Beginning of March in Zagreb will be dedicated to Croatian composer Dora Pejačević, who died 100 years ago on March 5.
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
11 a.m.
Festival opening
Zagreb City Museum, Opatička street 20
Dora, Engraving on birch-tree bark exhibition opening
11:30 a.m.
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Illyric Hall, Opatička street 18
Dora Pejačević – a portrait concert
Kyra Steckeweh, piano recital
7:30 p.m.
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
Dora Pejačević in the company of great composers – gala concert
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marija Ramljak
Dubravka Šeparović Mušović, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Goran Kovačić Academic Choir
Thursday, 2 March 2023
1 p.m.
Academy of Music – Stančić Hall
Chamber Music Journey with Dora Pejačević
Dora Pejačević’s compositions performed by the Academy of Music students and accompanied by assays of students of musicology
7 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art – Gorgona Hall
Premiere of Documentary by Tim van Beveren Dora – Escape into Music
Friday, 3 March 2023
11 a.m.
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Academy Library
Dora Pejačević, past and present – discussion with Academy Member Koraljka Kos and guests
7:30 p.m.
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
Dora & Liszt
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Dawid Runtz, conductor
Mia Pečnik, piano
Saturday, 4 March 2023
11 a.m.
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall – Small Hall
If I were Countess Dora – children’s play and workshop
Director: Petra Radin
Zagreb Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
Saturday at Lisinski – In memoriam Dora Pejačević
Symphony orchestra of Croatian Radiotelevision
Pascal Rophe, conductor
Soloists: Martina Filjak and friends
Sunday, 5 March 2023
11 a.m.
Croatian National Theatre
Sunday classics
Chrysanthemum for Dora
Zagreb Philharmonic string quintet and Kalamos, wind quintet