Several plans Especially important in his oeuvre are the help of soil, usually that from the of Plečnik’s never realized visions Plečnik’s columns, with which Gale was marshes or saltpans. With them he are also on display. The Cathedral of a regular guest of exhibitions at home formed one of the most recognisable Freedom, the master’s vision of the and abroad. During his lifetime and and intimate variations of Informel Art. Slovenian parliament, is especially after his premature death, Gale never 4 Mar, 16:30 Guided tour in English worthy of our attention. received an expert evaluation and a Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays Guided tours: every hour, on the detailed overview of his work. However, hour (the last guided tour at 17:00). Damjan Gale: The Architect of Light, a due to the extraordinary quality and Groups must not contain more than retrospective photography exhibition the wealth of his oeuvre, it is necessary seven people. 28 Mar - 4 Jun, Jakopič Gallery to understand the author as a key Open: 10:00 - 17:00. Closed: Mondays Damjan Gale was an architect that representative of Slovenian architectural photographed and a photographer photography. that put architecture in the focus of Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays Zoran Mušič (1909-2005) his interests. He knew and understood Permanent exhibition at the National Gallery architecture in the entirety of its process

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Blue Cheese (Italy) - rock-blues The Snowdrops and Primroses Festival RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra 3 Mar, 21:00 One-day Festival of Slovenian Jazz Giedrė Šlekytė - conductor Prulček Bar Creativity Olena Tokar - soprano 18:00 Alchemical Playgrounds 9 Mar, 19:30 Slovenian Philharmonic Choir 19:00 Kristijan Krajnčan: Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Vladimir Kranjčević - conductor DrummingCellist centre Janko Volčanšek - bas 20:00 Rodrigo Amado Quartet feat. Joe Programme: B. Franke / R. Strauss / R. 4 Mar, 19:00 McPhee, Kent Kessler & Chris Corsano Schumann Slovenian Philharmonic Hall 21:15 Bowrain Programme: S. Rahmaninov Luka Mitev - bassoon 22:15 Teo Collori and Momento Cigano Pandelina Atanasova - piano Mostar Sevdah Reunion (Bosnia and 7 Mar Eva Erjavec - recorder Herzegovina) - sevdah music Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Alberto Busettini - piano 4 Mar, 21:00 centre 9 Mar, 19:30 Festivalna dvorana Kralj Meteorit - hip-hop Križanke Pointless Rebels (Slovenia) - bluegrass- 7 Mar, 21:00 Programme: R. Schumann / A. Vivaldi / Les Vents Français folk-southern rock Prulček Bar A. Tansmann / G. A. Pandolfi Mealli / G. 7 Mar at 19:30, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre 4 Mar, 21:00 Ph. Telemann Barbara Kozelj - mezzo-soprano Prulček Bar Young Virtuosi international concert Phyllis Ferwerda - piano A quintet of internationally Studio for new music Petar Kšenek - horn series Euphony Symphony Orchestra String Quartet distinguished soloists known as 1 Mar, 19:30 Maja Klinar - piano Admission free Ed Spanjaard - conductor 8 Mar, 19:30 “a super ensemble”, Les Vents Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Mojca Jerman - violin 5 Mar, 19:30 Križanke Romana Krajnčan Kvartet and Jure Français has taken the critics and centre Ana Novak - violin Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Admission free Ivanušič - jazz the audiences by storm. An all-star Programme: L. Nono / P. Boulez / L. Berio Tanja Činč - piano Programme: G. Gershwin / A. Copland / 9 Mar, 20:00 ensemble of matchless virtuosos, / A. Webern / R. Saunders 2 Mar, 19:30 Young jazz musicians C. Debussy SiTi teater Les Vents Français was established Free tickets Russian Centre for Science and Culture 8 Mar, 19:30 by a preeminent French clarinettist Free tickets Zala Vidic - cello Grand Hotel Union Orgy (USA), Unzucht (Germany), Death Helmet + Local H (USA) - hardcore- and sought-after concert artist, Hermina Hudnik - piano Admission free Valley High (USA) metal-alt-rock-jazz Zaria (Slovenia), Maim (Italy) - Paul Meyer, world-class musician Nadia Ternifi - soprano 9 Mar, 21:00 1 Mar, 20:00 symphonic folk metal Ljubljana Academy of Music Big Band and principal flute of the Berlin Tanja Šterman - piano Orto Club Kino Šiška. 