About the Maribor Festival
Autumn musical celebration,that expands horizons
A day when time beats to the beat of musical masterpieces. An evening when the power of music overwhelms you. The moment when the heartbeat sounds.
A cradle of new sounds, a map of undiscovered musical landscapes, a launching pad into new constellations.
laboratory,where originality sparks and creativity is honed.
A bridge between musical periods, a meeting point of artistic expressions.
Ocean of new sciences,the harbor of friendship.
A real opportunity for first contact with classical music, a sophisticated offer for connoisseurs.
A festival with a top line-up of internationally established musical artists and an expert selection of young talents.
A festival with a proud half-century tradition and
with a piercing gaze, I look to the future.
About the Maribor festival
In our space, the Festival Maribor is a unique festival platform that questions old concert forms with a curatorial approach, dispels preconceived notions about classical music and connects music and musicians who are otherwise divided by the formal dividing lines of musical genres. He implements this concept with his own productions and co-productions, in which he connects with prominent soloists, bands and institutions from Slovenia and abroad.
Each time the focus of the festival follows the tendency to expand the traditional understanding of the target audience. With our events, we address everyone who wants to hear and experience the exciting and high-quality re-creation of classical music, but at the same time we offer content that discovers new musical and artistic worlds and unexpected connections, which attract both curious guests and those who have reservations about classical music and do not go to these kinds of concerts, but are interested in art or simply in a diverse cultural experience free time.
With freely accessible interactive content, we address the widest potential audience, especially children or families with children, for whom we enable a comprehensive group experiencing top art in a relaxed environment tailored to them. An important aspect of the Maribor Festival is the selection of exceptional Maribor concert venues, which, with the interweaving of musical and spatial features, enable the mutual enrichment of content and ambience. With this, visitors are given unique acoustic, visual or even museum or tourist experiences.
Festival Maribor is characterized by both performance and content top music events, which either come from the canon of classical music or challenge and build upon it. The bold festival communication and visual image follow this modern concept and reinforce the image of the festival as a vital modern descendant of a tradition with strong and deep roots.
With this, as well as with a series of laudatory responses in the media, we strengthen visibility among the local audience and arouse the interest of foreign visitors. The Maribor Festival is the top cultural product of the city, which appreciates its uniqueness, its peculiarities
noble with urban charm and modern boldness.
Artists at the Maribor festival
Festival program they co-create various musicians and international bands. They enrich the musical experience of the Maribor Festival not only masters of the classical music tradition, but also exceptional and open musicians of other musical styles.
Along with foreign star names, the core of musical creation at the Maribor Festival is made up of renowned local musicians. We cooperate with Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra, Chamber String Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic and many outstanding local soloists.
A constant in the programming concept of the Festival Maribor are the presentation and promotion of young Slovenian artistsfor which it is
gigging alongside giants of classical music
great experience and travel guide for the future.
Venues
Concerts take place in various Maribor concert halls and other smaller venues full of history and charm, such as the Art Nouveau Union Hall, which is appreciated for its excellent acoustics, the General Maistro Hall in the National House, the Knights' Hall and the arcades of the Maribor Provincial Museum, the Great Hall and the SNG Casino Hall Maribor and the interior and exterior spaces of Vetrinjski dvor.
The musicians delighted even random passing listeners with their spontaneous outdoor performances!
The producer and organizer of the Maribor Festival is the National House of Maribor.






