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The Moustache Tour is the story of the bold and Festivals 4 moustached spirits of Ljubljana. Get to know Jože Plečnik, Ivan Cankar and Rihard Jakopič – the Architect, the Writer Exhibitions 6 and the Painter, who had very different personalities and moustache styles. A century ago they shaped the unique 8 character of Ljubljana as we love and enjoy it today. Feel the creative energy of the city and discover the 3 giants´ Opera, theatre, dance 14 secret places on an unusual bike tour. Miscellaneous 15

Cover photo: Nea Culpa Edited and published by: Ljubljana Tourism, Krekov trg 10, SI-1000 Ljubljana, T: +386 1 306 45 83, E: [email protected], W: www.visitljubljana.com Photography: Archives of Ljubljana Tourism and individual event organisers 7 Feb - 18 May 27 Mar - 19 May 28 Mar - 27 Apr 3 - 12 Apr 27 Apr Prepress: Prajs d.o.o. The transparent 13th Slovenian Orto Fest 2019 Slovene Musical Lenny Kravitz Printed by: Collegium blue glass bowl Biennial of 20th Orto Fest Days Leonard Graphicum d.o.o., Ljubljana, The most Illustration - International The festival “Lenny” Kravitz, April 2019 stunning A central Club Festival is programme an American Ljubljana Tourism is not liable artefact overview of an ambitious prominently singer- festival with a songwriter, for any inaccurate information recovered in Slovenian features Ljubljana, a wide ranging of multi- appearing in the calendar. illustration, Schedule: 1 April-30 September: 1,700-year-old the Biennial scope of instrumentalist, every Friday at 3 pm transparent blue unites older its musical composed by record glass bowl was programme contemporary producer, and Duration: 3.5 hours and younger found buried generations P. 5 Slovenian actor in one Starting Slovenian Tourist Information next to the of illustrators composers of the most Point: Centre (STIC) woman at the employing and performed popular rock Committed to caring for the centre of the diverse artistic by renowned musicians of our Price: €45.00 environment, we print on recycled cemetery. methods. Slovenian time. paper. P. 6 orchestras and P. 13 (Price includes: bike rental; visits to the barber shop, Plečnik´s P. 7 Share our commitment by sharing soloists. House, the National Gallery, Cankar´s room, Rožnik Hill and Inn, the Graphic Arts Atelier (MGLC); coffee or tea, a slice of Slovenian this publication with your friends. P. 4 potica cake, and a gift.) www.visitljubljana.com 3 Festivals Festivals

Jože Kotar - clarinet Emilia Štembal - treble; Elizabeta 20th Orto Fest - International Club Festival is an ambitious festival with a wide Slovene Musical Days RTV Symphony Orchestra Čebular - treble; Neža Vasle - soprano; ranging scope of its musical programme. It takes place in Orto Bar, a legendary 3 - 12 Apr and 17 Apr, various locations Mojca Lavrenčič - conductor Anea Mercedes Anžlovar - soprano; bar for rock aficionados. Even though rock music is its predominant sound, the 5 Apr, 19:30 Urška Plešivčnik - soprano ; Rok festival also offers pop(-rock), metal, hip hop acts. Traditional club festival has so Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Ferenčak - tenor; Krištof Koležnik - far hosted more than 500 bands and performers from different parts of Slovenia Programme: F. Lo Pinto / D. Škerl / L. baritone; Tilen Udovič - baritone; Jaka and some from abroad. This year edition of this unique festival will feature more Firšt / P. Šivic / D. Gnezda / P. Ramovš / Mihelač - baritone than 30 domestic and foreign bands. M. Bonin Tadej Podobnik - piano www.orto-bar.com 11 Apr, 19:30 Lara Šalamon - flute;Jože Kotar - Križanke clarinet; Oskar Laznik - saxophone; of Slovene Lieder to mark the Milan Nikolić - bassoon; Robert Petrič centenary of the foundation of the - horn; Jure Gradišnik - trumpet; Tina Conservatory at the Ljubljana Glasbena Žerdin - harp; Izidor Erazem Grafenauer Matica - guitar 7 Apr, 19:00 Marko Zupan - flute;Tomaž Močilnik Križanke - clarinet; Živa Loštrek - oboe; Tonko Programme: B. Arnič Lemež / D. Beovič Huljev - bassoon; Andrej Žust - horn; Orto Fest 2019 28 Mar - 27 Apr, Orto Bar / P. Dolenc / T. Habe / M. Korošec / N. Matjaž Bogataj - violin; Gea Pantner The 34th Slovenian Music Days Slovene Musical Days Kuhar / I. Lunder / M. Matić / E. Spruk / Volfand - viola; Jaka Stadler - cello; marks the centenary of the A. Strajnar / M. Strmčnik / B. Zupančič Iztok Hrastnik - double bass Orto Fest 2019 Samuel Blues & Miha Erič (Slovenia) Simon Dvoršak - conductor Conservatory of Music in Ljubljana Night of Slovene Composers 12 Apr, 19:30 Drevored (Slovenia) 16 Apr, 21:30 3 Apr, 19:30 and the eightieth anniversary of Free tickets Slovenian Philharmonic Hall 1 Apr, 21:30 Detour (Croatia) Cankarjev dom cultural and congress the Academy of Music. The festival Programme: S. Osterc / N. Šenk / T. Bordo (Slovenia), Fed Horses (Slovenia) 17 Apr, 21:30 centre Maja Rome - viola revives the creative legacy of Bajželj / N. Bečan / S. Osterc 2 Apr, 21:00 Raggalution (Slovenia) Programme: L. van Beethoven / M. Anja Gaberc - harp Slovenian music of the recent past, Closing of the 34th Slovenian Music Days Šank Rock (Slovenia) 18 Apr, 21:30 Bravničar / A. Lajovic / M. Kozina Simon Klavžar - percussion while at the same time offering 3 Apr, 21:30 Borghesia (Slovenia) Concert marking the 80th anniversary of 8 Apr, 19:30 Marta Močnik Pirc - soprano; Dejan a string of concerts showcasing Hamo & Tribute 2 Love (Slovenia) 19 Apr, 21:30 the Academy of Music and the centenary Križanke Maksimilijan Vrbančič - tenor; Jože music by composers of the younger 4 Apr, 21:30 Wrong (USA), Coilguns (Switzerland) of the University of Ljubljana Programme: M. Bonin / H. Holliger / G. Vidic - baritone; Lana Trotovšek - violin; generation and first performances Valter Svira Parafe (Croatia) 19 Apr, 21:30 Opening of the 34th Slovenian Music Ligeti / I. Majcen / M. Matić / P. Šavli / L. Gregor Klančič - organ of newly composed works. 5 Apr, 21:30 Neisha (Slovenia) Days Vrhunc Chamber Choir Ave Different generations of composers Zmelkoow (Slovenia) 20 Apr, 21:30 Free tickets Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and performers will come The Conservatories in the Process Of 6 Apr, 21:30 Jackson (Slovenia) (students and professors) together at the concerts, while the Professionalisation and Specialisation Academy of Music Chamber Choir Lumberjack (Slovenia) 23 Apr, 21:30 Uroš Lajovic - conductor musicological symposium will bring of Musical Work: On The Centenary Alma Oražem, Peter Barbo - piano duo 9 Apr, 21:30 Smaal Tokk (Slovenia), Natriletno 17 Apr, 19:30 together leading musicologists from of the Founding of the Ljubljana Sebastjan Vrhovnik - conductor Demolition Group (Slovenia) kolobarjenje s praho (Slovenia) Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Slovenia and abroad. Conservatory and the 80th Anniversary 10 Apr, 21:30 24 Apr, 21:00 Chamber Choir of the Ljubljana Programme: U. Krek / A. Lajovic www.ljubljanafestival.si of the Music Academy Avven (Slovenia), Tears of Kali Jure Lesar (Slovenia) Conservatory of Music and Ballet Easter Concert 4 and 5 Apr, 10:00 do 16:00 (Hungary) 25 Apr, 21:30 Ambrož Čopi - conductor Križanke 11 Apr, 21:00 Captain Morgan’s Revenge (Slovenia) International Musicological Symposium Girls’ Choir of the Music Department The Stroj (Slovenia) 26 Apr, 21:30 Head of Symposium: Jernej Weiss of the Faculty of Education, University 12 Apr, 21:30 Thee Melomen (Croatia), Mojo Men From Admission free of Maribor Društvo Mrtvih Pesnikov (Slovenia) Mars (Croatia) Adriana Magdovski - piano 12 Apr, 21:30 27 Apr, 21:00 Tadeja Vulc - conductor Bohem (Slovenia) 9 Apr, 19:30 13 Apr, 21:30 Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory 4 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 5 Exhibitions Exhibitions

