Prepare for a new musical surprise at the latest concert by Cantus Ensemble – an ensemble that consistently delivers the unexpected and fresh. On Monday, February 5, Cantus Ensemble and Ivan Josip Skender will welcome you at Lisinski Hall.
Cantus Ensemble's latest concert season continues with their first concert in 2024 set for Monday, February 5, 8 pm, at the Small Hall of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. As the concert’s titles and subtitles suggest: “Homemade is the best”, especially “when played solo-tutti”.
Šezdeset i pet godina dug svoj životni i umjetnički “maraton” Berislav Šipuš odlučio je obilježiti drugim koncertom u sezoni Cantus Ansambla znakovita naslova Marathon – With a Little Help from My Friends, posvećujući ga nekolicini svojih višegodišnjih prijatelja i suradnika bez kojih takav njegov put, kako sam kaže, ne bi bio moguć.
With the beginning of the new season, Cantus Ensambl, our most prominent ensemble for contemporary music, opens an exciting musical autumn filled with numerous concerts and guest appearances.
Summer heat alternates with storms, nature reveals itself in all its capriciousness, and the Cantus Ensemble is already thinking about autumn!
The past season of the Cantus Ensemble was highly intensive and gave rise to numerous new collaborations and plans that will come to fruition in the coming years. It all began with the regular performance at the Milko Kelemen Days in Slatina, where an intriguing program featuring works by the legendary Kelemen as well as three young contemporary composers – Dora Remenar, Helena Skljarov, and Linda Uran – was presented at the hall of the Public Open University.
The third concert of the Cantus Ensemble cycle, also the first one this year, will take place on Monday, February 13, 2023 at 8:00 p.m., in the Small Hall of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. The COLLISIONS concert, led by Ivan Josip Skender, will showcase three works by notable contemporary composers who have already made their mark in 20th-century music history. These pieces demonstrate three distinct and complex approaches to contemporary sound.
The final concert of the Cantus Ensemble season will be performed by their long-time collaborators, the renowned Canadian ensemble Turning Point from Vancouver, Canada. Counterparts Turning Point and Cantus were founded around the same time in the early 2000s, and we have been keeping track of their collaboration for a while.
The Samobor Festival has announced the invitation to the 12th international composition competition NEW NOTE – Croatia 2023.
The second concert entitled SOLO-TUTTI in the Cantus Ensemble cycle is scheduled to take place at the Small Hall of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Venue on Saturday, 17 December 2022, starting at 8 PM
Alongside performing numerous compositions, Cantus Ensemble will perform Boris Jakopović's new piece Stage Dimmed. Days prior to the performance, the composer reveals the new composition details and reflects on his studies in Ukraine.
