Castle harmonies 2025 –14th concert season/3th concert

AMADEO ORCHESTRA

Leon Ravnikar, guitar

Leto Križanič Žorž, harp

Tilen Draksler, conductor

At the last of the three concerts of the Castle Harmonies, we will have the opportunity to listen to two protégés of the Gallus Foundation, which supports young musical talents and projects that they believe have a chance of international recognition. Together with the Amadeo Orchestra, founded in 2013 and under the artistic direction of pianist and conductor Tilno Draksler, which has been a permanent orchestra of the Gallus Selected Stages since 2021 in various configurations, guitarist Leon Ravnikar and harpist Leto Križanič Žorž will play between the castle walls. Ravnikar is a promising young musician, whose mentors are convinced that he can already stand alongside the world’s musical artists – and yet he is only at the beginning of his musical journey. The many international and national awards he has won are testimony to the fact that he is an exceptional musician with great potential. He is active as a chamber musician in many different ensembles and as a soloist with orchestra, as he loves to meet other music lovers and new instruments. Recipient of numerous international awards and prizes, Leto Križanič Žorž works as an invited musician with young musicians performing new original compositions, in various chamber ensembles and in studio recordings.

The concert is a collaboration with the Gallus Foundation.

Indicative programme:

Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 30

Debussy: Ritual and Secular Dance for harp and orchestra

B. Ipavec: Serenade for string orchestra