2 Mar, 21:00 Matej Hotka - conductor Philharmonic, Emmanuel Pahud, 6 Mar, 19:30 Orto Club 8 Mar, 19:30 Metod Man (Slovenia) - jazz ambassador of French bassoon, Fed Horses (Slovenia) - rock Town Hall Union hall 9 Mar, 21:00 Gilbert Audin Zagreb-born 1 Mar, 21:00 Manchester Snow (G. Britain) - indie- Admission free Prulček Bar Radovan Vlatković is considered Prulček Bar rock Jimmy Stanić & Scharf trio (Croatia) - Irena Tomažin & Liz Helman - the leading horn player of his 2 Mar, 21:00 evergreen Tango Story Project Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra experimental music generation and pianist Eric Le Sage Prulček Bar 8 Mar, 20:00 10 Mar, 20:00 Cristian Măcelaru - conductor Kino Šiška regularly appears with the eminent Slamič Coffeehouse Ljubljana Castle Jože Rošer - horn; Tibor Kerekeš - Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Admission free ensemble. trumpet; Janez Žnidaršič - tuba Cristian Măcelaru - conductor Same babe - ethno Asking Alexandria + The Word Alive + The wind quintet is renowned for Muliers Guitare Quartet - classical music 2 Mar, 19:30 Jože Rošer - horn; Tibor Kerekeš - 8 Mar, 20:00 Silent Screams - metalcore its great sense of chamber intimacy, 6 Mar, 21:00 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress trumpet; Janez Žnidaršič - tuba Vodnikova domačija 10 Mar, 20:00 suppleness of delivery and subtle Prulček Bar centre 3 Mar, 19:30 Kino Šiška nuances of colour, thus establishing Spoji - Jar of Flies (Slovenia) - grunge Programme: C. Silvestri / A. Previn / B. Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Les Vents Français important links with the enchanting 8 Mar, 21:00 Metropolis (Slovenia) Bartók centre 7 Mar, 19:30 tradition of French wind playing. Prulček Bar 10 Mar, 22:00 Programme: C. Silvestri / A. Previn / B. Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre Orto Club Bartók Programme: M. Glinka / L. Spohr / L. van Beethoven / N. Rimski-Korsakov 10 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 11 Music Music

The Dreams (Slovenia) - blues-rock Happy Ol’ McWeasel (Slovenia) - folk- Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (Hessischer 15 Mar, 21:00 punk-rock Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester) Prulček Bar 17 Mar, 20:00 14 Mar at 20:00, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre Kino Šiška Lex van Somern (Netherlands) 16 Mar, 19:00 Sunshine and the Loud Cloud (Slovenia) SiTi teater - pop-rock 17 Mar, 21:00 Divanhana () Prulček Bar - pop The folk punk rock seven-piece band 16 Mar, 20:00 Klemen Klemen and RTV Slovenia Big Happy Ol’ Mcweasel, formed exactly Kino Šiška Band on St. Patrick’s Day ten years ago, Tadej Tomšič - conductor has conquered many European Stari Pes - jazz 18 Mar, 20:00 and nearly every Slovene stage 16 Mar, 21:00 SiTi teater during its career. Energetic and Prulček Bar extraordinary performances, full of RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra Veter Ljubljana Youth Choir acrobatic jumps and manoeuvres on Francesc Prat - conductor Gimnazija Škofja Loka Youth Choir stage, have become the trademark Suzana Ograjenšek - soprano Žiga Kert, zborovodja of one of the more intriguing 19 Mar, 11:00 17 Mar, 19:30 Slovenian rock bands. Founded in 1929 as one of the Polar, Giants, Empires Fade, My Only Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Akademija za glasbo/Academy of Music In 2014, the group gained global first radio