A concert tour where Tilen Artač, maestro of comedy and cellist, steps into the role of conductor for the first time and breaks the stereotypes of classical music!
Equipped with a cello and a conductor's baton, together with the Slovenian Youth Orchestra he will create a concert full of laughter and superb melodies.
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Tilen Artač, a grand master of imitation and above all an academically trained musician, will join forces with the Slovenian Youth Orchestra. As part of the Classical Artač tour, he is stepping into an area that has not yet suffered his intervention - in front of the orchestra. With cello and conductor's baton, he will invite the audience to take a walk through the evergreen repertoire of the eternal classics.
Tilen Artač, versatile artist and host of the Slovenian Philharmonic podcast 1,2,3 encore!, will face the ultimate challenge - the orchestra - as part of a special evening event, Classical Artač. With cello and conductor's baton, he will take the audience on a walk through the evergreen repertoire of the eternal classics, while the Slovenian Youth Orchestra will enrich the evening with virtuosity and musical perfection.
"I am very much looking forward to performing with the Slovenian Youth Orchestra. I am at home in classical music, as I have been involved in it since my early youth," said Tilen Artač, adding that concerts of this kind should be offered to audiences more often.
In the repertoire, you can expect classics such as the perennial New Year's Eve hit Radetzky's Coracle, A Little Night Music, Nessun dorma and many others on a comic journey through the musical range. With a smile on his face, he added: "Of course, I expect the understanding and support of the orchestra. I hope that the young, talented musicians will not take me off the stage as a conductor after a few rehearsals. I am aware that I will not be Riccardo Muti, I will be Riccardo Malmuti."
The orchestra will be led by conductor and founder Živa Ploj Peršuh, who emphasised that the main aim is to create a relaxed and cohesive concert experience. "We are extremely happy that everyone is inspired by this collaboration, because artists and musicians, especially young musicians of the Slovenian Youth Orchestra, should and must also think of their audience and music as a moment when it speaks to them powerfully, suggests to them, soothes them and excites them," she added.
The tour will start on 6 September at the Braslovče Cultural Centre and will continue in Laško, Lendava, Rogaška Slatina and Sežana. Tilen Artač and his 50-piece orchestra will also perform at the Slovenian Philharmonic, Maribor's Union Hall, Krško, Žalec and Velenje.
About the Slovenian Youth Orchestra
The Slovenian Youth Orchestra is a unique project in our geographical area, offering young musicians a first-hand experience of being a professional musician. Under the artistic leadership of its founder, conductor Živa Ploj Peršuh, young people between the ages of 16 and 26 are given the opportunity to achieve the most outstanding results and to build musical, cultural and social bridges with drive, determination, courage and will. The orchestra was created in 2019 in collaboration with a number of international and national partners, with the aim that music is a universal language understood by everyone, regardless of nationality, religion or other personal circumstances! The hallmark of the orchestra is its annual varied programmes, which are prepared during a multi-day summer residency under the direction of leading professional orchestral musicians and performed publicly after the meeting. In recent years, the ensemble has performed in more than ten countries and has taken on some of the most demanding repertoire. Standout projects include Music For The Future - a social project charged with the superpower of music for young Ukrainian musicians in need, ALARM - Concert for Social and Climate Justice, a performance of Vivaldi's [uncertain] Four Seasons in the context of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. COP26 in Glasgow as part of the United Nations campaign ACT NOW CAMPAIGN and SAMO1PLANET - Concerts for a Green Future, co-produced with the Ljubljana Festival, RTV SLOVENIA and the Care4Climate project. The orchestra was accepted as a full member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras in 2022. (EFNYO).
Tilen Artač, academic musician and imitator
Tilen Artač was born in 1985 in Ljubljana. In June 2007 he received his Master's degree from the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where he studied with Professor Valter Dešpalj. He continued his musical education at the Academy of Music in Graz with Professor Rudolf Leopold, and chamber music with Professor Chia Chow.
As a soloist and chamber musician he has performed at home and abroad: in Moscow, Helsinki, Brussels, Vienna (Musikverein), Amsterdam (Cello Biennale 2008), Paris, London, Dubrovnik He has appeared as a soloist with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra in the Vatroslav Lisinski Hall in Zagreb, with the United Orchestra at the Bled Festival 2008 and 2009, and with the Maribor Festival Orchestra 2012.
Since 2004 he has been a member of the team of imitators and creators of the radio programme Radio GA GA, where he portrayed many characters as an impersonator and added a special charm to the popular radio show with his wry sense of humour. His sparkling mind and his skill as an impersonator have become indispensable. He is the winner of the third season of the show - A Famous Face Has a Voice, the most watched show of spring 2016 on POP TV.
From 2004 to 2010, he also participated in the TV show HRI-bar under the baton of radio and TV legend Sasa Hribar. In 2012 he received the Franet Milčinský - Ježek Award, which he RTV Slovenia awards the most deserving for original achievements or oeuvres in those artistic genres of radio and television creativity that follow the tradition of the noble spirit of Ježek.
Currently continuing the tradition of Radio GA GA, on TV screens, he can be seen on the show What's On?.
Tickets can be purchased at Eventim.si.
Organised by the Cultural Association BSA
Media: sobotainfo.com
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Date: Fri, 19 July 2024
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