Events November 2016 Index Ljubljana European Green Capital 2016 Festivals 4 Exhibitions 5 Music 7 Opera, theatre, dance 14 Miscellaneous 16 Sports 17 Cover photo: D. Wedam Edited and published by: Ljubljana Tourism, Krekov trg 10, SI-1000 Ljubljana, www.visitljubljana.com Photo E. Kaše T: +386 1 306 45 83, E: [email protected], Get to know Ljubljana, the European Green Capital 2016, on a special city tour run as part W: www.visitljubljana.com of a series of green, sustainability-themed tours of Ljubljana. Photography: Archives of Ljubljana The tours will take visitors to Tivoli Park or the Ljubljana Botanic Garden, two of the city’s Tourism and individual event organisers major green attractions. On each tour, a Ljubljana Tourism guide will introduce visitors to Prepress: Prajs d.o.o. the sustainability projects while taking them around the city’s green nooks and crannies. 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Highlights in November Andrea Bocelli 5 Nov 9 - 20 Nov 15 Nov 19 Nov, 20:00 Ljubljana Wine LIFFe Jean-Michel Jarre Andrea Bocelli Route The extremely The famous French The famous tenor The Ljubljana Wine popular Ljubljana musician, composer Andrea Bocelli will Route, a wine International Film and producer give a concert of tasting and culinary Festival, better Jean-Michel Jarre, arias from well- event held gives known as LIFFe, will who is known as known operas as you an opportunity once again present the godfather well as hit songs to taste wines from the best and the of electronic from famous films. all the wine regions latest in European music, will stop in p. 12 of Slovenia. and international Ljubljana on his p. 16 film production. Electronica World p. 4 Tour. p. 11 www.visitljubljana.com 3 Festivals 27th LIFFe - Ljubljana International Film Festival 9 - 20 Nov, various locations Festival, better known as LIFFe, will Retrospective, Film Goes to the Cinema once again add vibrancy to the city’s LIFFe Perspectives, the official competitive autumn cultural life by p presenting Focus, an insight into a prominent section of new authors competing for the best and the latest in European contemporary national cinematography. and international film production. the Kingfisher Award sponsored by Telekom Slovenija, d.d. The festival’s main competition Kinobalon, a selection of films for strand, Perspectives, will feature children aged between 7 and 14; in Avant-premieres, a selection of films by emerging film directors, association with the Kinodvor Cinema who will compete for the Kingfisher the world’s most compelling films purchased for Slovenian distribution (Vodomec) award. Other awards to Tribute: Polish director Jerzy be handed out include the FIPRESCI Skolimowski, winner of the Golden Lion Kings and Queens, films by notable prize, voted for by a panel of judges Award for Life Achievements at the 2016 and award-winning virtuosos of from the International Federation Venice FF and guest of the 27th Liffe. of Film Critics, the Dragon (Zmaj) contemporary cinema audience award, and the Best Short Europe in Short, competitive World Film Panorama, front-runners of Film award. programme of short film www.liffe.si five-continent festivals Festival Venues Extravaganza, so-called late-night Cankarjev dom cultural and congress cinema of daring artists addressing centre, Kinodvor Cinema, Kino Šiška idiosyncratic or sensual topics of Cinema, Kino Komuna Cinema, colour film commemorating the Slovenian Cinematheque, Kolosej centennial of the pioneering process of Maribor, Kino Metropol Celje and Anton producing colour movies, the celebrated Podbevšek Theatre Novo mesto. Technicolor. 4 www.visitljubljana.com Exhibitions InterLACEd The Living Treasures of Our Waters - 21 Jun - Dec Slovene Ethnographic open-air photographic exhibition Museum 29 Sep - 1 Dec 2016 The Tivoli Park Temporary exhibition by SEM The Living Treasures of Our Waters is a Lace is a perforated fabric made of photographic exhibition presenting the textile or similar threads with patterns extraordinary diversity of living beings The central overview of Slovenian of holes. It conveys messages of inhabiting Slovenian rivers, brooks, illustration, the Biennial unites its manufacturing techniques and lakes, and other aquatic environments. older and younger generations structure, use, temporal and spatial of illustrators employing diverse The Centres of Printmaking: At the changes, and diverse meanings. It also artistic methods and rewards their Intersection of Knowledge, Learning symbolizes the invisible links between finest achievements with the Hinko and Cooperation different time periods, places, and Smrekar Award, as well as the 11 Oct - 8 Feb 2017 International Centre of people. The exhibition presents a great Smrekar distinctions and