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The Renaissance Osor Cathedral, the centre stage of this festival, has so far hosted almost eight hundred concerts, premiering over three hundred festival commissions from all generations of composers.
The programmes of this Cres festival, in addition to canonical works of classical music of all eras, put forth the creation of key figures of modern and contemporary music in Croatia, with Boris Papandopulo, Stjepan Šulek, Ivan Brkanović, Miroslav Miletić, Igor Kuljerić, Stanko Horvat, and others taking the lead.
Their works, be they canonical works of Croatian music or compositions composed specifically for the Osor festival, have been interpreted by domestic and foreign ensembles and soloists. Along with local ensembles – an honourable mention must be given to the Croatian Radio and Television Choir and Symphony Orchestra, the Zagreb Soloists, the Zagreb Quartet, and the Cantus Ensemble – the festival regularly hosts prestigious performers from the international scene.
More than 85 musicians from ten countries will showcase their skills at this year’s concerts featuring works by Croatian composers, with plans also in place for a special concert for the little ones. The festival opens with a concert by The King’s Singers, who will premiere the piece Strašni sud (“Last Judgment,” composed by Blaženko Juračić according to the lyrics of Marko Marulić), and will wrap up with the performance of Hekuba, kraljica Troje (“Hecuba, Queen of Troy”), a rendition by Ensemble Dialogos, Katarina Livaljanić, Kantadura, and Joško Ćaleta .
The festival will take place from July 16 to August 20.