Ljubljana. History. City. survey exhibition of Mušič’s work, which Permanent exhibition at the City explores the entire range of the famous Museum of Ljubljana artist’s painting techniques. The permanent exhibition about the Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00- history of Ljubljana. How well do you 20:00. Closed: Mondays know the rich history of Slovenian Plečnik Collection capital? Pile-dwellers, Emona, Middle The new permanent exhibition at the and New Ages, the 20th and 21st Plečnik House in Trnovo presents the most centuries… what is the history of important projects of the late architect. Ljubljana? A chronological presentation The most stunning artefact Plečnik’s creativity comes to life through of Ljubljana’s millennia of heritage recovered in Ljubljana, beneath the plans, models and photographs of with precious authentic artefacts, like Gosposvetska ulica street. A his creations such as the Zacherl House the world’s oldest wooden wheel with 1,700-year-old transparent blue in Vienna, Prague Castle, the National an axle aged 5,200 years, is on display glass bowl, a little more than eight and University Library in Ljubljana, on Ljubljana. History. City. exhibition. inches in diameter, was found the Ljubljana Central Market, Žale In our globalised world, heritage just buried next to the woman at the Cemetery, the Church of St. Michael at the 13th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration might be what differentiates cities the center of the cemetery. The vessel 27 Mar - 19 May, CD Gallery Ljubljana Marshes and numerous other most, and it also shaped our capital’s is decorated on the outside with masterpieces. Several plans of Plečnik’s identity. Therefore, the exhibition grapes, and vine leafs and tendrils. A central overview of Slovenian Shamanism of the peoples of Siberia Mighty Guardians of the Past: Castles in never realized visions are also on display. proudly highlights local peculiarities, A Greek inscription on the inside illustration, the Biennial unites 18 Apr - 20 Oct, Slovenian Ethnographic the Slovenian Lands The Cathedral of Freedom, the master’s stories of everyday life in the past, and of the bowl instructs the owner older and younger generations Museum 18 Apr - 17 Nov, 9:00 - 20:00, Ljubljana vision of the Slovenian parliament, is the individuals who left the strongest to »Drink to live forever, for many of illustrators employing diverse The exhibition Shamanism of Castle especially worthy of our attention. impressions on our history. years!« This exquisite drinking artistic methods and rewards the Peoples of Siberia, from the The central thematic exhibition at Guided tours: every hour, on the hour Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays until bowl could have been used in their finest achievements with Russian Museum of Ethnography, the Ljubljana Castle in 2019 reveals (the last guided tour at 17:00). A group 21:00. Closed: Mondays everyday life as well as possibly for the Hinko Smrekar Award, as Saint Petersburg, reveals a unique Slovenia as a country of castles. Castles may be a maximum of seven persons. burial ceremonies, whether pagan, well as the Smrekar distinctions phenomenon in world civilisation - the have always stirred our imagination. Zoran Mušič (1909-2005) Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays