Festival  Dubrovnik Musical Autumn

Dubrovnik Musical Autumn

 

The international Dubrovnik late summer festival and the Autumn Music Mosque have been merged into a single festival in 2024 under the name Dubrovnik Musical Autumn. This festival includes symphonic and chamber concerts, recitals, premieres, and collaborations with renowned soloists and conductors. This festival celebrates music on the most beautiful stage in the city, in the atrium of the Rector’s Palace, where numerous artists demonstrate their virtuosity and skills, offering audiences an unforgettable experience of top-tier musical performances.

 

PROGRAM 2026.

9 September | Rector’s Palace at 9 PM

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Robert Homen, conductor
– Đuro Tikvica, piano

PROGRAM:
S. Rachmaninoff              Piano Concerto in C minor
A. Dvořák                         Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)

17 September | Rector’s Palace at 9 PM

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Pavle Zajcev, conductor
-Martin Draušnik, violin

PROGRAM:
W. A. Mozart                      La clemenza di Tito
W. A. Mozart                      Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, KV 216
A. Dvořák                            Symphony No. 7

22 September | Rector’s Palace at 9 PM

Recital
– Đuro Tikvica, piano

PROGRAM:

J. S. Bach                         Italian Concerto
J. S. Bach                         French Overture (Partita)

L. v. Beethoven                32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
L. v. Beethoven                Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

24 September | Rector’s Palace at 9 PM

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Valentin Egel, conductor
– Salvatore Alessandro Miceli, saxophone

PROGRAM:

J. Ibert                                          Concertino da camera
H. Villa-Lobos                                 Saxophone Concerto
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy            Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, “Scottish”.

 

29 September | Charity Recital

Rector’s Palace at 8:30 PM
– Naira Asatrian – piano

PROGRAM:
F. Chopin                      Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
F. Chopin                      Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 “Heroic”
F. Chopin                      Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
S. Rachmaninoff          Étude-Tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
F. Liszt                           Trois Études de concert, No. 2 “La leggierezza”

1 October /  Rector’s Palace / 8:30 pm

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Slobodan Begić, conductor

PROGRAM:

Film Music and Salon Music

6 October | Rector’s Palace at 8:30 PM

Dora Kamber, violin
Pero Škobelj, guitar

Program:

L. Sorkočević                           Symphony No. 1 in D Major
W. Amadeus Mozart              Fantasy in D Minor, K. 397
H. Villa-Lobos                        Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
A. Dvořák                  Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 100
A. Piazzolla                             Histoire du Tango

 

7 October | Rector’s Palace at 8:30 PM

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Ivan Hut, conductor
– Gordan Tudor, saxophone

PROGRAM:
D. Detoni
                      Metamorphosis
G. Tudor                        Saxophone Concerto
L. van Beethoven          Symphony No. 6

 

13 October | Rector’s Palace at 8:30 PM

– Srđan Bulat, guitar

RECITAL
“A Century of Croatian Music for Guitar”

 

15 October | Rector’s Palace at 8:30 PM

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Tanja Šimić, soprano
– Stjepan Vuger, conductor

PROGRAM:
L. van Beethoven           
Coriolan Overture
H. Berlioz                        Landliches Lied
L. van Beethoven            Symphony No. 7

 

22 October | Rector’s Palace at 8:30 PM

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Andrea Tarantino, conductor
– Janko Franković, cello

PROGRAM:
A. Caracò     
               Parthenope
N. Rota                        Cello Concerto No. 2
S. Prokofiev                 Classical Symphony

27 October /  Rector’s Palace at 8:30 pm

– Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
– Slobodan Begić, conductor
– Noami Konforta, violin

PROGRAM:

W. A. Mozart                                      Marriage of Figaro, overture
W. A. Mozart                                      Cello Concerto No. 2
J. Haydn                                             Symphony no. 104 “London”

Dubrovnik Musical Autumn contributes to the cultural life of Dubrovnik and the entire Croatian music scene, offering the audience the opportunity to enjoy exceptional musical experiences surrounded by the unique architecture and beauty of Dubrovnik.