20/7 — 23/8/2026

Osor Musical Evenings

Concerts begin at 9 PM.

20. 7.

Festival String Ensemble
Stefan Milenković, violin
Monika Leskovar, cello

Mendelssohn, Juranić*, Papandopulo

23. 7.

VOCES8

Give Me Your Stars

28. 7.

Marmen String Quartet

Beethoven, Papandopulo, Stenhammar

30. 7.

Elogio Guitar Trio:
Petrit Çeku, Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues & Tomislav Vukšić

Dowland, Botica*, Scarlatti, Majurec, de Falla

2. 8.

Mia Pećnik, piano

Liszt, Chopin, Papandopulo, Ginastera

4. 8.

Airi Suzuki, violin
Kajana Pačko, cello
Boris Kusnezow, piano

Kuljerić, Schubert

6. 8.

Quinta Essentia Ensemble
Stjepan Nodilo, oboe and artistic direction
Bojan Čičić, violin

Haydn, Mozart, Jarnović, Gatti

9. 8.

Jelena Kordić, mezzo-soprano
Laurent Philippe, piano
guest: Heather Phillips

Parać, Brahms, Strauss, Massenet, Bizet, Puccini, Verdi, Gotovac

11. 8.

BERLIN NONET:
Merlene Ito, violin
Joaquín Riquelme García, viola
Jaka Stadler, cello
Todor Marković, double bass
Christoph Hartmann, oboe
Brina Kafol Žust, flute
Matic Kuder, clarinet
Luka Mitev, bassoon
Andrej Žust, horn

Rossini, Krek, Schubert, Farrenc, Reutz Drobnić*

13. 8.

Filip Merčep, percussion

Tchaikovsky, Ignatowicz-Glińska, Oliver*, Dedić, Pejačević, Bach, Goliński

14. 8.

When video games set musical instruments in motion!

Interactive workshop by Filip Merčep

16. 8.

Matej Mijalić, violin
Arsen Dalibaltayan, piano

Papandopulo, Suk, Sklyarov*, Franck

18. 8.

Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón, organ and artistic direction
Mariana Flores – Cecilia
Ana Vieira Leite – Donna Isabella
Léo Fernique – Santino
Valerio Contaldo – Don Lidio
Matteo Bellotto – Giuseppe (Peppino)

Amore siciliano – Mediterranean Opera

20. 8.

Ivo Pogorelić, piano

Bach, Ravel, Brahms, Beethoven

23. 8.

Duo Hojsak & Novosel
Theodosii Spassov, kaval

A unique combination of tambura, double bass and kaval

Additional Programme

20. 7.

Programme presentation and raising of the festival flag with Osor Fanfare by Alfi Kabiljo

21. 7.

The Fantastic World of Animals (Mali Lošinj, Multipurpose Hall of the People's Open University)

22. 7.

The Fantastic World of Animals (Cres, Moise Palace)

23. 7.

Presentation of the monograph Boris Papandopulo by Erika Krpan (Cantus and Croatian Composers' Society, 2025) — presented by Antun Tomislav Šaban

July 25 and 26

Open days of the Festival Office and gathering of festival friends

2. 8.

Presentation of the monograph Alfi Kabiljo – Viva la musica, živjela glazba by David Danijel (Cantus and Croatian Composers' Society, 2025) — presented by the author

11. 8.

Razgovor s Felixom Spillerom o očuvanju glazbene baštine s naglaskom na opus Borisa Papandopula

14. 8.

Filip Merčep's Music Workshop - VUM (Video Games with Music), Lopari Camp

Commissions
2026

At the 51st festival, six new commissions by contemporary Croatian composers will be premiered.

Zoran Juranić

1947.
Moon over Osor, for string octet (July 20)

Antun Tomislav Šaban

1971.
Gaude Virgo, for eight-part mixed choir (July 23)

Šimun-Čarli Botica

1997.
Les Mirages, for guitar trio (30 Jul)

Veronika Reutz Drobnić

1999.
Igra Mora i Osora (Play of Sea and Osor), for Berliner Nonett (Aug 11)

Tomislav Oliver

1987.
Engines of Echoes (E E), for percussion (Aug 13)

Helena Skljarov

1993.
Rituals, for violin and piano (Aug 16)

AWARD

Each year, the festival jury awards the "Daniel Marušić" prize for the best performance of a work by a Croatian composer.

HISTORY

The festival's treasure trove, created over nearly five decades, has eight hundred concerts, three hundred premieres and about hundred posters.

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