Friday, 9th July, at 9 pm

SLOVENSKÝ KOMORNÝ ORCHESTER Bohdana Warchala /
Bohdan Warchal Slovak Chamber Orchestra (SK)

Concert master: Ewald Danel - violin

Programme: G. F. Händel: Concerto grosso No.1, Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Peter Breiner: The Beatles Concerto grosso No.1

Friday, 16th July, at 9 pm

MAK GRGIĆ - guitar (SI)
Guest: Prokofiev Guitar Duo (SI)

Programme: H. Kapsberger, G. Zamboni, D. Scarlatti,
A. Čagalj, N. Kuhar, J. Rodrigo

Friday, 23rd July, at 9 pm

ARTIS QUARTET WIEN (AT)

Guest: Jože Kotar – clarinet (SI)

Programme: J. Haydn: Op.20/5, W. A. Mozart: Quintet K 458/387,  E. Wellesz: No3

Friday, 30th July, at 9 pm

ALEKSEJ VOLODIN - piano (Russia)

Programme: Frédéric Chopin: 24 Prélude, Barcarolle Fis-dur op. 60 , Sonate Nr. 3 h-moll op. 58 

Thursday, 5th August, at 9 pm

Uroš Petrač - tenor (SI), Bert Mooiman - piano (NL)

Programme: Verdi, Schubert, Schumann, Naples canzonas (Tosti, Encore: 'O sole mio), Brahms, Chopin (piano solo)

Friday, 6th August, at 9 pm

MAGNIFICENT WORKS FOR COUNTERTENOR

MAX EMANUEL CENČIČ - countertenor (AT), Megumi Otsuka – piano (JP)

Programme: Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti

MUSICAL EVENINGS OF PIRAN (1978-2011)

International Chamber Music Festival
Concerts under the stars – for already 33 years now
From 1th July until 5th August 2011 * 9 PM
Cloister of St. Francis Minor Friars Monastery of Piran

This year's cycle of exclusive Piran audio postcards represents a summer gift to an ultimate chamber music amateur in a time when it seems that artistic creativity, values and tradition are dwindling in the taste of contemporary tides.  

Friday, 22th July, at 9 pm
Cloister of St. Francis Minor Friars
Monastery of Piran

JACK QUARTET (New York):
Christopher Otto - violin
Ari Streisfeld - violin
John Pickford Richards - viola
Kevin McFarland - cello

Guest: Mak Grgić - guitar (Slovenia)

PROGRAMME:
G. de Machaut – A. Streisfeld: Inviolata Genitrix *, 
C. Burhans: Contritus *, 
C. Gesualdo - A. Streisfeld: Madrigals*, 
I. Xenakis: Tetras, 
Nina Šenk: ..entourer... for guitar and string quartet **

*premiere performance in Slovenia
**world premiere

The JACK Quartet is breaking new ground with "viscerally exciting perform-ances" (New York Times) of "explosive virtuosity" (Boston Globe). Alex Ross (New Yorker) proclaimed their performance of Iannis Xenakis' complete string quartets as being "exceptional" and "beautifully harsh," and Mark Swed (Los Angeles Times) called their sold-out performances of Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 3 In iij. Noct. "mind-blowingly good."

MUSICAL EVENINGS OF PIRAN (1978-2010)
International Chamber Music Festival
From 9th July until 6th August 2010

Concerts under the stars – for already 32 years now
Cloister of St. Francis Minor Friars Monastery of Piran

This year's cycle of exclusive Piran audio postcards represents a summer gift to an ultimate chamber music amateur in a time when it seems that artistic creativity, values and tradition are dwindling in the taste of contemporary tides.  

With this year’s festival we boldly introduce conceptual novelties, such as »Young Virtuosos of Piran« concert together with the accompanying programme: musical workshop and photographic exhibition.

The programme guideline of this season is to introduce to the public the performing energy of pearls from the treasury of Slovenian and global creativity in an extremely accessible, easygoing and sensual manner, in performance of top, most recognized and valued musical artists of the moment.

With a project interface of renowned Slovenian and foreign musicians we gradually develop the ideas of multicultural dialogue and of connecting the European and Slovenian classical musical tradition on the highest performance level which it is funded on.

The musical programme will take its course also under the sign of anniversary jubilees of the guest ensembles and two important composers from a romantic period: Robert Schumann and Frédéric François Chopin (200th birth anniversary).

Emphasis and interconnection of motifs of the festival is also on: exclusivity, continuity, tradition, prestige, responsibility and harmony.

Be among the stars of the classical music. Musical virtuosos of the world will be in Piran for You!

OUVERTURE INTO EVENING HARMONIES

YOUNG VIRTUOSOS IN PIRAN

MUSICAL SINERGIES

HOMMAGE TO CHOPIN

NAPLES CANZONAS AND OPERA ARIAS

PARADE OF OPERA ARIAS

MUSICAL WORKSHOP

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIO

Saturday, 17th July, at 5 pm, convent refectory

WORLD OF YOUNG ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS
(through the eyes of Mak G. and Nejc K.)