March 2017 Events
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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 Zagreb 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