Contemporary dance festival

Ten days contemporary dance festival called "Premik v Maribor / Move to Maribor" in, well, Maribor! :)

Sigur Rós debut in Slovenia

Beautiful night with Sigur Rós for the first time in Slovenia!

Spacial installation called "Bodies in Urban Spaces", authored by Willi Dorner, took place during Front@ contemporary dance festival in Murska Sobota.

The show by Slovenian musical collective The Stroj at the Maribor's Recycling Centre!

After very successful debut last year, Terraneo festival strikes again!

Amazing performance of Tortoise, American post-rock band from Chicago, Illinois, which was the last concert at the Žedno uho (Thirsty Ear) festival.

Isabelle Geffroy, young French singer better know as Zaz, is a musical and sociological phenomenon of our times, that's for sure. This 32 years old French singer with a specific, rough voice, released only one album ("Zaz", 2010) but made quite a career for herself already. Sold out gig in a big sports hall in Zagreb just proves that.

One of the definitive highlights of this years European Capital of Culture (ECOC) project that is happening all year round in Maribor (and few other towns in Slovenia) was surely performance of Laurie Anderson, New York based singer and versatile artist, eclectic author, best known for her multimedia performances and innovative use of technology.

Great night with all-star jazz quintet consisting of legendary Ray Anderson on trombone, Paul van Kemenade (alto saxophone), Frank Möbus (guitar), Ernst Glerum (double bas) and 70 years old "forever young" Han Bennink on drums.

We come in Peace

Just one week after their special retrospective concert performance in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London (first band that had that kind of a show there) and a little less that a year after their last appearance in Maribor, probably the most known Slovenian band worldwide is back in town. And this time, they came in peace!

One of the highlight of this years Romano Čhon festival (festival presenting Roma culture, its music, dance, poetry, film, puppets, workshops, lectures and exhibitions) that was happening in April in six towns in Slovenia and two in Serbia, was surely the concert of macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian, Roma Queen and Nobel Prize Nominee from 2002, Esma Redžepova.

Evening of Polish culture in Maribor's Kino Udarnik featured the Trio of the famous Polish jazz pianist and composer Artur Dutkiewicz, finalist of the Thelonious Monk Competition in Washington, USA.

In what was to became a beginning of a weekend filled with concerts, I managed to quickly caught the performance of the band Nula Kelvina whose members are Marko Boh, Klemen Kotar, Jure Rožman and Gašper Kržmanc.

Sold-out gig of an excellent rock-jazz quartet from Bristol, with Goldfrapp's Daisy Palmer on drums.

Cabaret, music-hall, sexual travesty, kitsch and trash are the usual words used when describing USA project imported to Europe called Cabaret New Burlesque. Under the artistic guidance of Kitty Hartl, five girls in their prime and one young gentleman reveal their bodies in a show full of eroticism and humor.