Vasquez and DSO Soloists at the Rector's Palace for the 77th Games
The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra prepares its third festival concert, and due to overwhelming interest, an additional hundred seats have been released for sale.
The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra prepares its third festival concert, and due to overwhelming interest, an additional hundred seats have been released for sale.
The third concert of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra as part of the 77th Dubrovnik Summer Festival is scheduled for tonight, August 10, 2026, in the atrium of the Rector's Palace, starting at 9:30 PM. Under the baton of maestro Christian Vasquez, the audience can expect a rich program that blends late Romanticism with contemporary meditative music, performed by four distinguished soloists.
The program will open with Johannes Brahms's Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102. This is one of the composer's final orchestral works, created as a symbol of reconciliation and friendship, bringing virtuosity and profound musicality into an equal dialogue between the two solo instruments. On the festival stage, these parts will be performed by violinist Dunja Bontek and cellist Branimir Pustički.
The second part of the evening brings Tabula Rasa by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, one of the most significant works of contemporary music. This piece, which marked the development of his distinctive tintinnabuli style, is characterized by contrasts between movement and silence, creating an exceptionally evocative musical experience. The soloists will be violinists Mirabai Weismehl Rosenfeld and Eva Šulić Brajčić.
Due to exceptional audience interest, 100 additional standing places were released for sale the day before the concert. The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, which continues a long musical tradition dating back to the era of the Republic of Ragusa (1358-1808), celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2025. In 2020, the orchestra was awarded the Grand Prix Orlando for outstanding artistic contribution, and it regularly performs with domestic and internationally acclaimed artists in the unique settings of its city, from the atrium of the Rector's Palace to the city's churches and squares.