MultituDs is a stage event in which cellist, singer and composer Alba Haro and dancer and choreographer Marco de Ana create a world of constant transformation. On stage, they share space, objects, music, silence and imagination, assembling them into an unpredictable play of relationships, identities and perspectives. It is a playful, intelligent and multilayered stage experience that surprises, entertains and raises questions about who we are when we set aside the roles we play every day.

The performance takes the audience through a series of scenes that unfold as an open dialogue between movement, voice and sound. Rather than following a story with a clear beginning and end, it generates a living flow of meaning-making, where seriousness intertwines with humour, intimacy with absurdity and poeticism with the unexpected.

The stage is inhabited by cellos, microphones, electronic sound devices and the bodies of the two performers. The objects are not merely technical tools, but living bodies and partners in play, triggering new events, associations and relationships. Everything can be important and unimportant at the same time, with nothing being definitive.

Marco de Ana, a long-time collaborator of the legendary Israel Galván and one of the most original creators in contemporary flamenco, builds his distinctive stage language through a constant dialogue between tradition, contemporary art and performance art. Alba Haro, a cellist, vocalist and author with an exceptionally broad creative range, combines her classical musical education, improvisation, flamenco and original music into a unique sonic world.

Together, they create a performance that is never quite the same. Part concert, part dance performance, part stage experiment and, above all, an encounter between two remarkable creative personalities. MultituDs invites the audience into a space where identities unfold, multiply and transform before their eyes, reminding us that no one is defined by a single story.
 

Predstavi Biti Don Kihot in You!Who?Who! sta namenjeni odraslim.
Ena vstopnica velja za obe predstavi. 

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Biti Don Kihot

Trajanje: 60 minut

Lutkovna predstava za dva igralca, lutko in kup nenavadnih predmetov nadgrajuje motive Cervantesovega romana in vizualno poetiko češkega mojstra nadrealistične filmske animacije Jana Švankmajerja z osebno izpovedjo današnjega ustvarjalca, razpetega med idealizmom in bojem za preživetje. Boj z mlini na veter je tako prenesen v kontekst konflikta med različnimi zvrstmi gledališča kot tudi med materialom (lutko) in animatorjem, tradicijo in postmodernizmom, med umetniškim idealizmom ter pragmatičnostjo, umetnikom in družbo. Biti Don Kihot je dinamična gledališka kompozicija domiselnih uprizoritvenih prijemov, ki nas popelje od montyphytonovske komedije do animacije predmetov, glasbenih in improviziranih vložkov.

Matija Solce, priznani in večkrat nagrajeni lutkovni režiser, igralec, lutkar in glasbenik, je doktoriral na praški akademiji DAMU. V svojih delih tesno povezuje glasbo in gledališče, zato so njegove lutkovne predstave tudi hkrati interaktivne glasbene skladbe. Pogosto v formi gledališča objekta vsebujejo precizno ritmično animacijo s fragmentirano dramaturgijo, skozi katero gledalec postane del gledališkega eksperimenta in je vedno znova v odkrivanju nepričakovanega.

Nagrade: Miha Razdrih, nagrada za dramaturgijo, Festival Zlatna Iskra, Srbija, 2024; Matija Solce in Filip Šebšajevič, nagrada za igro, Zlatna Iskra, Kragujevac, Srbija, 2024; nagrada za kolektivno igro, XII. Bugojansko bienale, BiH, 2023; nagrada za najboljšo uprizoritev, 11. bienale lutkovnih ustvarjalcev Slovenije, 2021; Miha Razdrih, nagrada za dramaturgijo, 11. bienale lutkovnih ustvarjalcev Slovenije, 2021.

Gostuje: Teatro Matita in MCLU Koper, premiera 2019
Avtor glasbe in scenografije: Matija Solce
Režija: Vida Cerkvenik Bren, Matija Solce
Dramaturgija: Miha Razdrih
Izdelava lutke: Mitja Ritmanič
Igrajo: Matija Solce, Tines Špik / Filip Šebšajevič
 

You! Who? Who!

Glasbeno kabarejski-neaktivistični boyband hrani kaos, karizma in ljubezen do absurda. S svojim žanrsko neukrotljivim prepletom trapa, etna, rocka in ruralne poezije potegnejo navzoče v vrtinec energije, zvoka in pripovedovanja. Nastopajoči nenehno komunicirajo med seboj in z občinstvom, medtem pa izvajajo nore, disonantne instrumentalne in vokalne solo vložke. 

