FESTIVAL

FLORES MUSICAE
Medieval and Renaissance music festival
Nova Gorica – Goriška brda
19—22 September 2019

Flores Musicae festival is the only ancient music festival in the western part of Slovenia and the only festival dedicated to medieval and Renaissance music in Slovenia. In addition to promoting the research in this field and keeping Slovenia's musical heritage alive, the festival also animates the historic sites between Nova Gorica and the Goriška brda region, which are part of our cultural heritage.

The artistic director of the festival is the renowned Slovenian guitarist and lutenist Bor Zuljan, who completed his studies in guitar, lute, medieval music and music pedagogy at the Haute école de musique de Genève. The series of concerts of Slovenian and international musicians will illustrate the various traditions of the longest period in music history.

Thursday 19 September at 16:00
Hall of the Nova Gorica Music School
Pierre Hamon (France): Creating music for the animated feature Pachamama

Lecture – workshop

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Thursday 19 September at 20:00
Kromberk Castle
LOS PASOS PERDIDOS – WIND OF THE OLD AND THE NEW WORLD
Pierre Hamon, European and American old and traditional flutes and various pre-Colombian instruments.

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Friday 20 September at 20:00
Parish Church of the Franciscan monastery Kostanjevica in Nova Gorica
ADIEU MES AMOURS – JOSQUIN DESPREZ’S MUSIC (C. 1450–1521)

Dulces Exuviae (France, Slovenia)
Romain Bockler, baritone
Bor Zuljan, lute

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Saturday 21 September at 20:00
Church of the Holy Cross, Kojsko
»CARTE BLANCHE« TO TANJA VOGRIN: SWEET TORMENT – MUSICAL DIALOGUES AT THE BEGINNING OF 1600

4 HeartS (Slovenia, Ukraine)
Tanja Vogrin, harp, mezzosoprano
Viktor Andriichenko, violin, contra tenor

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Sunday 22 September at 20:00
Villa Vipolže, Vipolže
WAYS OF THE HEART – JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE*

Marco Beasley Ensemble (Italy)
Marco Beasley, tenor
Fabio Accurso, lute
Stefano Rocco, archlute, baroque guitar

* The concert is organized in collaboration with the Dramsam association from Gorizia and the Musica Cortese festival.  

We invite you to join us in concerts of medieval and Renaissance music which, combined with the pearls of the region's cultural heritage, will undoubtedly make it a unique experience.

Festival locations:

KROMBERK CASTLE
FRANCISCAN MONASTERY KOSTANJEVICA, NOVA GORICA
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, KOJSKO
VILLA VIPOLŽE