19:30 - Saturday

HNK

Claude Debussy: 6 epigraphes antiques / 6 Antique Epigraphs, ballet
                        En blanc et noir / In White and Black, ballet

Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, ballet

Edward Clug, choreographer
Leo Kulaš, costume designer
Marko Japelj, stage designer

Andrey Gugnin and Vadym Kholodenko, pianos
Ballet ensemble of the Croatian National Theatre Zagreb

A coproduction with the Croatian National Theatre Zagreb.

MBZ Festival Pass holders can get tickets for repeat performances of the ballet (April 12, 15, 17), at the ticket office of the Croatian National Theatre.
 

22:00 - Saturday

&TD PD

Heather Roche, clarinets
Pierre Alexande Tremblay, electronics

Marko Ruždjak: Vaš odani... / Yours Sincerely... for solo clarinet
Aaron Einbond: Resistance for prepared bass clarinet and live electronics
Ana Horvat: Pika's Tale* (commissioned by HDS MBZ) for clarinet and electronics
Chikako Morishita: Lizard (Shadow) for solo clarinet
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: La rupture inéluctable / The inevitable rupture for bass clarinet, and processing

24:00 - Saturday

HDLU

Katarina Krpan, piano
Rene Medvešek, narrator

Berislav Šipuš: Les Nuits / Nights, Piano Preludes

12:00 - Sunday

Bajsić Studio

MusMA Project

biNg bang, percussion ensemble
Igor Lešnik, ensemble leader
Darijan Ivezić, conductor

Petra Strahovnik: Between East & West / Između Istoka i Zapada
Ivan Brkljačić: The Big Chasm / Veliki ponor
Francisco Novel Samano Calleja: Cage's Fandango / Cageov Fandango
Ivan Josip Skender: White Line Fever / Groznica bijele linije
Alexey Sysoev: Zaum

17:00 - Sunday

HGZ

Inside EU

Petrit Çeku, guitar

Cornel Taranu (RO): Resonances I, for solo guitar
Michel van der Aa (NL): Auburn, for guitar and soundtrack
Ivan Buffa (SK): For Atti, for solo guitar
Atanas Ourkouzounov (BG): Caprice d'après Paganini / Caprice after Paganini
António de Sousa Dias (PT): Va(lé)riation 5-B for amplified guitar and electronics
Markku Klami (FI): Göreme, for guitar and 2-channel (stereo) tape

19:30 - Sunday

ZKL

 Pierrot Lunaire / Moonstruck Pierrot

Arnold Schönberg -  composer; Work based on Albert Giraud's poems, translated into German by Otto Erich Hartleben

Berislav Šipuš, conductor
Martina Gojčeta Silić, mezzosoprano

Le marteau sans maître / The Hammer Without a Master

Pierre Boulez - composer; Work based on texts by René Char

Ivan Josip Skender, conductor
Martina Matić Borse, mezzosopran

Rene Medvešek, director
Jadran Grubišić, assistant to the director
Danijel Srdarev, art assistant and sculptural works author
Petra Dančević, costume designer
Marino Frankola, lighting design

Zagreb Puppet Theatre Puppet Ensemble
Cantus Ensemble
A co-production with the Zagreb Puppet Theatre.

(Repeat performance: 8 / 4, 7.30 pm, at the Zagreb Puppet Theatre)

22:00 - Sunday

&TD

Slagwerk Den Haag, percussion ensemble

Michael Gordon: Timber

A coproduction with the "Culture of Change" Department of the Student Centre of the University of Zagreb.

 

12:00 - Monday

MM (SC)

Outside EU

HR Project

Sofia Gubaidulina (RU): Sonatina, for flute
Antonija Mikas, flute
Avdo Smailović (BA): Metamorfoze / Metamorphoses, for piano
Bartolomej Stanković, piano
William Albright (US): Sonata for saxophone and piano
Marko Malivuk Jovanović, saxophone
Ana Lucić, piano

17:00 - Monday

HGZ

Inside EU

Monika Cerovčec, soprano
Filip Fak, piano

Veljo Tormis (EE): 10 Haikus, for soprano and piano
Hanuš Bartoň (CZ): Five Songs to the poems of Suzanne Renaud, for soprano and piano
Luc Brewaeys (BE): Speechless Song, Seeming Many, Being One, for soprano
György Kurtág (HU): Requiem for the Beloved, for soprano and piano
Claude Lenners (LU): Klagelied / Lament, for soprano and piano

