DUBROVNIK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra is a professional ensemble founded in 1925, first named the Dubrovnik Philharmonic, later, the Dubrovnik City Orchestra and then until 1992, the Festival Symphony Orchestra.  Its members are musicians with extensive music and academic education, primarily recruited from the internationally acclaimed Zagreb Academy of Music.  Its list of concerts is very long, including numerous tours throughout Europe and in the US.  The Orchestra performs a repertoire consisting of pieces by baroque, classical and romantic composers.  It's concert venues in Dubrovnik include the Rector’s Palace, Fort Revelin, and the numerous Dubrovnik churches and the city  squares.

In the last few years the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra performed in the most prestigious venues all over the world, including: The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C. USA); The Kurhaus (Bad Schwalbach, Germany); Herkules Saal (Munich, Germany); Basf Concert Hall (Ludwigshafen, Germany); Lisinski Concert Hall (Zagreb, Croatia); etc.  The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra has been awarded the Milka Trnina Prize, which is the most prestigious musical award in Croatia.

Some of the most prestigious local and foreign conductors and soloists with whom the Orchestra has appeared, particularly during the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, include: Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Michel Legrand, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter, Lovro von Matačić, Antonio Janigro, Kiril Kondrashin, Ernst Marzendorfer, Milan Horvat, Pavle Dešpalj, Anton Nanut, David Ojstrah, Henryk Szeryng, Uto Ughi, Stefan Milenkovich, Ivo Pogorelić, Ivan Pochekin, Nada Matošević, Michael Kissinger, Dubravka Tomšič, Dunja Vejzović, Ruža Pospiš Baldani, Monika Leskovar, Radovan Vlatković, Mischa Maisky, Yuri Bashmet, Julian Rachlin, Pavica Gvozdić, Mario Hossen, and others.

DUBROVNIK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Svetoga Dominika 9, 20 000 DUBROVNIK, CROATIA
Phone : 00 385 (0) 20 417 110  Fax: 00 385 (0) 20 417 060
Mob: 00 385 (0) 98 211 581 Manager 00 385 (0) 20 311 365
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Website: http://www.dso.hr