estival Paško ljeto - The Summer Festival in the Town of Pag was founded in 1999 and it has already become a tradition to have it opened by Lovro's recital. Lovro traces his origin to Pag, and the Festival originated out of his wish to help and dignify life of the town of Pag by meaningful companionship of quality through various projects. The town of Pag is a small renaissance town made of stone, a zoning unicum well known not only by the famous lace and cheese, but also by the tradition of cultural events. Pag has five churches, among which the Church of St. Fran’s is the Festival stage with wonderful acoustics. The Festival realises the various arts programme of a high level. Among the performers were Russian pianists Andrei Gavrilov and Konstantin Bogino, opera star Dunja Vejzović (Croatia), guitarists Aniello Desiderio (Italy) and Zoran Dukić (Croatia), and Petrit Çeku (Kosovo/Croatia), lutnist Edin Karamazov (BiH/Croatia), The Tschaikowsky Trio (Russia-France-Great Britain), quartets Fine Arts (USA) and Tartini (Slovenia), violinists Grigory Zhislin (Russia/ Germany), Stefan Milenkovich (Serbia/Italy)and Ilja Grubert (Nederland), cellist Monika Leskovar (Croatia), Rodoevre Percussions Copenhagen, ZUM quintet (GB) but also some young artists and numerous amateur ensembles from Pag itself. Among them, the Company which performs the traditional folk play Paška robinja (The Slave from Pag), a symbolic representation of the eternal desire of the Croatian people for freedom and independence, deserves to be mentioned. The exhibitions were: Paška čipka (The Lace from Pag, Etnographic Museum Zagreb, produced by architect Nenad Fabijanić), Svitlošnji put (The Path of Light, photographs by Mio Vesović/MO), Briju(o)ni (photographs by Damir Fabijanić) and gouache painting by the bard of Croatian visual arts, late Edo Murtić.


Festival Paško ljeto 2009, programme

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July 31st at 9pm

Lovro Pogorelić, piano recital in St. Marija's Church in the Old Town of Pag, following by the promotion of the documentary film Concert, directed by Filip Šovagović, shooted at the last Festival

August 2nd at 9pm

Filip Šovagović - drama project in the City Tower
August 4th at 9pm
 chamber music concert in the Cathedral, conductor Tomislav Fačini
August 6th at 9pm

Copenhagen Piano Quintet, concert in St. Fran's Church, accompanied with poetry reading - Grundstof by Niels Hav (Denmark)
August 8th at 9pm
 New Kuopio Piano Trio (Finland), concert in St. Fran's
August 10th at 9pm
 Lana Genc, piano recital in St. Fran's Church
August 13th at 9pm
 Rastrelli Cello Quartet (Russia),concert in the City Tower or in the atrium of The Duke's Castle
 
The Festival is supported by:
the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, the Zadar County, Tourist Board of the Zadar County, Municipal Authority and the Tourist Board of the Town of Pag, City Office for Education, Culture and Sport of the City of Zagreb, Medijski prostor, Premisa, TF Marketing, Croatia Airlines, Apart-Hotel Belveder, Tourist Agency Maricom, and Benikomerc from Pag.