19:30 - Monday

HNK

The Last Flower of Summer**, an operatic fantasy in one act

Zoran Juranić, composer, director, conductor

Luko Paljetak i Zoran Juranić, authors of the libretto, based on Luko Paljetak's play of the same title

Jasna Badnjarević, costume designer
Žorž Draušnik, stage design
Deni Šesnić, lighting designer

Mr. Robert Bert - Miodrag Petrović
Bert II - Miljenko Đuran
Miss Jane Doe - Jelena Končar
Mrs. Berker, housekeeper - Violeta Srećković
Carlo the wealthy industrialist; First Policeman - Goran Krneta
Lorenzo, knife thrower - Vasa Stajkić
Vladimir the Russian; Gondolier; Mario - Saša Štulić
Young Man with a Yamaha - Igor Ksionžik
Second Man, Second Policeman - Ivan Dajić
Lady of the Night; Stripper; Blonde - Darija Olajoš Čizmić
 Varieté audience; Citizens - Choir

Opera Choir and Orchestra of the Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad

Choir Conductor: Vesna Kesić Krsmanović
Assistant to the director: Katarina Mateović Tasić
Concert masters: Vladimir Ćuković, Sergej Šapovalov
Accompanists: Irina Mitrović, Milena Milovanović
Associate of the stage designer: Tomislav Šaraba
Assistant to the costume designer: Snežana Horvat
Stage Managers: Tanja Cvijić, Dejan Teodorović
Video-beam: Srđan Milovanović, Đorđe Vernački
SNP Opera Operating Manager: Lado Leš
SNP Opera Manager: Aleksandar Kojić

Novi Sad premiere: 28 / 3 / 2013
 A co-production with the Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad.
**=  Croatian premiere 

Ensembles of the Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad
A co-production with the Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad.

21:30 - Monday

&TD

Nocturnal Demons and Ghosts of the City of Pearl

Giampaolo Coral, composer; based on the texts and designs by Alfred Kubin
Giulio Ciabatti, director
Manuel Fanni Canelles, video and multimedia author
Paolo Longo, conductor
Icarus, chamber ensemble

Francesca Franzil, soprano
Riccardo Massai, narrator

Alice Bronzi, assistant to the director
Hari Bertoja, video
Francesca Tonsi, illustrations

12:00 - Tuesday

MM (SC)

Outside EU

HR Project

John Cage (US): Etudes Boreales, for piano (nos 3, 4)
Lucija Majstorović, piano
Gerardo Gerulewicz (VE): Tarén, for violin and piano
Marta Bratković, violin
Marko Ivić, piano
Ivana Stefanović (RS): Za Irenu, / For Irene, for flute solo
Ana Ratkajec, flute
John Cage (US): Two2 (Number Pieces), for two pianos
Ana Lucić, piano
Vlatka Peko, piano

17:00 - Tuesday

HGZ

Inside EU 

Zagreb Trio

Vidmantas Bartulis (LT): Express No. 3, or Glinka and Nemirovich-Danchenko on a Train Trip from St.Petersburg to Moscow
Frank Corcoran (IE): Piano Trio
Wolfgang Rihm (DE): Fremde Szene III / Strange Scene III, for piano trio
Peteris Vasks (LV): Episodi e canto perpetuo/ Episodes and Perpetual Chant

19:30 - Tuesday

ZKM

Songs for the Mating Season
chamber ballet

Borut Kržišnik, composer
Edward Clug, choreographer
Marko Japelj, set designer
Leo Kulaš, costume designer

Ballet ensemble of the Slovenian National Theatre Maribor

Nychthemeron
chamber ballet
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)

Sanda Majurec, composer
Staša Zurovac, choreographer
Bjanka Adžić Ursulov, costume and set designer

Ballet ensemble of the Slovenian National Theatre Maribor
A co-production with the Slovenian National Theatre Maribor.