symphony orchestras 11 Mar, 20:00 (Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester) Programme: W. A. Mozart / C. W. Gluck / Admission free recognition with the help of CBS’ in Germany, the Frankfurt Orto Club Andrés Orozco-Estrada - conductor F. Mendelssohn TV series The Crazy Ones, featuring Radio Symphony Orchestra has Concert by bands from G. Britain Joshua Bell - violin Prljavo kazalište (Croatia) - rock Mozartine - Sunday matinees concert Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle successfully negotiated the delicate 14 Mar, 20:00 17 Mar, 20:00 series Slovenian Philharmonic Choir Gellar in the lead roles - the series’ balance between preserving Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Stožice sports hall Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Lipstick Stain (Slovenia) - rock soundtrack included the band’s tradition and meeting the centre Michael Gläser - conductor 20 Mar, 21:00 version of well-known song Danny challenges of a modern top-ranking Programme: F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Jaewon Yun - soprano; Stefan Prulček Bar Boy. orchestra with highly diverse / G. Mahler Steinemann - altus; Frieder Lang - programmes. tenore; Niklas Mallman - bas Dans Dans (Belgium) - jazz Happy Ol’ Mcweasel Andrés Orozco-Estrada, born in 12 Mar, 19:30 14 Mar, 20:00 17 Mar at 20:00, Kino Šiška Colombia and trained in Vienna Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Cankarjev dom cultural and congress (under Slovenian conductor Uroš Programme: J. S. Bach / J. Brahms / P. centre Lajovic), is one of the most sought- Trubar-I. Florjanc / A. Bohorič-Uroš Krek after conductors of his generation UL AG Wind Orchestra who took up the position of the Swing That Jazz Duo Miha Rogina - conductor Chief Conductor of the Frankfurt 13 Mar, 21:00 15 Mar, 19:30 Radio Symphony in 2014. Prulček Bar Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Joshua Bell is one of the most Programme: P. Dukas / M. Aulio / F. Lara Oprešnik - piano celebrated violinists of our time, and Schmitt / J. Ibert / G. Auric / D. Milhaud Maja Gombač - piano his restless curiosity, passion, and / A. Roussel / C. Koechlin / A. Honegger 14 Mar, 19:30 multi-faceted musical interests are / D. Lazarus Slovenian Philharmonic Hall almost unparalleled in the world of Free tickets Mike Sponza Band (Italy) - blues classical music. 15 Mar, 20:00 Slamič Coffeehouse

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Barbara Jernejčič Fürst - mezzo- Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Durham University Chamber Orchestra Lapsus, Osmi greh (Slovenia) - rock, Blueberry Station (Slovenia) - rock soprano Philipp von Steinaecker - conductor John Reddel - conductor punk 30 Mar, 21:00 Gaiva Bandzinaitè - piano Aleksander Buzlov - cello Mojca Bitenc Programme: F. Delius / M. Ravel 28 Mar, 21:00 Prulček Bar 21 Mar, 19:30 - soprano Durham University Symphony Prulček Bar Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Slovenian Philharmonic Hall 23 Mar, 19:30 Orchestra Vienna Boys’ Choir Uroš Lajovic - conductor Slovenian lieder Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Alex Mackinder - conductor Featuring Helena Blagne Eugen Indjic - piano Admission free centre Programme: P. I. Tchaikovsky 29 Mar, 20:00 Programme: J. Brahms / C. M. von Weber Programme: A. Dvořák / U. Krek / G. 24 Mar, 19:30 Martin Ramoveš Band Cankarjev dom cultural and congress / P. Hindemith Mahler Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory 21 Mar, 19:00 centre 31 Mar, 19:30 Admission free Vodnikova domačija Slovene Octet - a cappella Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre Greg Haines + Bowrain The Slovene Octet was established 23 Mar, 20:00 Dr. Vinko & The Milicija (Croatia) - rock Brizani Project + Chris Lightcap 29 Mar, 20:00 Lisa Hannigan (Ireland) in 1951 under the initiative