The music programme of the anniversary 70th Dubrovnik Summer Festival brings a stellar musical treat – the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra joined by the virtuoso trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger under the baton of maestro Franz Anton Krager; Saturday 20 July at 9.30pm in the Rector’s palace atrium. The evening’s exceptional programme will include Aaron Copland’s Music for the Movies, Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E Major, Summer Evening by Zoltán Kodály, Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel and finally the five-piece suite dedicated to Texas The Lone Star Pageant as arranged by Robert Nelson.

Last night, the audience in the Rector's Palace was wowed by the outstanding performance The Music of Dubrovnik Summer Villas, led by brilliant soloists Bojan Čičić and Dmitry Sinkovsky on violins, and Tomislav Fačini on harpsichord. The performance also included the excellent Elene Davidove, Hiwote Tadesse, Fran Petrač, Lea Sušanj Lujo, Stjepan Nodilo, Manuela Marija Mitterer, Hermann Ebner, Atay Bağcı and Izidor Erazem Grafenauer, who were rewarded with enthusiastic applause.

The Future of Ambiance Symposium is a project headed by the Dubrovnik Summer Festival on the 70th anniversary of its exploration of ambiance and site-specific performances, and as a part of the 2-year Future Epics project which is supported by the European Commission’s Creative Europe programme –Culture subprogramme. From 18 to 20 July, the Symposium will gather relevant European and domestic artists, scientists and experts in contemporary site-specific performance in a number of locations around Dubrovnik. A special emphasis will be put on the history of Dubrovnik’s ambiance, on the challenges of festivalization and of festivals as cultural destinations, and on new ambiance.