Festival Prečkanja - Sconfinamenti
In the years 2024 and 2025, the cross-border Slovenian-Italian region will, in the spirit of European Capital of Culture GO! 2025, become a center of classical music. The Prečkanja - Sconfinamenti Festival, organized by Glasbena matica of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Imago Sloveniae Foundation, will host several outstanding musical artists. The organizers are promising a rich program of concerts, residencies and master classes. This year, the festival will take place between July 24 and August 4 at several venues between the Gorizia-Nova Gorica cross-border area and Ljubljana. The events will be admission free.
About the Festival
The Prečkanja - Sconfinamenti Festival grew in close cooperation with the renowned piano virtuoso Alexander Gadjiev, who, as the initiator of the project, also took on the role of Programme Director. The festival's program is based on top classical music concerts, with an emphasis on young "stars in the making" from around the world. The events will take place at numerous venues in Nova Gorica, Gorica, Čedad and Ljubljana. In addition to the concerts, the festival will also offer master classes, where promising young musicians will improve their skills under the guidance of first-class pedagogues and artists, including Alexander Gadjiev.
About the Programme Director
Alexander Gadjiev, Programme Director of the festival and European Capital of Culture GO! 2025 ambassador, is one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. Born into an international family in Gorica, Gadjiev has been winning top prizes at prestigious international competitions and performing on the world's biggest stages from an early age. His rich career and passion for music encouraged him to focus his energy on supporting young talents and promoting classical music on a cross-border level.
About Master Classes
The Prečkanja - Sconfinamenti Festival will host two exceptional master classes.
Alexander Gadjiev and his father, the renowned pedagogue Siavush Gadjiev, will lead a piano course for 12 selected pianists who will deepen their musical expression. The course will end with a concert by the participants Per aspera ad astra in Ljubljana (SI).
The second master class led by Noam Sivan, a world-renowned pioneer of classical improvisation, will be dedicated to improvisation in classical music. Course participants will present their skills at the final concert Impromptu in Gorica (IT).
About the Programme
The festival programme is carefully designed to reflect the highest level of artistic performance and innovation. The opening concert will be marked by an extraordinary trio: our piano virtuoso Alexander Gadjiev, the German-Israeli pianist Ido Ramot, who became famous as a child prodigy, and today regularly works with the best orchestras and collects the highest prizes at prestigious competitions, and the Korean virtuoso Jonghwa Park, who shook up the world classical music scene with his technically impeccable and innovative improvisational approaches.
The festival will host a series of eminent artists, such as one of the fastest rising stars of her generation, the Italian cellist and pianist Miriam Prandi, and the genius Romanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu, that's achieving extraordinary successes and regularly collecting prestigious awards; audience will also be able to enjoy the concerts of the festival's resident ensembles Beyond and Borderless, which bring together musicians from all over the world and thus transcend geographical and cultural boundaries.