Christian or Jewish. and accolades. Maintaining high mythological worldview of the peoples Irrespective of their importance and Permanent exhibition at the National Gallery standards of creativity and testifying of Siberia and the Russian Far East in the renown, castles, with their might and Zoran Mušič, the best known 20th to the excellence of Slovenian late 19th and early 20th century - carried solidity, from up close or from afar century Slovenian-born painter and a illustration, the event showcases out by shamans, as intermediaries proudly draw our attention to their past man with more than one homeland, the latest artistic methods and between heaven and earth. role as guardians of the countryside, spent most of his life between techniques employed in illustration: Sacred objects, together with cities and borders, and of their mainly Venice and Paris. He mostly painted re-imagined painting techniques, photographs, sounds and a film of noble inhabitants. The exhibition in landscapes, still lives, portraits, illustration incorporating elements shamanic ecstatic rituals, reflect the Casemate exposés five Slovenian castles Dalmatian donkeys and horses, trees, of film, comic strip, animated special interconnectedness found in and their associated personalities views of Venice, double portraits with film, electronic media and other the inspiring characteristics of Siberian who marked Slovenia’s past, and with his wife Ida, and poignant self-portraits advanced technologies. shamanism, which is made manifest various photographic material and depicting him as an old man. His visual Open: 10:00 - 19:00, Thursdays in the inseparable link between man, models, the exhibition illuminates the motifs were always related to the 10:00 - 18:00, Sundays 10:00 - 18:00. nature and cultural tradition. rich heritage that has been preserved Slovenian region of Kras and its typical Closed: Mondays Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays for us through the centuries by castles. scenes. He became world famous with Open: 9:00 - 20:00 his series of paintings We Are Not the Last, in which he relived the scenes he experienced in the Dachau concentration camp. Ljubljana’s National Gallery The transparent blue glass bowl displays the world’s only permanent 7 Feb - 18 May, City Museum of Ljubljana

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Zajtrk Lara Janjanin and her minute of Love DrummingCellist and RTV Slovenia Big 2 Apr, 20:00 - jazz Band Hostel Celica 4 Apr, 20:00 Lojze Krajnčan - conductor The Harmony of the World concert series Jazz Club Gajo-Jazz Paradise Kristijan Krajnčan - drums - cello Admission free Guests: Goran Krmac - tuba; Jaka Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Kopač - alt saxophone; Jani Moder - Viaentropia - ethno, punk… Håkan Hardenberger - conductor - guitar; Petra Vidmar - timpani, classical 2 Apr, 21:00 trumpet percussion; Vid Ušeničnik - percussion Prulček bar 5 Apr, 19:30 6 Apr, 20:00 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre and Mixed Choir centre Programme: J. Haydn / T. Takemicu / W. Simon Dvoršak - conductor Lutosławski The Young Gods (Switzerland) - rock 3 Apr, 19:30 + Nina Bulatovix Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Cherry Wine 6 Apr, 20:00 centre 5 Apr, 20:00 Kino Šiška Programme: L. van Beethoven / M. Ljubljana Castle Bravničar / A. Lajovic / M. Kozina Jazz Club Ljubljana Castle The Fictionplay (Austria) - rock, pop The legendary lead singer of Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Concert marking the 80th anniversary of 6 Apr, 20:00 Madredeus embarked on a Fusion with Faunovo popoldne - funky, the Academy of Music and the centenary Prulček bar successful solo career several