of the Ljubljana castle 24 Mar, 21:00 »Bigmouth« - jazz Kino Šiška 31 Mar, 20:00 Slovene Emigrant Association. Prulček Bar 21 Mar, 20:00 Martin Ramoveš Band (Slovenia) - Piano Day Ljubljana Kino Šiška In its 60 years of existence, the Cankarjev dom cultural and congress blues-rock Antarja String Quartet Slovene Octet has performed on Mia Žnidarič & Trio ( Slovenia) - jazz Gipsy Kings (France) - flamenco-salsa- centre 23 Mar, 21:00 25 Mar, 20:00 all important stages around the 29 Mar, 20:00 pop Prulček Bar Cankarjev dom cultural and congress world. Beside folk and folkish Midnight Lightning (Slovenia) - blues- Slamič Coffeehouse 1 Apr 20:00 centre songs from all over the world, rock Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Stožice sports hall Programme: composers of the former Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra the Slovene Octet's repertory has 21 Mar, 21:00 Philipp von Steinaecker - conductor Yugoslav countries Uroš Lajovic - conductor Budapest Festival Orchestra always consisted of a variety of Prulček Bar Aleksander Buzlov - cello Eugen Indjic - piano (Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar) Slovene and Yugoslav songs, as Mojca Bitenc - soprano Michelle Gurevich (Chinawoman) + All Leon Pokeržnik - trumpet Programme: J. Brahms / C. M. von Weber Iván Fischer - conductor well as classical choir material from 24 Mar, 19:30 Strings Detached One Man Band Wind Quintet / P. Hindemith Dejan Lazić - piano; Oszkár Ökrös - the Renaissance to contemporary Cankarjev dom cultural and congress 25 Mar, 20:00 22 Mar, 19:30 30 Mar, 19:30 cimbalom authors. Nevertheless the octet is centre Kino Šiška Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Cankarjev dom cultural and congress 2 Apr, 20:00 best known for its interpretation Programme: A. Dvořák / U. Krek / G. centre Noctiferia ( Slovenia) - metal centre Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre of the adaptations of Slovene folk Mahler Youth to Youth concert series 26 Mar, 20:00 Programme: F. Liszt / R. Strauss music. Jani Leban - drums SNG Drama Marko Hatlak and Kapobanda Dorotea Senica - flute Slovene Octet (Slovenia) - ethno Monika Rožej - zither Ivan Ferčič - piano 23 Mar at 20:00, Ljubljana castle 22 Mar, 20:00 Eva Erjavec - flute 24 Mar, 19:30 Slamič Coffeehouse 27 Mar, 19:30 Križanke Opera house (Orfejev salon) Kristovnik Duo Programme: A. Gerassimez / T. Admission free 22 Mar, 21:00 Ichiyanagi / M. Kitazume / N. J. Živkovič Prulček Bar / J. S. Bach / N. Paganini / P. Taffanel / L. Peter Lovšin in Španski borci - rock Berio / A. Jolivet Featuring: Big Foot Mama, Pankrti, Cantemus, Benenden Chamber Choir Young Virtuosi international concert Prismojeni profesorji bluesa (G. Britain) series 27 Mar, 20:00 23 Mar, 19:15 Admission free Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre Cathedral Programme: D. Bednall: Sabat Mater Mamma mia - musical oOo Freeo (Slovenia) Admission free 24 Mar, 19:30 27 Mar, 21:00 Tivoli sports hall Prulček Bar Xixa (USA) - indie rock 28 Mar, 20:00 Kino Šiška 14 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 15 Opera, theatre, dance Opera, theatre, dance Ljubljana I. Kovač, J. Janša: Falcon! - dance Coraviento and María Keck - modern Beer Experience performance flamenco Performers: Iztok Kovač, Janez Janša 22 Mar, 20:00 Mondays and 17 Mar, 18:00 SiTi teater Fridays at 18:00 Španski borci Other times can be arranged for W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro groups of more than ten people Your Mother at My Door - dance - opera by prior request. performance 23 Mar, 19:00 The Things (Hungary) and Location X Opera house (Finland) A Man Who Watched the World - 17 Mar, 20:00 theatre performance Španski borci 23 Mar, 19:00 G. F. Händel: Julius Caesar in Egypt - Mladinsko Theatre opera English surtitles The Croatian National Theatre Ivan A. Foerster: The