Vsak s svojimi edinstvenimi protislovji oživlja na odru svoj ekscentrični lik: samozvani revolucionar, ki na skrivaj obožuje birokracijo, brezupni romantik z nagnjenjem k eksistencialni stiski, prinašalec miru, ki rad seka lipe, pesnik, ki rima le pod vplivom alkohola in dirigent v cesarjevih novih oblačilih. Skupaj vsak nastop spremenijo v spektakel ljubezni, upora in opojnosti. 

Ko šnopc steče in zavore popustijo, se meja med izvajalci in občinstvom zabriše. Kar se začne kot koncert, se zaključi kot nepozabna skupinska bakhanalija ali pa se morda sploh ne konča. Pripravite se na mešanico satire, spontanosti in čiste norosti.

Matija Solce, harmonika in vokal
Miha Arh, bobni in vokal
Filip Šebšajevič, bas kitara in vokal
Tines Špik, vokal
Miha Razdrih, poezija  

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Matita Variete - tri predstave in koncert, vse v enem dnevu.
In to samo v Klubu Cankarjevega doma.

Gledališče Matita je že večkrat obpotovalo svet s predstavami, ki presegajo meje klasičnih razsežnosti. Njegovo delo sloni na prefinjeni animaciji, prvinski igralski prezenci, kompleksnih glasbenih aranžmajih in predvsem na unikatnosti dogodka, ki je vsakič znova neponovljiv.
Tokrat bo Klub Cankarjevega doma gostil omnibus dogodkov, kakršne običajno videvamo na mednarodnih festivalih po vsem svetu. Pet izvajalcev (Matija Solce, Filip Šebšajevič, Tines Špik, Miha Razdrih, Miha Arh) z gosti bo izvirno razčlenilo klasična dela in jim postavilo povsem nove okvire. 

Gledalci boste izkusili vse od klasične marionete Dona Kihota do izvirnih mimičnih lutk v Malih nočnih zgodbah in animacije predmetov. Večer bo zaokrožil nastop etno-trap-rock-poetične neaktivistične zasedbe You!Who?Who!, ki bo dogajanje prelila v koncertno-teatralični kabaret in občinstvu ponudila tisto, česar v vsakdanu najbolj primanjkuje – čisto življenje. 

Če povzamemo: čakajo vas lutke z izvirnimi mehanizmi, animacija predmetov in koncert žive, teatralične glasbe s pridihom ljudskosti. In to v naslednjem vrstnem redu:

18.00 – Male nočne zgodbe 
19.00 – Kuharica Micka
19.30 – Biti Don Kihot
21.00 – You!Who?Who!

Nastopajo: Matija Solce, Filip Šebšajevič, Tines Špik, Miha Razdrih, Miha Arh
 

Cene vstopnic

Predstavi Male nočne zgodbe in Kuharica Micka sta namenjeni otrokom (6+) in odraslim.
Ena vstopnica velja za obe predstavi.
Cena vstopnice: 10,00 EUR

Predstavi Biti Don Kihot in You!Who?Who! sta namenjeni odraslim.
Ena vstopnica velja za obe predstavi. 
Cena vstopnice: 10,00 EUR

Za nakup obeh vstopnic: 10% popust

Predstavi Male nočne zgodbe in Kuharica Micka sta namenjeni otrokom (6+) in odraslim.
Ena vstopnica velja za obe predstavi.

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Male nočne zgodbe

Trajanje: 50 minut

Ko pade noč in se svet ljudi za nekaj časa umiri v svojem vrtinčenju, sede pisatelj za mizo in poskuša napisati povest. Utrujen zaspi, v njegovih sanjah pa oživijo predmeti okoli njega in liki, o katerih je želel pisati: divji bik in torero, najhitrejši polž in čevelj, nadležna muha in zaljubljena žaba … V temi noči se med njimi začnejo plesti zgodbe.

V predstavi nastopajo lutke z izvirnimi mehanizmi za animacijo, ki jih je zasnoval in izdelal Matija Solce.