years Academy of Music Symphony Ana Gorjanc - guitar soul, jazz of the University of Ljubljana ago. Considered by many to be the Orchestra and Mixed Choir will, Ariana Puhar - violin 5 Apr, 22:00 Diknu Schneeberger Trio Opening of the 34th Slovenian Music finest voice of Portugal and beyond, on the opening concert of The Aleš Puhar - piano Jazz Club Gajo-Jazz Paradise 8 Apr, 20:00 Days Salgueiro has released her second Slovenian Music Days, perform 1 Apr, 19:30 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress solo and taken European Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. Town hall Jadranka Juras Quintet - jazz centre audiences by storm. The Philharmonic Society, founded Admission free Guest: Lana Petrovič - vocal Fado elements interlace seamlessly in 1794, archives contained 3 Apr, 20:00 Bullet for My Valentine (G. Britain) - with folk motifs to make a delightful a manuscript score of this Slamič Coffeehouse metal musical blend. symphony, a copy made in 1808 + Overpower Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra of the original autograph score 1 Apr, 19:00 Håkan Hardenberger - conductor - Teresa Salgueiro (Portugal) - fado used for the Sixth Symphony’s 11 Apr, Cankarjev dom cultural Kino Šiška trumpet premiere performance in Vienna. and congress centre 4 Apr, 19:30 What makes the Ljubljana score Bokadema - West African music Cankarjev dom cultural and congress of Beethoven’s Sixth so valuable, 1 Apr, 21:00 centre besides its authenticity, are the Prulček bar Programme: J. Haydn / T. Takemicu / W. composer’s own handwritten Viktor Radić Lutosławski notes and corrections. Beethoven Tanja Činč is also one of the most eminent Leonard Razboršek - cello 2 Apr, 19:30 honorary members of Ljubljana’s Hermina Hudnik - piano Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Philharmonic Society. The Mihael Mitev - bassoon performance of his Pastoral Mart Nadja Rus - piano Symphony to mark the bicentenary The Frictions 4 Apr, 19:30 of his honorary membership will 2 Apr, 20:00 Russian Centre for Science and Culture be conducted by Simon Dvoršak. Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Soap&Skin (Austria) - alter pop centre + Jungstötter 4 Apr, 20:00 Kino Šiška 8 www.visitljubljana.com www.visitljubljana.com 9 Music Music

The Ills (SlovakIa) - post-rock Raul Midón (USA) The Dresden Philharmonic - classical music + ŠKM banda 14 Apr, 20:00 12 Apr, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre 11 Apr, 20:00 Kino Šiška Kino Šiška Plužni filozofi- rock Stand Art Blues band 15 Apr, 20:00 Lubomyr Melnyk, the piano mag 11 Apr, 21:00 Prulček bar who has been making piano music Prulček bar exciting again alongside Nils Frahm, Schallfeld Ensemble Olafur Arnalds and other fellow Dresden Philharmonic 15 Apr, 20:00 musicians, is bringing the piano Michael Sanderling - conductor Cankarjev dom cultural and congress closer to contemporary popular Beatrice Rana - piano centre music, and in turn winning over 12 Apr, 20:00 Ic3peak (Russia) - alternative hip-hop young generations of musicians Cankarjev dom cultural and congress + pavleisdead and audiences alike. Lubomyr centre 15 Apr, 20:00 Melnyk is a true innovator, exploring Programme: J. Brahms Kino Šiška new directions for contemporary Marko Brecelj music. Classically trained and Sofia Rei & JC Maillard 12 Apr, 20:00 greatly affected by the minimalist 16 Apr, 20:00 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress movement in the early 1970s, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress The Dresden Philharmonic boasts a Mercury - Freedman / Caloia (Canada) Michael Weiskopf (USA) centre the Ukrainian pianist developed centre 150-year-tradition as the orchestra 8 Apr, 