Bohinj Summer Music Festival

Contact

Glasbeno poletje v Bohinju

info@bohinj-info.com

Organised byTurizem Bohinj Institute

Roman Leskovic

roman.leskovic@gmail.com

Phone386 (0) 41 666 151

Frequencyannual

Festival dates20.8.2015

Bohinj Summer Musical Festival was launched in 1996 and has since than been more or less faithfully held in the architecturally and acoustically stunning St. Martin's Church in the village of Srednja vas. The festival brings classical music concerts to the charming alpine area around the Bohinj lake, catering to tourists as well as to a very dedicated and regular Slovenian audience. The festival was initiated by the violinist and nowadays still its artistic director Roman Leskovic, and was at first run by Didakta Publishing House. Since 2011, the organiser is Turizem Bohinj Institute.

The festival takes place on five consecutive evenings in July and August, and has of recent years also an additional June evening that is focused on locals and brings a more contemporary, pop oriented acts like Perpetuum Jazzile. That evening is usually held in Jože Ažman Cultural Centre in Bohinjska Bistrica.

Some of the foreign musicians hosted at the festival were the world-renowned Leipzig String Quartet, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Jess-Trio-Wien, the flautist Michael Martin Kofler from Munich Philharmonics, the pianist Jasminka Stančul and so on. Of the local ones, one can name Irena Grafenauer, Mojca Zlobko, Marko Fink, Matej Bekavac, Janez Lotrič, Stanko Arnold, etc.

External links

• Bohinj Summer Musical Festival news