CULTURAL SUMMER 2024
48th GUITAR FESTIVAL OF J. K. MERTZ
BRATISLAVA
JUNE 23 - 30, 2024
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4 GUITARISTS 4 CONCERTS 4 COUNTRIES
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MASTERCLASSES - LECTURES - WORKSHOPS
Ricardo Gallén (ES), Francisco Luís (PT), Borbála Seres (HU), Marek Nosal (PL), Ozren Mutak (CZ/HR), Eva Mareková (SK), Zoltán Sýkora (SK)
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Co-organiser of the event: Bratislava Cultural and Information Centre.
Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council - the main partner of the festival.
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
International partners of the event are Society for Chamber Music at the Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc (Czech Republic), Olomouc Research Library (Czech Republic), Municipal Centre of Culture Tychy (Poland), The Karol Szymanowsky Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland), Via musica ad beatum z.s. (Czech Republic) and Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music Budapest (Hungary).
Educational activities are taking place in cooperation with the Július Kowalski Primary music school and Albrechtorum, o.z.
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Something from the history of the festival: