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• Prešeren Day, Slovenian Cultural Holiday

  The Slovenian Cultural Holiday will be marked by an official state ceremony including the presentation of Prešeren Prizes, the country's most prestigious cultural awards, and many other cultural events held over a period of a few days before 8 February. On Prešeren Day, there will be free admission to Ljubljana's museums and galleries, several concerts, theatre performances and film screenings, and a number of other events.

  08 Feb 2012
  

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• Dulsori (South Korea) - spectacle with percussion instruments

  Audiences across the world have been thrilled by the Dulsori music ensemble's spectacular concerts, remarkable for excellent performances by drummers and percussionists, ritual singing and colourful choreography.

  10 Feb 2012 at 20:30,  More dates
  Cankarjev dom (cultural and congress centre)

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• Smokie (UK) - pop-rock concert

  The British pop-rock band Smokie rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit songs such as Living Next Door to Alice, Mexican Girl, Oh Carol and Needles and Pins.

  11 Feb 2012 at 20:00
  Dvorana Tivoli (sports hall)

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• The Lyrical - The Bizarre - The Ambiguous: European Mannerist Prints

  This exhibition of European Mannerist printmaking brings together a selection of supreme prints from the late 16th to the early 17th century.

  29 Nov 2011 - 12 Feb 2012
  Narodni muzej Slovenije / National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova ulica street

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• Sergei S. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - ballet

  Romeo and Juliet, an immortal tragedy about a couple of lovers in Verona written by William Shakespeare in 1593, is one of the most famous love stories ever written. Its ballet adaptation, set to music by Sergei Prokofiev seventy years ago, is characterised by such depth that the music defines even the mental worlds of its dramatis personae. ja and Lukas Zuschlag (Austria).

  14 Feb 2012 at 19:30,  More dates
  Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ljubljana

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• Designer Niko Kralj

  Ljubljana hosts a large retrospective on Niko Kralj, the founding father of Slovenian industrial design and a towering figure among 20th century industrial designers. 

  15 Dec 2011 - 04 Mar 2012
  Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje / Museum of Architecture and Design

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• Primož Hieng: This Foolish Shrovetide Time - open-air photographic exhibition

  The European Shrovetide carnival tradition, whose origins date back to pagan times, has taken several unique paths of development in Slovenia, well documented in a series of large-format Shrovetide-themed photographs by the photographer and essayist Primož Hieng.

  02 Feb 2012 - 29 Mar 2012
  The Tivoli Park

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