21:00 9 Apr, 21:00 Concert and performance his own unique language for the of the Saxony’s capital city and Prulček bar Prulček bar Slowind - wind quintet piano, named after the principle of Bob Dylan Tribute - The Complete as one of the leading German 16 Apr, 20:00 maintaining a continuous, unbroken Hana Feguš - violin Armin Ćoralić - piano Unknowns orchestras. The orchestra keeps Bežigrajska Gallery 2 stream of sound. Playing rapid Tanja Šterman - piano 10 Apr, 19:30 12 Apr, 20:00 astounding the audiences with its O•zvočenje 17 - Music Festival and complex note patterns made Duo Nagode - Krajčič Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Ljubljana Castle very own “Dresden sound”. Lubomyr one of the world’s fastest 9 Apr, 19:30 centre Jazz Club Ljubljana Castle Principal Conductor of the Dresden concert pianists. City Hall Programme: B. Glavina / F. Liszt / L. van Philharmonic since 2011, Michael Prulers - garage punk rock Admission free Beethoven / J. S. Bach-F. Busoni Sanderling is an internationally 12 Apr, 21:00 Young to Young concert series Lubomyr Melnyk (Ukraine) - piano acclaimed musicians who has Mario Batković - accordion Prulček bar 23 Apr, Kino Šiška built a great rapport with the Damir Avdić, glas - guitar Zoran Predin - rock Striktnovinil Funk-Soul Night - funky, ensemble. A maestro of great 9 Apr, 20:00 10 Apr, 20:00 soul, jazz musical and technical ambition, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Cankarjev dom cultural and congress 12 Apr, 22:00 Sanderling’s name is associated centre centre Jazz Club Gajo-Jazz Paradise with concentrated rehearsal work The Partizan Choir Gala dance Orchestra - evergreen and concerts of unforgettable Vlado Kreslin and Mali bogovi - rock, 9 Apr, 20:00 10 Apr, 20:00 intensity. folk Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Slamič Coffeehouse Young pianist Beatrice Rana 13 Apr, 21:00 centre (1993) is making waves on the Smrdel-Sever-Smrdel trio - jazz Cvetličarna 75th anniversary of the choir international classical music 10 Apr, 21:00 Laurylin - rock scene, arousing admiration and Duo Braseiro Prulček bar 13 Apr, 21:00 interest from concert presenters, 9 Apr, 20:00 Teresa Salgueiro (Portugal) - fado Prulček bar conductors, critics and audiences Hostel Celica 11 Apr, 20:00 around the world. The Harmony of the World concert series Mi2 - rock Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Admission free 14 Apr, 20:00 centre SNG Drama

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Kontrabant Wind quintet Vivus Riblja Čorba (Serbia) - rock Anastomoza - jazz, swing Balkan Open Jam - Romania 16 Apr, 21:00 Svirél folk instruments 19 Apr, 20:00 23 Apr, 21:00 27 Apr, 21:00 Hostel Celica 18 Apr, 19:30 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Prulček bar Prulček bar The Harmony of the World concert series Križanke centre The Gesuldo Six The Iron Maidens Admission free Programme: S. Barber / P. Hindemith / Full Moon Collective 24 Apr, 19:30 + SkyEye G. Ligetti Mišišipi 19 Apr, 21:00 Slovenian Philharmonic Hall 28 Apr, 20:00 Programme: J. S. Bach / Ž. Stanič / F. 16 Apr, 21:00 Ljubljana Castle Kino Šiška Schwenk / , C. Thomain, J. L. Noton, G. Divanhana (BiH) - sevdah music Prulček bar Jazz Club Ljubljana Castle Caporilli, M. Eisl, F. Marocco, A. Astier, W. 24 Apr, 20:00 Gold (Netherlands), Pressor (Russia) - Saeta - experimental music Popp, G. Perlman, G. Fauré, T. Uhlik Extaza Kino Šiška sludge-progressive 17 Apr, 19:00 Young Virtuosi international concert 19 Apr, 21:00 29 Apr, 20:00 Emil Spanyi & Primož Grašič trio - jazz Bežigrajska Gallery 2 series Prulček bar Metelkova mesto alternative culture 24 Apr, 20:00 O•zvočenje 17 - Music Festival Free tickets centre Fusion with