Nightingale of pl. Zajc Gorenjska - opera G. Rossini: Cinderella/La Cenerentola - opera buffa 17 Mar, 19:00 9 Mar at 19:30, Opera house 24 Mar, 19:00 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Opera house centre This time’s premiere staging of M. Reiter: Close Ups - dance G. Rossini: Cinderella/La Cenerentola - Our Violence and Your Violence - Rossini’s Cinderella, one of the performance premiere opera buffa G. Puccini: Madama Buterfly - opera theatre performance great masterpieces from the Italian Choreography and dance: Magdalena 9 Mar, 19:30 18 Mar, 19:30 25 Mar, 18:30 operatic treasure trove, which was Reiter Opera house Opera house You will visit five different Mladinsko Theatre conceived one year after the famous Mar 2 and 3, 20:00 Repeat performances: 10 Mar, 18:00, 11 drink outlets, including a J. Menger: Plovemo - theatre-dance English surtitles opera The Barber of Seville, will PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana Mar, 19:30, 14 Mar, 19:30 performance pub, where you will taste mark the 200 anniversary of its G. Bizet: Carmen - opera eight different beers made G. Verdi: La Traviata - opera V. Osojnik: Other People’s Children - Performers: Maruša Majer, Barbara first and very successful staging in 25 Mar, 19:00 by five different breweries, 4 Mar, 19:30 dance performance Ribnikar, Vid Klemenc, Primož Pirnat/ Rome, in 1817. The libretto for this Opera house two based in Ljubljana. Opera house Authorship, choreography, performance: Joseph Nzobandora, Milan Štefe magical fairy tale, imbued with Vita Osojnik. Mar 19, 20:00 Švarctanc = Švarctanc - dance performance Departure point: Rossini’s light music, was written M. Klemenčič: Doctor Faustus - puppet Co-creationa of movement and PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana Authors and performers: ŠvarcTanc Slovenian Tourist Information Centre, after the literary material by Charles performance for adults performance: Nina Fajdiga/Kaja Lorenci Mar 25, 20:00 Krekov trg 10 Perrault. Although Cinderella is 5 Mar, 18:00 Play and Play - dance performance Mar 15 and 16, 20:00 PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana considered one of the composer’s Ljubljana castle Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Duration: PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana most ingenious pieces, it is also English surtitles 20 Mar, 19:30 S. Semenič: we, the european corpses - 3 hours characterised by its very special hint G. Rossini: Cinderella/La Cenerentola - Cankarjev dom cultural and congress theatre performance P. Liška, K. Copper: Pursuit of Happiness Language options: of seriousness. The staging by the opera buffa centre 25 Mar, 20:00 - dance-theatre performance English, Slovenian legendary French theatre director 16 Mar, 19:30 Mladinsko Theatre EnKnapGroup I. Kovač: Ottetto - dance performance Járôme Savary in a co-production Opera house English surtitles Price: 6 Mar, 20:00 EnKnapGroup with the Opéra de Rennes is by all € 35.00 per person Španski borci G. Rossini: Cinderella/La Cenerentola - 21 Mar, 20:00 The Ristić Complex - theatre performance means designed for the lovers of opera buffa Španski borci 26 Mar, 20:00 The price includes expert guidance, beer tasting classic fairy tale stories. Unnamed - dance performance sessions, snacks, and a tour of Pivovarna Union’s 17 Mar, 18:00 Mladinsko Theatre JSKD and Plesni Studio Intakt G. Rossini: Cinderella/La Cenerentola - Brewery Museum. Suitable for people aged 18 and over. Opera house English surtitles 9 Mar, 19:00 opera buffa Španski borci 22 Mar, 19:00 G. Frid: The Diary of Anne Frank - opera Opera house 31 Mar, 19:30 Opera house www.visitljubljana.com 16 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 17 Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Sports

