DUO DENDROCOPOS (SLO)
At 7.00 pm, Festival hall of Ptuj Castle, Price: 12 €
Duo Dendrocopos are two unique percussionists, Jan Čibej and Luka Poljanec, both students of the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana. They participated in many competitions; the most prestigious one was International Percussion Competition in Luxembourg (IPCL) in Luxemburg, where they won. They play repertoire of Mullenbach, Morag, Strawinsky, Scarlatti and modern composers.
ENSEMBLE ILLYRYCA (SLO, CRO, ETI, USA)
At 7.00 pm, Festival hall of Ptuj Castle, Price: 12 €
Performing: Nika Bauman – flute, Iva Casian Lakoš – cello, Hiwote Tadesse – viola, Marko Ferlan – guitar
Ensemble Illyrica is an international chamber music group with a diverse cultural background. The innovative combination of instruments (flute, viola, guitar, and cello) produces a repertoire consisting of original pieces, arrangements and new works by young composers written specifically for Illyrica.
ZAGREB CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
AND YOUNG SOLOISTS
At 7.00 pm, Festival hall of Ptuj Castle, Price: 12 €
Zagreb Chamber Orchestra has a rich tradition of performing baroque, classical and contemporary music. It was established by Rudolf Matz in 1937. They work with soloists, such as Maxim Fedotov, Monika Leskovar, Galina Petrova, Francois Weigel etc. They are proud to work together with Maxim Fedotov, who is an honorary leader of the orchestra and art director of the festival Musica Maxima.
SOLENT DUO (SLO, COL)
At 7.00 pm, Festival hall of Ptuj Castle, Price: 12 €
Performing: Meliza Metzger Gómez – soprano, Mario Kurtjak – guitar
Solent Duo are Colombian soprano Meliza Metzger Gomez and Slovenian guitarist Mario Kurtjak. They both graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London. They are especially interested in discovering the mysteries of a repertoire for coloratura soprano and guitar. Their music is about love and cherishes composers, such as Donizetti, Mozart, Schubert, Fauré and Gounod.
NIKA GORIČ – SOPRANO (SLO) & JOHAN BARNOIN – KLAVIR (FRA)
At 7.30 pm, Festival hall of Ptuj Castle, Price: 12 €
Nika Gorič is one of the rising stars of Slovenian classical music. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was awarded Queen’s award for a student of the year. She debuted in Slovenia in 2016 as Norina from Don Pasqual of Donizetti. Since then, she has performed in many operas, at Salzburger Festspiele, she performed with various worldwide known orchestras and in several prestigious halls, such as Wigmore Hall and Kings Place and at BBC Radio 3, where she performed Bach’s cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis.