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Zagrebački Velesajam / Zagreb Fair

Avenija Dubrovnik 15, Zagreb

18.12. - 28.12.

This fair offers the greatest amusement park in whole Croatia. So if you will be during this period in Zagreb and you do not know where to go, for sure you have to visit Zagreb Xmas Fair and enter the land of Santa Clause, fairy tales world , dreams, entertainment, Candyland and magic!

04.01.2009 & 06.01.2009
Sljeme, Zagreb

Men’s and women’s World Cup slalom at Zagreb’s Sljeme will take place at beginning of January 2009. Snow Queen (Snježna kraljica) is a women’s slalom race of the Alpine skiing World Cup, the event attracts approximately 15,000 to 20,000 spectators,and the total prize money fund which is given on Snow Queen is the biggest in women races which is making it the largest women’s race in the world cup.

Originally the race was named “Golden Beer”, but to honor Janica Kostelić sport victories (she was the World Cup overall champion in 2001, 2003, 2006, and is considered to be one of the greatest female skiers of all time!) the race changed it’s name to the “Snow Queen”.
The organizer of the race is Croatian Ski Association, technical information about the race course are:

Course name: Crveni spust
Start: 995 m
Finish: 785 m
Vertical drop: 210 m
FIS homologation No.: 7669/12/04

Total prize money fund for the FIS World Cup “Vip Snow Queen Trophy” 2009 is 165.000 € for the ladie’s race (04.01.) and 165.000 € for the men’s race.

1st place    60.000 €
2nd place   30.000 €
3rd place    15.000 €
4th place     8.000 €

Snow Queens:

Year    Winner
2005   Tanja Poutiainen
2006   Marlies Schild
2007   Marlies Schild
2008   Tanja Poutiainen

Official site: Vip Snow Queen Trophy

25th MBZ

Zagreb, Croatia

17.04.2009 - 26.04 2009

The Music Biennale Zagreb is an international festival of contemporary music, the first such festival was in year 1961. Every spring of the odd years  in Zagreb this festival represents the current music production from Croatia and abroad. The festival will take place in several very popular and famous places in Zagreb center such as Croatian National Theatre, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Mimara Museum, Theater &T, Student center, Zagreb Youth Theatre, City Drama Theatre Gavella and much more.

The broad program speaks for it self.
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Vatroslav Lisinski

Trg Stjepana Radica 4, Zagreb

24.11.2008  - 7:30 PM

When it comes to singing Africa, especially Southern, can reach with singing all the sounds of the earth.  Dynamic, colorful costumes, rhythmic, with rich harmonies and dancing performance, all these adjectives can be used to describe Soweto Gospel Choir. They were formed in 2002, as a cultural embodiment of post-apartheid South Africa.

Their musical expression is a combination of African spiritual music, rhythms tribe, reggae and American pop music. Group has so far held several world tours. Their albums “Blessed” and “African Spirit” won Grammya for the best traditional world music albums in 2007-and 2008.

The group receives excellent reviews from almost all countries around the world in which they performed, so Peter Burdon (Australia) said “Vibrant, radiant, majestic…inspired and inspiring music, boldly performed…”, Adrian Chamberlain (Times Colonist - Canada) states that “Soweto Choir offers glorious gospel revival”. After the concert in Edinburgh Sue Wilson said “… a truly otherworldly sound that literally takes the breath away …dazzling”.

Does someone needs  better invitation to this concert as these reviews?

Ticket price ranges from 100 kn up to 140 kn

Vatrosalv Lisinski

Trg Stjepana Radica 4, Zagreb

28.10.2008

In the Great Hall on 28^th October you can hear Platinum ABBA. The band was established in 1997 in the UK with only one purpose: to become the best ABBA tribute band in the world and according to London Evening Standard they are the best and most authentic ABBA tribute which you can find.

The real ABBA originate from 1966 and it got the glory with the hits like “Waterloo”, “Money Money”, “SOS” and “Mamma Mia”, but even after 25 of breakup the popularity is not sinking. A fact which is proving their reputation is that next year they will have they own museum, and that they have sold 370 million plates around the world.

Platinum ABBA is not some average tribute band, they do not look and play just as the real ABBA, but they also have live performance, with all instruments and without backing recordings.

The tickets you can buy at Lisinski and they range between 160 and 200 kn.

Platinum ABBA - Youtube

Vatroslav Lisinski - Great Hall
Trg Stjepana Radića 4, Zagreb
5.11.2008

Musical trio (Stefania, Mara, Giorgia) which is taking your breath, will present modern and tepmerament interpretation of a classical music. All three singers have had classical voice education. Mara Tanchi’s voice took her even to the Vatican where she sang for the Pope, Stefania Francabandiera was working with Eros Ramazzotti, Giorgia Villa worked with musical artists like Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams and others.

Appassionante is showing us a new beautiful mix of pop and classical music, proving that opera can have much broader audience than ever!

Price: 250, 270 and 300 kn

Appassionante – www.appassionante.com
Vatroslav Lisinski - www.lisinski.hr

YouTube Appassionante - www.youtube.com

Vatroslav Lisinski - Great Hall
Trg Stjepana Radića 4, Zagreb

25.10.2008. - 26.10.2008.

Days of Oris - this manifestation with international character has its huge purpose, to introduce contemporary architect leaders to Croatian public.
The organizations (Arhitekst and Oris) of the event announced participation of architects from United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, Slovenia and Croatia. The manifestation is organized as a two-day series of lectures by eminent architects who present their works, concepts of construction through crative approaches with new techoligy, trends and materials.

Days of Oris Program:

Saturday, October 25

10:00 opening
10:30 David Adjaye - England
11:45 The next ENTERprise – Austria
13:00 Dekleva Gregorič architects – Slovenia
15:30 Smiljan Radic – Chile
16:45 Annette Gigon (Gigon/Guyer architects) – Switzerland
18:00 Mansilla + Tu?on arquitectos – Spain

Sunday October 26

10:00 Igor Franić – Croatia
11:15 Peter Ebner – Austria
12:30 Sami Rintala – Finland
15:00 Lebbeus Woods – USA
16:15 Steven Holl - USA

Days of Oris 2008 - www.oris.hr

Zagreb Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 2003 and held in Zagreb, Croatia.
Festival features debut, first and second author films in three separate international competition programs (feature film, short film, documentary film), and one competition program for short films made by Croatian authors.

The Festival award is called Zlatna kolica (Golden Pram). Until 2005 the award was called Golden Bib.

The 2007 edition featured around 80 films from 30 countries and attracted an audience of around 30,000 people.

Film Programme:

Rumba
Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy, France, Belgium

My Marlon and Brando
Hüseyin Karabey, Turkey, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

Those Three / An seh
Naghi Nemati, Iran

The Desert Within / Desierto adentro
Rodrigo Plá, Mexico

Love and Other Crimes / Ljubav i drugi zločini
Stefan Arsenijević, Serbia, Germany , Austria, Slovenia

Moscow Belgium / Aanrijding in Moscou
Christophe van Rompaey, Belgium

Zift
Javor Gardev, Bulgaria

Snow / Snijeg
Aida Begić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran

Elite Squad / Tropa de Elite
José Padilha, Brazil, Argentina

www.zagrebfilmfestival.com
www.youtube.com/user/zagrebfilmfestival