21:30 - Tuesday

 &TD

L'imbalsamatore / Balzamar / The Embalmer

Giorgio Battistelli, composer
Renzo Rosso, author of the libretto

Icarus, chamber ensemble

Marco Angius,  conductor
Riccardo Massai, actor

23:00 - Tuesday

CSB

Antiphonus, vocal ensemble

Tomislav Fačini, conductor

Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Davorin Kempf: The Dawn Called the Day, madrigal
György Ligeti: Eternal Light
Olivier Messiaen: O, Holy Blessed Feast
Ante Knešaurek: Solace*
(Commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Marko Ruždjak: Ubu

12:00 - Wednesday

MM (SC)

Outside EU

HR Project

Andreas Nick (CH): Pezzo Tondo, for piano
Heinz Holliger (CH): Elis: Drei Nachtstücke / Elis: Three Night Pieces, for piano
Ivan Horvatić, piano
Fuminori Tanada (JP): Mysterious Morning III for soprano saxophone
Lovro Merčep, soprano saxophone
George Crumb (US): Makrokosmos - 12 Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac (selection), for amplified piano
Sanja Vrsalović, piano

17:00 - Wednesday

HGZ

Inside EU

Zagreb Quartet

Uroš Rojko (SI): Krog II / Circle II
Thomas Adès (GB): Arcadiana
Charles Camilleri (MT): String Quartet no. 2, Silent Spaces
Henri Dutilleux (FR): Ainsi la nuit / Thus the night

19:30 - Wednesday

HNK Zagreb

Black Masks
opera in two acts

Marij Kogoj, composer
Josip Vidmar, Marij Kogoj, authors of the libretto, based on the play Black Masks by Leonid Andreyev
Marko Hribernik, conductor
Janez Burger, director
Irena Svoljšak, revival director
Uroš Lajovic, editor of the music score
Alan Hranitelj, costume designer
Numen, Ivana Radenović, stage designers
Pascal Mérat, lighting designer
Edward Clug, stage movement
Tanja Lužar, assistant to the director

Lorenzo di Spadaro, duke - Jože Vidic
Ecco, jester - Dušan Topolovec
Donna Francesca, Beautiful mask - Andreja Zakonjšek Krt
Signor Cristoforo - Saša Čano
Petruccio - Sebastijan Čelofiga
Romualdo, singer - Martin Sušnik
Lorenzo›s double - Jaki Jurgec
First lady, Leonora - Valentina Čuden
Second lady, Emilija - Amanda Stojović
Mario - Marko Mandir
Carlo - Rok Bavčar
Manucci - Alfonz Kodrič
Pietro - Klemen Gorenšek
Filippo - Peter Skušek
Heart; Peasant Woman - Martina Ledinek
Red Mask, Mouth - Dada Kladenik
New Mask - Mojca Potrč
Peasant - Gregor Mlakar
Spider (red mask) - Emil Baronik
Very Beautiful Mask (Lie) - Leonida Sabo
Mask from the Arcade - Robert Mraček
A Gentleman (Silvio) - Danilo Vračko
Ugly Mask - Nevenka Kiseljak
Stable-boy, Gentleman, Voice From Afar - Bojan Hinteregger
Principal Black Mask - Miha Mikluš
The Long Grey One - Sytze Jan Luske

Ladies and gentlemen from the Duke and Duchess› entourage. Masks invited by Duke Lorenzo.
Black Masks, not invited by the Duke. Musicians, servants, peasants.

Intermission after the first act.

Choir and Orchestra of the Slovenian National Theatre Maribor:

Benjamin Pionnier, music director
Zsuzsa Budavari-Novak, choirmaster

Edward Clug, SNG Ballet director

23:00 - Wednesday

HGZ

Bojan Z & Matija Dedić, piano duo 

Matija & Bojan | face 2 face | in Zagreb 

12:00 - Thursday

MM (SC)

Outside EU

The New Music Group of the Elly Bašić Music School

Josip Nalis, conductor
Maja Petyo Bošnjak, Group leader

Katia Beaugeais (AU): First Light, for flute and piano
Dino Rešidbegović (BA): Geronimo*
(commissioned by the New Music Group)
John Cage (US): 4'33''
John Cage: Living Room Music
John Cage: Toy Piano Suite

17:00 - Thursday

HGZ

Inside EU

Zagreb Wind Ensemble

Evis Sammoutis (CY): Breath
Juan-Cruz Guevara (ES): Miscegenation
Rocco Abate (IT): Ombra
(commissioned by the Zagreb Wind Ensemble)
Per Nřrgĺrd (DK): Whirl‘s World
Ivo Nilsson (SE): Apnea

19:30 - Thursday

KDVL

Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and Choir

Aleksandar Kalajdžić, conductor
Monika Leskovar, cello
Goran Jurić, basso
Nina Cossetto i Luka Vukšić, choirmasters

Witold Lutosławsky: Book for Orchestra
Witold Lutosławsky: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

***
Stanko Horvat: The Pit, cantata for basso, choir and orchestra
A co-production with the Department of Music Production of the Croatian Radio and Television and its Masters Cycle.

