After the booming success of Mahler's “Symphony of a Thousand” in Zagreb and Slovenia, the Zagreb Philharmonic will be performing Mahler’s Fifth on the 11th of July on Bošković Square, the very piece Herbert von Karajan said it gave an “extracorporeal experience”. The symphony attained its deserved popularity in 1971 when the “Adagietto” was performed in the movie “Death in Venice” vy the Italian director Luchino Visconti.

Antoni Wit, the chief conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic, will conduct the Zagreb Philharmonic. In his fruitful career Wit has been nominated six times for the “Grammy” award, has made over 150 recordings for EMI, Sony and Naxos, and has sold almost 5 million records which have been given the highest and most prestigious discography awards.  The Polish pianist Peter Jablonski will join them in his performance of  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor by Frédéric Chopin.

The tickets range from 100 to 350 kuna and can be bought at over 200 retail outlets all over Croatia or online.