accolades. Graphic Arts variety of museum laces and others by The 2016 Life Achievement Award The exhibition is being organized which the basic typology of ornamental goes to Marjan Manček, presentation in collaboration with two similar techniques, traditional and other of his works will be curated by institutions from Belgrade and contemporary applications and multiple Tatjana Pregl Kobe. For the past Philadelphia. The Print Center from dimensions of their use is shown. forty years Marjan Manček has Philadelphia (USA), founded in 1915, is Among others, there is a collection employed illustration as his main taking part with works by contemporary of laces presented of the Slovene vehicle of expression, infusing it artists paired up with artists that have Ethnographic Museum, which is one of heavily with his signature humour. an important historical connection to the largest in Slovenia In cooperation with the Section of their organization. The “Academija” Open: 10:00 - 19:00, Sundays 10:00 - Illustrators of the Union of Slovene Center for Graphic Arts and Visual 14:00 Fine Arts Associations; catalogue Researches, founded in 1995, on the text by Judita Krivec Dragan other hand, is part of the Faculty of Fine Open: 10:00 - 19:00, Sundays 10:00 - Arts in Belgrade. It presents a selection 14:00. Closed: Mondays 12th Slovenian Biennial of llustration 18 Nov - 1 Mar 2017, Cankarjev dom Gallery www.visitljubljana.com 5 Exhibitions of prints from its own production with The Faces of Ljubljana Zoran Mušič (1909-2005) an emphasis on artists of various artistic Permanent exhibition of the City Permanent exhibition at the National expressions, to whom printmaking Museum of Ljubljana provides a Gallery represents an additional opportunity for reflection of the city as a living Zoran Mušič, the best known 20th exploration. environment, as well as an economic, century Slovenian-born painter Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays political, administrative and creative and a man with more than one centre. The life of Ljubljana and its homeland, spent most of his life Tone Lapajne: Memory of Earth inhabitants in the past is unveiled between Venice and Paris. He mostly 22 Nov - 5 Mar 2017 Jakopič Gallery through carefully chosen material painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, The Jakopič Gallery is posthumously sources which are highly representative Dalmatian donkeys and horses, trees, presenting an important Slovenian artist of their respective time and constitute views of Venice, double portraits with with an impressive oeuvre, but who has distinctive rounded-up thematic units. his wife Ida, and poignant self-portraits yet to get his due. Today, Tone Lapajne Take a look at the faces which have depicting him as an old man. His visual is best known as a painter, especially created the capital of Slovenia. motifs were always related to the for his paintings, which he created with Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00 - Slovenian region of Kras and its typical the help of soil, usually that from the 21:00. Closed: Mondays and 1 Nov scenes. He became world famous with marshes or saltpans. With them he his series of paintings We Are Not the formed one of the most recognisable Puppet Museum at Ljubljana Castle Last, in which he relived the scenes he and intimate variations of Informel Art. Slovenia is a country with a rich tradition experienced in the Dachau concentration Saturdays at 16:30 guided tours in of puppeteering. The Puppet Museum’s camp. Ljubljana’s National Gallery English permanent exhibition, set up by the displays the world’s only permanent Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, introduces survey exhibition of Mušič’s work, you to the history of puppeteering Plečnik Collection which explores the entire range of the in Slovenia and the creativity of The new permanent exhibition at the famous artist’s painting techniques. The contemporary Slovenian puppeteers, Plečnik House in Trnovo presents the majority of exhibited works come from presents the most popular puppet most important projects of the late the Ljuban, Milada and Vanda Mušič characters, and gives you an insight architect. Plečnik’s creativity comes Collection, owned by the family of the into puppeteering techniques and the to life through the plans, models and artist’s brother. process of creating a puppet show. photographs of his creations such as the Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00- After viewing the exhibition, you can try Zacherl House in Vienna, Prague Castle, 20:00. Closed: Mondays and 1 Nov your hand at puppeteering skills. the National and University Library in Open: 9:00 - 18:00 daily Ljubljana, the Ljubljana Central Market, Žale Cemetery, the Church of St.