Fans of classical music enjoyed the magnificent event that took place on Sunday, July 12, 2020 in the beautiful ambiance of the Dragon’s Garden of the Valkaj family in Strigova.

This year’s edition of the Dragon’s Garden Concert, hosted top musicians:

Martina Filjak (piano)

Marija Kuhar Sosa (sopran)

Nina Tarandek (mezzosopran)

Domagoj Dorotic (tenor)

Mario Sosa and Nikola Grabar (piano accompaniment)

Zors Drausnik (producer)

Euro-Unit, together with Yamaha Music Europe as a long-term partner, supported this event with the Yamaha CFX concert piano, which has greatly enhance this musical event under the stars. Top musicians have already played on the Yamaha CFX concert piano: Chick Corea, Ivo Pogorelic, Maksim Mrvica, Matija Dedic, Matej Mestrovic, Hakan Ali Toker, Kemal Gekic, Zvjezdan Ruzix, etc.

 

PROGRAM od Dragon’s Garden concert:

Johann Sebastian Bach / Franz Liszt: Prelude in a-minor for organ BWV 543
Martina Filjak, piano

Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta potè indovinar?
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Nacqui all’affanno… Non piu mesta
Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran; Nikola Grabar, piano accompaniment

Georges Bizet: Carmen
La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Duo des fleurs “Sous le dôme épais”
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran; Nikola Grabar, piano accompaniment

Franz Liszt: Miserere, d’après Palestrina
Martina Filjak, piano

Josip Hatze: Serenada
Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran; Nikola Grabar, piano accompaniment

Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Quando men vo soletta per la via
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
O soave fanciulla
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

PAUSE

Aleksandar Skrjabin: Nocturne op. 9
Martina Filjak, piano

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Recondita Armonia
Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette
Je Veux Vivre
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Noble seigneurs salut
Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran; Nikola Grabar, piano accompaniment

Franz Liszt / Gaetano Donizetti: Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor
Martina Filjak, piano

Alfi Kabiljo, Jure Stubicanec: Medjimurje zeleno
Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran; Nikola Grabar, piano accompaniment

Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran; Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Nikola Grabar, piano accompaniment

Agustín Lara: Granada
Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Franz Lehár: Giuditta
Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Libiamo
Marija Kuhar Sosa, sopran; Nina Tarandek, mezzosopran;
Domagoj Dorotic, tenor; Mario Sosa, piano accompaniment

Recording of the whole concert you can see below:

You can also see the atmosphere from the concert in the photo gallery.

Photos by Miroslava Novak Hranjec