For the first time the program will offer a record number of 38 music events in whose performing will participate more than 270 artists, said Mr. Cuckovski who is selected for a new selector for the music programme …
The musical spectacle of jazz quartet “Fourplay” will open this 57th festival edition of the most renowned cultural event in Macedonia – “Ohrid Summer Festival” which will be held under the motto “The road to magic” and with a new logo.
The Minister of culture Elizabeta Kancheska Milevska at today’s press conference pointed out that the “Ohrid Summer Festival ” through the nearly six decades of its existence has grown into a unique brand of Macedonia, a manifestation that strongly promoted and affirmed our country in the international context and was building our relations with the world.
– In the last 10 years with the expressed support of the Ministry of Culture within the framework of the “Ohrid Summer Festival” have been realized more than 500 cultural events, among which with special attention I will single out the performances of the grandioses Elina Garancha, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leo Nucci, Jesse Norman, Ennio Morricone … as well as the exceptional performances of cult theaters such as “Vera Komissarzhevskaya” from St. Petersburg, Slovenian National theater, National theater of Turkey, “Sfumato” theater from Bulgaria, “Habima” theater from Israel and many others.
No less important is that at the “Ohrid Summer Festival” have been also presented themselves a great number of the Macedonian renowned artists and ensembles, said Kanceska Milevska.
She noted that the Republic of Macedonia and our cultural capital, the city of Ohrid this year will host over 300 renowned artists, performers and authors from 20 countries from the whole world, from China, Indonesia, USA, Netherlands, Italy, Russian Federation, Austria, Canada, Poland and other countries and is pleased to announced the music spectacle of the Jazz quartet “Forplay”, which in its interpretation includes elements of R & B and pop music, and with which the festival will be opened.
– The Quartet which in recent years delights the world public with its researches in discovering of the limitless dimensions and permutations of jazz music, at the Antique Theater will perform together with the Macedonian Philharmonic orchestra under the baton of the conductor Emin Djian.
I am convinced that on July 12 at the Antique Theater we will be witnesses of an extraordinary artistic experience that will capture the attention of music experts and Macedonian audience, said the Minister of Culture.
The general manager of the festival Mr. Oliver Arsovski pointed out that this year they have prepared an attractive, high-quality and exciting program with more than 50 events – music, drama and ballet performances, but also some innovations that will try to retain the epithet of highly reputable european festival.
He also presented the new logo of the festival which consists of four elements – Samuel’s Fortress, the mask, the waves and the harp made by the artist Tome Kolev from the agency “Ovation Advertizing” as an attempt for modernization of the festival.
– From this year with the professionalism and skill of the new program selectors we put a new life into the program and I am convinced that it will be recognized by the professional critics and our loyal audience, emphasized Mr.Arsovski.
He thanked to the Ministry of Culture, which helped to reconstruction of festival scenes in Dolni Saraj, the Antique Theater and the vestibule of St. Sophia, which means that Ohrid as a City of Culture will offer a complete experience for the audience and renowned artists.
The new selector of the drama program of Ohrid Summer festival Mr.Zoran Ljutkov noted that this year they will offer four performances of domestic theatres, and three of them will be Premieres and four theater plays from the international scene, where the accent will be put on three premieres of Macedonian theaters.
It’s about the theater plays “Man, Beast and the Virtue” (July 18-th) by Luigi Pirandello, performed by Theater Comedy, directed by Neni Delmestre, “King Lear” (July 30-th) by William Shakespeare performed by the Turkish theater in Skopje directed by Diego de Brea , as well as “Midsummer Night’s Dream” (August 5-th) also by Shakespeare directed by American director John Blondel, performed by the National theater in Bitola.
The Theater house from Veles “ J.H.K. Djinot ” will perform the repeat performance “Ana Komnena” (July 20-th) by Saso Dimovski.
From the visitor theaters we will see performance of the Chamber Theater 55 from Sarajevo with the play “Frogs” (July 15-th) is a story about people and time in which we live, “Othello” produced by Theater of the Bulgarian Army in Sofia, as well as the Concert show “Magic National” directed by Jon Karamitru, produced by the National Theater in Romania.
The audience will also have the opportunity to see the play “The Drunks” by Ivan Viripajev, one of the most staged contemporary Russian and European writers, directed by Boris Lijeshevic, which stands out among the most current Balkan directors, in production by the theater Atelier 212.
The music part of the program was selected by Mr. Gjorgji Cuckovski , who pointed out that the festival will keep classical music as the main characteristic of the festivcal, but it will also offer enrichment genre, worldwide mega performances and ensembles that will be premiere guests in the Balkans. Besides the jazz spectacle of the opening of the festival, there are introduced also jazz evenings, then the guest tour of the Rock Symphony with Vlatko Stefanovski, as well as the ELK Chamber Orchestra from China.
The festival audience will have the opportunity to see also performances of domestic renowned art institutions and soloists (Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of MMM- Jeuneses Musicales Macedonia, the violinists Blierim Grubi, Kliment Todorovski, Kostadin Bogdanovski, …)
– For the first time the program will offer a record number of 38 musical events in whose performance will feature more than 270 artists, said Cuckovski who was appointed for new selector of the music program.
Otherwise the program of Ohrid Summer Festival this year is announced three months before the beginning of festival, and It is as pointed out the General manager Mr.Arosvki part of his commitments to greater domestic and international promotion, so that the potential tourists and guests from Europe and the region who will visit Ohrid to be informed on time with the program content and to be able to see the interesting events.
According to the festival organizers, this year is also planned an off-program with concerts and art exhibitions which will be additionally announced.