21:30 - Thursday

MDVL

Zeitfluss
chamber ensemble

Edo Mičić, conductor
Đuro Živković, viola

Thomas Amann: Territory Matters
Ališer Sijarić: Snakes of Time
Ivana Kiš: Lament for Joe D. Busker
Orestis Toufektsis: Chromades*
(commissioned by Zeitfluss)
Đuro Živković: The Marine Cemetery II
Christian Klein: Underneath the Stones

23:00 - Thursday

&TD Theatre

Damas Quartet, alternative jazz ensemble
ImproGraphic Project

17:00 - Friday

HGZ

Inside EU

Festival Sextet

Iannis Xenakis (GR/FR): Ittidra, string sextet
Georg Friedrich Haas (AT): Sextet for three violas and three cellos
Krzysztof Penderecki (PL): Sextet for clarinet, horn, string trio and piano

19:30 - Friday

KDVL

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

Luca Pfaff, conductor
Ivana Srbljan, mezzosoprano
Mia Elezović, piano
Vedran Kocelj, trumpet

Danijel Legin: Nebula, for symphonic orchestra* (commissioned by HDS-MBZ) 
Tomislav Oliver: Vacana, for voice and orchestra* (commissioned by HDS-MBZ)

***

Davorin Kempf: Concerto corale, concerto for piano and orchestra* (commissioned by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra)
Milko Kelemen: Tromberia, for trumpet and orchestra* (commissioned by HDS-MBZ)

21:30 - Friday

MDVL

ART Ensemble NRW

chamber ensemble

Miro Dobrowolny, conductor

Miro Dobrowolny: Bridges
Ruben Radica: Twilight Poem, for a string quartet
Jorg Peter Mittmann: transit - four allegories for a string quintet
(commissioned by the ART Ensemble)
Bruno Strobl: gates and gates and... for ensemble*
(commissioned by the ART Ensemble)

23:00 - Friday

&TD

Ansambl Klang / Klang Ensemble: Electrified

Kate Moore: 101
Yannis Kyriakides: God Good Luck
Peter Adriaansz: Wave 3
Tom Johnson: Rational Melodies  [selection]
Pete Harden: Steel Wounds & Beaten Sounds
A coproduction with the "Culture of Change" Department of the Student Centre of the University of Zagreb.

17:00 - Saturday

HGZ

Inside EU

Festival Septet

Ivan Josip Skender (HR), conductor

Srećko Bradić (HR): Bitch Septet
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Dalibor Bukvić (HR): A Short Break*
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Sanja Drakulić (HR): Feathers Fly
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Vjekoslav Nježić (HR): Septet*
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Berislav Šipuš (HR): Ton Hutti (Adhianan)*
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Zlatko Tanodi (HR): Fairy Tale*
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)
Mladen Tarbuk (HR): Ad confusionem versus*
(commissioned by HDS-MBZ)

19:30 - Saturday

KDVL

The Nightingale,
a lyrical tale in three acts

Igor Stravinski, composer

Igor Stravinski i Stepan Mitusov, authors of the libretto, based upon The Nightingale, a fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Act I
Act II

Entr'acte
Marche Chinoise
Chansons du Rossignol
Jeu du Rossignol Mécanique

Act III

      Introduction
      La Mort
      Cortège Solennel

Dora Ruždjak Podolski, director
Mladen Tarbuk, conductor
Jasenka Ostojić, choir-master
Georg Draušnik, orchestra leader
Darijan Ivezić, assistant to the conductor
Marina Pejnović, assistant to the director

Translation of the libretto, French language consultant - Lidija Orešković Dvorski

The Nightingale - Ilijana Korać
Cook - Iva Krušić
Fisherman - Bože Jurić Pešić
Emperor - Leon Košavić
Chamberlain - Teo Visintin
Bonzo - Emil Martinović
Death - Tena Lebarić Rašković

Japanese envoys - Mario Filipović, Toni Nežić, Igor Krišto

Zagreb Music Academy Symphony Orchestra and Choir;

concert master: Lorena Milina

Students of the Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica - dancers

co-producers, costume design, hair and make-up, set design, lighting design, lighting technicians, animations, photographers, camera operators, documentary film:

Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts
Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art
Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology

There is no intermission.
A co-production with the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall and their Lisinski Subotom concert cycle.