Faunovo popoldne - funky, Slamič Coffeehouse Jimmy Stanić & Scharf trio (Croatia) - Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and soul, jazz Mišišipi Bruno Mičetić & Peter Ugrin kvartet evergreen Choir 19 Apr, 22:00 30 Apr, 21:00 - jazz 17 Apr, 20:00 Pietro Mianiti - conductor Jazz Club Gajo-Jazz Paradise Prulček bar Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz is an 24 Apr, 21:00 Slamič Coffeehouse Francesca Manzo - soprano American singer-songwriter, Author & Punisher, Lingua Ignota (USA) Prulček bar 18 Apr, 19:30 multi-instrumentalist, record Marta Močnik Pirc - soprano; Dejan - industrial/noise Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Bassless (Slovenia) - a cappella producer, and actor. His retro style Maksimilijan Vrbančič - tenor; Jože 20 Apr, 21:00 Programme: Verdi’s Easter music with 25 Apr, 20:00 incorporates elements of rock, soul, Vidic - baritone; Lana Trotovšek - violin; Metelkova mesto alternative culture guests from the Milan Scala. Kino Šiška R’n’B, funk, reggae, hard rock, folk Gregor Klančič - organ centre and ballad. When he is recording, Chamber Choir Ave Sleep - metal Supershow #6 - jam session Vagabunda he often plays all the guitars, bass, Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra + Cojones 25 Apr, 21:00 21 Apr, 22:00 drums, keyboards and percussions. (students and professors) 18 Apr, 20:00 Prulček bar Prulček bar His stage performances and music Uroš Lajovic - conductor Kino Šiška Mono (Japan) - post rock videos are very elaborate. 17 Apr, 19:30 The New Standard Trio feat. Jamie Saft, Wax Road (Moldova) + Jo Quail Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Steve Swallow & Bobby Previte 18 Apr, 21:00 26 Apr, 20:00 Programme: U. Krek / A. Lajovic 23 Apr, 20:00 Lenny Kravitz (USA) - rock Prulček bar Kino Šiška 27 Apr, Stožice sports hall Easter Concert Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Marjan Loborec and Lenart Krečič centre Sarah & The Romans (Croatia) - Bojan Drobež - acoustic guitar Sextet bluegrass band 18 Apr, 19:00 Emil Spanyi & Primož Grašič trio - jazz 18 Apr, 22:00 26 Apr, 21:00 Bežigrajska Gallery 2 23 Apr, 20:00 Jazz Club Gajo-Jazz Paradise Prulček bar O•zvočenje 17 - Music Festival Slamič Coffeehouse Nataša Zupan - soprano Nipke & The Nipples RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra Lubomyr Melnyk (Ukraine) - piano Sabina Stella Gruden - mezzosoprano 26 Apr, 21:00 Rossen Milanov - conductor 23 Apr, 20:00 Andrej Zupan - clarinet; David Jagodic - Ljubljana Castle Mojca Bitenc - soprano; Monika Bohinec Kino Šiška tenor; Nejc Lavrenčič - piano Jazz Club Ljubljana Castle - alt; Martin Sušnik - tenor; Domen 19 Apr, 19:30 Hamlet Express Križaj - baritone Striktnovinil Funk-Soul Night Slovenian Philharmonic Hall 23 Apr, 21:00 Glasbena matica Ljubljana mixed choir 26 Apr, 22:00 Hostel Celica 18 Apr, 19:30 Chui (Croatia) - jazz, rock Jazz Club Gajo-Jazz Paradise The Harmony of the World concert series Cankarjev dom cultural and congress 19 Apr, 20:00 Admission free Lenny Kravitz (USA) - rock centre Kino Šiška 27 Apr, 20:00 Programme: J. Haydn / F. Schubert Dvorana Stožice

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Wunderbar Open Kitchen Stand up with Eddie Izzard Fridays, 10:00 - 21:00 14 Apr, 20:00 Pogačarjev trg square Cankarjev dom cultural and congress On Fridays from mid-March to October, centre the Open Kitchen, a food market, offers Spring is the perfect time to you an opportunity to meet Slovenian visit Arboretum Volčji Potok. The I. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring chefs, taste Slovenian and international flowering of daffodils, announcing Puppet Theatre Ljubljana dishes, and learn about different the end of winter, first complements 14 and 15 Apr, 20:00 methods of food preparation. our collection of woody plants. As Puppet ballet for adults In case of bad weather, the market may many as 100 different types and A.Adam: Giselle - ballet be cancelled. varieties of daffodils adorn the park 16 Apr, 19:30 with their yellow flowers, creating LJFW - Ljubljana Fashion Week Opera house a beautiful spring atmosphere. 1 Apr, 17:00 Soon afterwards, the park is graced Hugleikur Dagsson (Iceland) Trg republike square with the spring tulip exhibition, 16 Apr, 20:00 Beer-Burger Fest which changes the image of the Rosas: A Love Supreme - dance performance Klub smeha 10ka 7 Apr, 11:00 - 21:00 Arboretum every day and invite 8 Apr, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre Stand Up Comedy Show Pogačarjev trg square fans of flowers from near and far Ph. Glass: Beauty and the Beast - opera The Pivo & Burger Fest (Beer & Burger to see. Amongst the endless fields Choreography: Salva Sanchis, Anne Yaamaam, what was, it was - dance Sita Ostheimer: Praying - dance 18 and 19 Apr, 19:30 Fest) is returning in its new and of colourful tulips, you will find as Teresa De Keersmaeker performance premiere performance Opera house improved 12th edition. The beer and many as 350 different varieties. A Love Supreme, a dance quartet Authorship, choreography and Lina Gómez: Restraint - dance burger make a great team, but the Some bloom in the first half of April, created by Salva Sanchis and Anne performance: Maša Kagao Knez performance Ph. Glass: Beauty and the Beast - opera trend goes for pairing beer with just whilst the last tulips delight visitors Teresa De Keersmaeker, is based on 4 and 5 Apr, 20:00 11 Apr, 20:00 20 Apr, 17:00 about any food imaginable. From spicy with their flowers in the forest part John Coltrane’s eponymous album. PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana Španski boric Opera house specialities of the Eastern World to of the Arboretum. In A Love Supreme, Coltrane A Love Supreme - dance performance A.Adam: Giselle - ballet premiere A. Adam: Giselle - ballet creamy desserts, from rich traditional Tourist and expert guided tours for and his musicians deployed Rosas (Belgium) 11 Apr, 19:30 24 and 25 Apr, 19:30 cold cuts to hip and modern plates. groups are available on request. a compelling and deceptively 8 Apr, 19:30 Opera house Opera house simple musical structure to Cankarjev dom cultural and congress allow for a complete freedom Heroj 2.0: The Show of all Shows A. Adam: Giselle - ballet centre of improvisation, continuously Performers: Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis 26 Apr, 18:00 Choreography: Salva Sanchis, Anne pushing the boundaries of every 11 and 12 Apr, 20:00 Opera house Teresa De Keersmaeker musical register. This freedom of Španski boric Derreck Carriveau (USA) creation, i.e. improvisation, allows M. Delak: Just for Today - dance Performance is in English. 26 Apr, 20:00 an entrancing and literal translation Authorship and performance: Anja A.Adam: Giselle - ballet Klub smeha 10ka into dance: for this performance, Bornšek, Maja Delak, Snježana Premuš, 12 Apr, 18:00 Comedy Night in English II the choreographers took on the Kristýna Šajtošová, Urška Vohar Opera house challenge of blending improvisation 8 Apr, 21:00 Tine Rožanc Folklore Group and composition into a seamless Old Power Station A.Adam: Giselle - ballet 27 Apr, 19:30 choreographic whole. 13 Apr, 19:30 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress Opera house centre The jubilant performance celebrating the 70th anniversary of ŽKUD Tine Rožanc Folklore Group The Spring Exhibition 13 Apr - 5 May, 8:00 - 20:00

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