56th International Home Fair (Sejem The Welcoming of the Spring Dom) 11 Mar, 17:00 - 20:00, the Gradaščica channel in the Krakovo area of Ljubljana 7 - 12 Mar, 9:30 - 19:30 Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre The Home fair is an exhibition of home and building products including woodwork, heating appliances and installations, ceramics, bathroom equipment, interior furnishings for residential and business premises, garden equipment and gardening tools, seeds and plants, and a variety of useful hobby products. 20th Storytelling Festival 13 - 28 Mar Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre ACH Volley : Azimut Modena (Italy) - KK Union Olimpija : KK Rogaška - The Welcoming of Spring, an event The Land of Ice World Literature Festival - Fabula 2017 Stories Today (Pravljice danes), a volleyball basketball traditionally held in Ljubljana on 18 Nov - 5 Mar 3 - 11 Mar storytelling festival whose twentyth 1 Mar ob 17:00 15 Mar, 20:00 the eve of St Gregory’s Day, revives Vodno mesto Atlantis (water park) Cankarjev dom cultural and congress edition is held this year, offers a wide Stožice sports hall Stožice sports hall the handicraftsmen’s tradition The ice sculptures, luxuriously bathed centre and other locations and varied spectrum of carefully NK Olimpija Ljubljana : NK Rudar RK Ljubljana : RK Nada Split (Croatia) of launching wooden clogs with in light, depict historical scenes taking The World Literature Fabula Festival selected stories for listeners of all ages. Velenje - football - rugby burning candles inside them into you back to the ages of a period of time will host five internationally recognised Collecta - Ljubljana International 5 Mar 18 Mar, 14:00 rivers and streams as a sign of of our ancestors of the Slavs, who lived authors: Mathias Énard is one of the Collectors’ Fair Stožice stadium Oval Stanežiče playground rejoicing at no longer having to together with nature and with nature finest and most innovative French 17 and 18 Mar work by lights. related custums. writers, Sofi Oksanen is one of the KK Union Olimpija : KK Cedevita NK Olimpija Ljubljana : NK Luka Koper Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention According to folk belief, St Gregory Open: 12:00 - 19:00, Thursdays, Fridays most acclaimed and celebrated Finnish (Croatia) - basketball - football Centre is the harbinger of spring. By the 12:00 - 21:00, weekends and holidays authors, Bernardo Atxaga, a Basque 5 Mar, 19:00 18 Mar Collecta brings together philatelists, Julian calendar, his name day, 12 10:00 - 21:00. writer, poet and translator, Viktor Stožice sports hall Stožice sports hall numismatists, cartophiles and collectors March, is the first day of spring. Yerofeyev is one of the most famed of fossils and minerals, militaria, ACH Volley : Calcit Volleyball - volleyball RK Ljubljana : RK Čelik Zenica (Bosnia contemporary Russian authors and Igor antiques and other small collectables 8 Mar, 18:00 and Herzegovina) - rugby Marojević, a Serbian writer, playwright, from around Europe. Collecta is a unique Tivoli sports hall 25 Mar, 14:00 columnist and translator. fair in the world, gathering collectors Oval Stanežiče playground www.festival-fabula.org RK Krim Mercator : FC Midtjylland and traders of different collectibles, (Denmark) - handball Competition in rhythmic gymnastics publishes its own occasional philatelic 11 Mar 26 Mar material, enthuses young and new Kodeljevo sports hall Gymnastics centre Ljubljana collectors and prepares different Need a ticket? thematic exhibitions. Ljubljana Open 2017 - cheerleading NK Olimpija Ljubljana : ND Gorica - Tickets are for the majority of competition football cultural, entertainment, sports and 12 Mar, 8:00 29 Mar other events available from Tourist Kodeljevo sports hall Stožice sports hall Information Centres and online on www.visitljubljana.com. Recommended!

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