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Križanke Summer Theatre

Venue

The Križanke summer theatre is managed by the Festival Ljubljana. Formerly the oldest monastery in the city belonging to the Order of the Teutonic Knights, the venue was renovated following the plans of architect Jože Plečnik in 1950. Križanke outdoor theatre is considered to be one of the most beautiful and acoustic open-air venues in Slovenia. The big stage with an orchestra pit is suitable for various theatre-music productions (operas, operettas, ballets, etc.), symphony concerts, theatre productions, as well as pop and jazz concerts. Location: Ljubljana

Krka Wind Orchestra

Artist

Krka Wind Orchestra was established in 1957 in Straža, Slovenia. Krka Wind Orchestra is a group of amateur musicians who are dedicated to perform music at the highest possible level of excellence. Audiences benefit from hearing artists performing a classical and contemporary repertoire. Their concert performances are full of spirit, precision and enthusiasm. Besides bringing the new musical repertoire to our community, the Krka Wind Orchestra also contributes to the music education of young people. The orchestra has played with some of Slovenian's leading soloists as well as with international ones. Conductor of the orchestra is Matevž Novak. The achievements show that the orchestra is internationally recognized and is progressing constantly. In 2005 the orchestra won a gold medal with distinction at the World Music Contest in Netherlands. It is a multiple winner of the International Band Competition FLICORNO D’ORO in Italy (1995, 1997, 1999, 2015) and winner of Bamberg in Germany (2002) and in Pécs in Hungary (2010). The orchestra is five-time winner of the Slovenian National Championship, including twice in the top Excellence Category in 2006 and 2012.

Krško Culture House

Venue

Krško Culture House is a public institution operating in the cultural sphere whose activities include holding exhibitions on various topics, organising non-subscription theatre and music productions, programming subscription series for children and adults, producing arts and cultural, educational and other events, serving as an agency for cultural events that are self-produced or produced by other cultural organisations or individual culture professionals, etc. Location: Krško

Krško Youth Centre

Venue

Occupying completely renovated and redecorated premises, the Krško Youth Centre organises various educational and cultural events (music, dance, photography, video…). Location: Krško

KUD Kataman

Promoter

KUD Kataman has been involved in music promotion since 2005.

KUD Mreža

Promoter

Since the founding of Metelkova mesto (1993), the Mreža cultural and artistic association has been striving to improve the infrastructural and production conditions on Ljubljana's independent cultural and artistic scene. The KUD Mreža association performed a concert cycle of freely improvised music and free jazz, Jazz at the Trough, between 2007 and 2015 at the Menza pri Koritu cultural and youth center. In 2016, such music was renamed FriForma, the emphasis remains on freely improvised music, whose program is curated by Nataša Serec and László Juhász. FriForma concert events take place at various venues in Ljubljana. The Jazz at the Trough cycle has in the past hosted artists such as Marc Ribot, Tristan Honsinger, Linda Sharrock, Keith Rowe, Martin Küchen, Seijiro Murayama and Kazutoki Umezu. Since 2016, FriForma has collaborated with the following music creators: Taku Sugimoto, John Butcher, Rie Nakajima, Alex Ward, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Jean-Luc Guionnet and Seymour Wright. FriForma has established numerous international collaborations between local and guest musicians, which is one of the biggest contributions. FriForm's concert cycle is complemented by Metabonmaj, a cycle for classical stage and contemporary composed music, curated by Jože Bogolin and Simon Klavžar. Andrea Centazzo, Mate Bekavac, Bruce Hamilton, Marko Hatlak, Valentine Collet, saxophone quartet 4 Saxess and percussion duo Drumartica are music performers who have performed as part of Metabonmaj since 2014. The cycle of concert events takes place exclusively in Klub Gromka, where classical composed music is rarely presented.

KUD Sestava

Promoter

KUD Sestava organises events in Hostel Celica, which is a part of Metelkova autonomous social and cultural centre. They organise exhibitions, poetry readings, talks and the famous "Sozočja sveta" concert cycle. They have been organising events since 1997.

Kühlschrank

Artist

Kühlschrank is a solo project by Simon Fuga, who released the album Konec nekega obdobja last autumn, featuring 13 songs created over the past decade. His music blends storytelling in the style of Interpol with intimate lyrical reflections on relationships, space, and time. The sound is based on acoustic guitar and 90s aesthetics, influenced by britpop, The Smiths, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, and David Bowie. Kühlschrank remains true to introspective and melancholic musical poetics.

Ladies' Vocal Quartet Gallina

Artist

Gallina, ladies’ vocal quartet (Ljubljana, Slovenia) dedicates special attention to Slovenian (folk) music, diverse choral music from the Renaissance to the contemporary period, music of the golden era of Slovenian popular song as well as foreign vocal jazz and pop compositions. The vocation Gallina considers of great importance encouraging young composers to write new choral pieces, thus enriching the treasury of compositions for female voices. In Gallina, four female voices meet: Maša Simčič, Živa Kolenc, Ana Plemenitaš and Višnja Fičor under the artistic leadership of Ana Erčulj.

Lagard

Artist

Lagard create and perform jazz-inflected music (jazz, swing, soul).