Vita Mavrič : La Vita è bella

The concert lasts approx. 90 minutes.

Vita Mavrič performing a concert with guests Mia Žnidarič, Alenka Godec and Jure Ivanušič, under the musical direction of Jaka Pucihar, accompanied by members of the RTV Slovenija Symphony Orchestra.

Vita Mavrič is making her ninth album, scheduled for release in 2026. The brand-new material will be premiered at a retrospective concert organised in celebration of her sixtieth birthday. 

During a career spanning nearly four decades, Vita Mavrič has refined her interpretation, deepening her engagement with the songs and broadening her stylistic range. Vita’s teasing coquetry from her first chansonniere days has gradually evolved into a daring, finely honed delivery of carefully selected and extremely varied repertoire.

The retrospective concert is dedicated to a representative selection to Vita’s lifework, complemented by the long-awaited collaboration with her brother Vinko Möderndorfer, a sprinkling of Vinko’s songs arranged by Jaka Pucihar. In addition, the programme will include works by some of the greatest local and international chanson composers, most notably Jani Kovačič, Jacques Brel, Leo Ferré, Borut Lesjak and Arsen Dedić.

Expect a hefty dose of the nostalgia of chansons with stellar guests – Mia Žnidarič, Alenka Godec and Jure Ivanušič – and a fresh batch of tunes imbued with a mature, bittersweet acceptance of transience. "Stage curtain – fall in the middle of a bow!", reads a line from one of Möderndorfer's songs. Vita Mavrič's retrospective concert is far from being a coincidence; it is a carefully considered stage of Vita’s journey and a celebration of two jubilees: Vita’s sixtieth birthday and the thirtieth anniversary of the artistic partnership with the pianist and arranger Jaka Pucihar, who has written all the arrangements on Vita's recent albums and co-authored the "La vie en rose" events. As well as a pianist, "La Vita e bella" features Jaka Pucihar in the roles of composer, arranger and conductor.

Teja Klobčar, music editor