Male nočne zgodbe, ki so prvič nastale že leta 2004, so se uvrstile med legendarne predstave Teatra Matita in še danes gostujejo na festivalih po vsem svetu. V vseh teh letih je predstava prejela številne nagrade, med njimi: nagrado za animacijo in predstavo kot celoto na 53. festivalu Loutkářská Chrudim; nagrado za najboljšo predstavo na gledališkem festivalu Zlomvaz v Pragi; nagrado za animacijo na 3. bienalu lutkovnih ustvarjalcev Slovenije; nagrado zlata ptica za scenske umetnosti; nagrado za animacijo in lutke na Mednarodnem festivalu lutkovnih gledališč PIF v Zagrebu.

Priporočljivo za odrasle in otroke s smislom za črni humor.

Gostuje: Teatro Matita in MCLU Koper, premiera 30. avgust 2003
Avtor, lutke, izvedba: Matija Solce
Glasbenik: Miha Arh
Režija: Vida Cerkvenik Bren, Matija Solce
Glasbenik: Miha Arh

 

Kuharica Micka

Lutkovna točka iz poštnega nabiralnika

Trajanje: 15 minut

Kuharica Micka je prizor iz grotesknega lutkovnega kabareta The Hole (Luknja), nastalega po predlogi Alice v čudežni deželi Lewisa Carrolla. Predstava je bila leta 2008 režijski prvenec Matije Solceta v Lutkovnem gledališču Ljubljana. Deset let po umiku z repertoarja se Kuharica Micka vrača z animatorjem Mihom Arhom kot produkcija gledališča objekta Teatro Matita.

Na lep poletni dan Kuharica Micka peče piškote za Srčno kraljico, njeno delo pa popestri otrok, ki ji je bil zaupan v varstvo.

Produkcija: Teatro Matita 2023
Režija: Matija Solce
Vizualna podoba: Maríanna Stránská
Igra in animacija: Miha Arh
 

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Matita Variete - tri predstave in koncert, vse v enem dnevu.
In to samo v Klubu Cankarjevega doma.

Gledališče Matita je že večkrat obpotovalo svet s predstavami, ki presegajo meje klasičnih razsežnosti. Njegovo delo sloni na prefinjeni animaciji, prvinski igralski prezenci, kompleksnih glasbenih aranžmajih in predvsem na unikatnosti dogodka, ki je vsakič znova neponovljiv.
Tokrat bo Klub Cankarjevega doma gostil omnibus dogodkov, kakršne običajno videvamo na mednarodnih festivalih po vsem svetu. Pet izvajalcev (Matija Solce, Filip Šebšajevič, Tines Špik, Miha Razdrih, Miha Arh) z gosti bo izvirno razčlenilo klasična dela in jim postavilo povsem nove okvire. 

Gledalci boste izkusili vse od klasične marionete Dona Kihota do izvirnih mimičnih lutk v Malih nočnih zgodbah in animacije predmetov. Večer bo zaokrožil nastop etno-trap-rock-poetične neaktivistične zasedbe You!Who?Who!, ki bo dogajanje prelila v koncertno-teatralični kabaret in občinstvu ponudila tisto, česar v vsakdanu najbolj primanjkuje – čisto življenje. 

Če povzamemo: čakajo vas lutke z izvirnimi mehanizmi, animacija predmetov in koncert žive, teatralične glasbe s pridihom ljudskosti. In to v naslednjem vrstnem redu:

18.00 – Male nočne zgodbe 
19.00 – Kuharica Micka
19.30 – Biti Don Kihot
21.00 – You!Who?Who!

Nastopajo: Matija Solce, Filip Šebšajevič, Tines Špik, Miha Razdrih, Miha Arh
 

Cene vstopnic

Predstavi Male nočne zgodbe in Kuharica Micka sta namenjeni otrokom (6+) in odraslim.
Ena vstopnica velja za obe predstavi.
Cena vstopnice: 10,00 EUR

Predstavi Biti Don Kihot in You!Who?Who! sta namenjeni odraslim.
Ena vstopnica velja za obe predstavi. 
Cena vstopnice: 10,00 EUR

Za nakup obeh vstopnic: 10% popust

Matej Kejžar’s body of work is characterised by an inspiring, humanistic creative process that connects him not only with himself and his collaborators, but also with his audience. For many years now, we have followed with interest his determination to disentangle choreography as a principle of domination from Dance. “Dance” with a capital D affirms the possibility of moving beyond established mechanisms of control, beyond the limiting and often destructive effects of domination. “No one should rule over anyone,” suggests Kejžar’s Dance.

