VARAZDIN BAROQUE FESTIVAL BEGINS VARAZDIN, Sept 25 (Hina) - For 30 years, the 'Varazdin Baroque Evenings' have developed into a festival of the national importance in this town rich in traces of the Croatian cultural heritage. Thanks
to the festival, over 70 works of the Croatian musical heritage have been found and prepared for the performance, and all of this contributes to Croatia's reputation in the world, Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic told at the opening ceremony of the 30th 'Varazdin Baroque Evenings' in this northern Croatian town on Sunday evening. A particular value of this event is that it helps enhance the spiritual sphere when we are facing the material hardship, Mesic said expressing hope that better times are in the offing . The festival's head, Vladimir Kranjcevic, addressed the gathered at the ceremony saying this year's event was dedicated to the 250 anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. In the coming
VARAZDIN, Sept 25 (Hina) - For 30 years, the 'Varazdin Baroque
Evenings' have developed into a festival of the national importance
in this town rich in traces of the Croatian cultural heritage.
Thanks to the festival, over 70 works of the Croatian musical
heritage have been found and prepared for the performance, and all
of this contributes to Croatia's reputation in the world, Croatia's
President Stjepan Mesic told at the opening ceremony of the 30th
'Varazdin Baroque Evenings' in this northern Croatian town on
Sunday evening.
A particular value of this event is that it helps enhance the
spiritual sphere when we are facing the material hardship, Mesic
said expressing hope that better times are in the offing .
The festival's head, Vladimir Kranjcevic, addressed the gathered
at the ceremony saying this year's event was dedicated to the 250
anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. In the coming 14
days, the audience can enjoy the eternal music of Bach, he added.
Croatian Culture Minister's envoy, Seadeta Midzic, said that
during 30 years of the festival, 280 concerts had been performed in
Varazdin and 84 concerts were give outside the town.
Upon the ceremonial opening Zagreb Soloists played three cantatas
by Bach.
The event is being held under President Mesic's auspices.
(hina) ms