From 24 August to 8 September, the 23rd Tartini Festival will take place in the enchanting surroundings of Piran, an international summer chamber music festival celebrating the musical legacy of the famous Piran-born composer Giuseppe Tartini. Visitors to the festival will have the opportunity to hear Tartini's original violin three times.
Renowned for its rich history and outstanding performances, the Tartini Festival attracts music lovers from all over the world to immerse themselves in the enchanting melodies of Giuseppe Tartini. The Tartini Festival programme will include a magnificent repertoire that will present not only masterpieces by Giuseppe Tartini, but also works by other world-famous composers and Slovenian composers.
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The 23rd Tartini Festival will be opened by the legendary I Solisti Veneti from Padua, under the artistic direction of Giuliano Carella, in the Cross Corridor of the Minorite Monastery of St Francis in Piran. Photo: Tartini Festival archive
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Renowned French pianist Pierre-Laurent Boucharlat is in great demand as a renowned Beethoven expert and is frequently invited to give concerts, broadcasts and masterclasses all over the world. Photo: Tartini Festival archive
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The Constanze Quartet concert will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of this year's festival. For the first time, the Piran audience will have the privilege to experience their exceptional performance. Photo: Tartini Festival archive
"For the 23rd year in a row, we will bring to Piran world-renowned musicians who recreate Baroque music and will perform in historical ambiences the musical works of Piran-born Giuseppe Tartini and his contemporaries.
The festival is important not only because it preserves and promotes the musical heritage of this great composer, but also because it strengthens the cultural identity of the city of Piran, establishes new cultural links and offers exceptional concerts to guests and locals alike. One of the undoubted highlights of the festival is when world-famous soloists play Tartini's original violin.
This year we will hear the famous violin in three concerts, which is a great honour for the musicians too," say Jasna Nadles and Milan Vrsajkov, Artistic Directors and driving forces behind the Festival since its inception, adding, that "despite the financial challenges, they are committed to sharing Giuseppe Tartini's rich musical legacy with local and international audiences, and would like to see more decentralisation of funding, including from the relevant ministry, because the Tartini Festival depends on this kind of systemic support, as it is not necessarily commercial in nature. "
Date: 20. August 2024
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