Festival Spectrum 2024 – Summer Part
Admission FREE for all concerts
Tuesday 25th of June – Kulturni center Laško Monday 1st of July – MESTNI MUZEJ (CITY MUSEUM) – LJUBLJANA
AMAEL TRIO (Slovenia)
Volodja Balžalorsky, violin
Damir Hamidullin, cello
Zoltan Peter, piano
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (1900–1973), Maestoso Lugubre
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Trio in G minor, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Trio No. 7 in B Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
The concert pays tribute to the 200th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s birth and honors the memory of brothers Primož and Tomaž Lorenz. Both have significantly influenced our institution and the violinists of the Amael Trio and programme director of the Spectrum festival, Volodja Balžalorsky. Volodja honed his chamber music skills under Tomaž’s guidance and later became a professional colleague of Primož at the Ljubljana Academy of Music.
Wednesday 03. July at 20.30
MESTNI MUZEJ (CITY MUSEUM) – LJUBLJANA
AIMAN MUSSAKHAJAYEVA & BEATA ILLONA BARCZA (Kazakhstan, Hungary/Slovenia)

Aiman Mussakhajayeva, violin
Beata Illona Barcza, piano
Programme:
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
Sergej Prokofjev (1891–1953), Violin sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Tzigane
Monday 08. July at 20.30
MESTNI MUZEJ (CITY MUSEUM) – LJUBLJANA
ARON STRING QUARTET (Austria)
Ludwig Müller, violin
Barna Kobori, violin
Georg Hamann, viola
Christophe Pantillon, violoncello
guest: Yui Futaedo, soprano
Programme:
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951), String Quartet No. 2, Op.10
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From my Life”
The programme is entirely dedicated to Schönberg’s 150th and Smetana’s 200th anniversary.