The sixth edition of the Hortus artis festival offers visitors and residents of Bratislava eight chamber music concerts in the garden of the Albrechtovci House, Kapitulská 1, during the summer months of this year.
The aim of the 2025 edition is to present various chamber ensembles with music from different historical periods, united by the phenomenon of French music, French sound, and its reflection in other cultures, including Slovak music.
The inspiration for the festival’s “theme” is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel in 2025, who, together with Claude Debussy, had an indelible influence on the form of European music at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. However, French sound is a much broader phenomenon, which is why the festival program also turns to older French Baroque music (Rameau, Campra, Leclair, Rebel, etc.).
The main project activities are live concerts and informal post-concert discussions with the performers. Emphasis is placed on the professionalism of the performances, the diversity of the cast, the presentation of rarely performed Slovak titles and authors and works historically linked to Slovakia.
The festival will feature nearly a hundred works performed by more than 60 performers from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Poland, Greece, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, and Denmark.
Programme 29.6. 2025
Musica aeterna (SK)
Artistic Director Peter Zajíček, violin
Jean Marie Leclair: Scyla et Glaucus, orchestral suite
Jean-Féry Rebel: Les Caracteres de la Dance
Jacques Aubert: Concert de simphonies, Cinquieme suite F dur
Jean-Féry Rebel: Les plaisirs champetre
Program July 20, 2025
Davide Tomasi – guitar / Marco Musso – guitar (IT)
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Maurice Ravel: Ma Mere l’Oye
Maria Castelnuovo Tedesco: Preludes and Fugues
Isaac Albèniz.: Almería
Premiere of a composition by a contemporary Slovak composer
Organizer: ALBRECHT FORUM, o.z.
Location: Albrecht House, Kapitulská, Bratislava, Slovakia
Concert dates:
July 6, 2025
July 13, 2025
July 20, 2025
July 27, 2025
August 24, 2025
August 31, 2025
September 21, 2025
Start: from 18:00
Price:
Basic admission – 13.00 €
Children under 6 years old – 1.00 €
Students, pensioners – 8.00 €
Disabled – 5.00 €
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