The conversation with Matej Kejžar will focus on his new film Zapor teater cerkev, as well as the conceptual, philosophical, artistic, and social foundations of his dance practice.
 

On the occasion of World Romani Language Day, acclaimed composer and musicologist Imer Traja Brizani, a doctoral researcher in musicology and Romani studies, will perform with his ensemble Amala. The concert is also dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of his late father and mentor, Uka Brizani, a composer, conductor and founder of the Radio Priština Popular Orchestra. It further commemorates 53 years of Imer Traja Brizani’s professional career, including 46 years of artistic work in Slovenia. He has also collaborated with Cankarjev dom on a variety of projects for 26 years.

The event will also serve as the centrepiece of the anniversary vinyl release Amala 30, marking three decades of the ensemble’s work. The record was released in collaboration with Nika Records.

The concert programme features Brizani’s original compositions alongside Romani classics in his distinctive arrangements. Flute, clarinets, cello, saxophones and ethnic percussion intertwine with jazz-fusion grooves, Latin rhythms and flamenco influences. Amala will be joined by a vocal ensemble comprising Mateja Zwitter, Ivana Honsič, Jana Gamsar, Miha Vanič and Petra Prebanda. The evening’s special guest will be Oto Pestner, alongside other distinguished musicians with established international careers. Violeta Tomić will interpret selected texts, trace the artistic journey of the Brizani family and present research perspectives on the Arli dialect of the Romani language.

Through works including Suite Romani, My Gypsy Heart, Loli phabaj, Dudum, Ciganska kri, Čhajorije šukarije and Gjelem gjelem, the concert brings together Romani musical heritage, original compositions and diverse European musical traditions.

Performers and Artistic Collaborators

Amala ensemble

Imer Traja Brizani – project director, composer, vocals and bass guitar
Armando Brizani – piano
Uroš Rakovec – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
Anja Burnik – flute
Žiga Fabbro – alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
Tomi Purič – drums, cajón
Bernardo Brizani – cello

Vocal ensemble: Mateja Zwitter, Ivana Honsič, Jana Gamsar, Miha Vanič and Petra Prebanda.

Featured vocalist and special artistic guest: Oto Pestner – vocals

Artistic Guests and Soloists

Lana Trotovšek – internationally acclaimed violinist, guest artist and soloist

Violeta Tomić – interpretation of selected texts; presentation of the Brizani family’s artistic work and rich creative legacy; interpretation of scholarly research on the Arli dialect of the Romani language

Mirsad Dalipi – guest percussionist, specialising in Latin American and world percussion, including the tapan and tarabuka

The concert Hybrid spaces explores a different kind of encounter: that between human and machine. Rather than asking whether machines and artificial intelligence might one day replace us, it considers a more productive question — how humans and machines might coexist, interact and contribute to a shared creative process.

19.30 – Part I
Programme: 
Alvise Sinivia & Frédéric Blondy: Micrographia for prepared piano and electronics

20.30 – Interlude Conversation with Alvise Sinivia
(moderator: Gregor Pompe)

21.00 – Part II 

Programme:
Larisa Vrhunc, new work for saxophone, percussion, piano, cello and electronics  [commissioned by New Music Forum]
Doina Rotaru, Japanese Garden for bass flute and electronics
Marco Momi, Ludica II for saxophone, electric guitar, percussion, piano and electronics
Joanna Bailie, Trains for violoncello and electronics

Performed by: Alvise Siniva (piano), Frédéric Blondy (piano), members of the New Music Forum Ensemble, Rok Zalokar (electronics)

Co-produced by Društvo UHO (New Music Forum) and Cankarjev dom. 

18.30 – Accompanying concert: Exposition

Programme: 
Yaron Deutsch, Exposition #1.8.02
Sarah Nemtsov,  Da'at
Pierluigi Billone.  Sgorgo Y

Yaron Deutsch (električna kitara)

The opening concert of this year’s festival explores the many ways in which composers can shape our experience of musical time. As one of music’s most fundamental dimensions, time is never merely a matter of structure or form; it also has a social life in performance, as musicians negotiate different temporalities and adjust their playing in response to one another.

19.30 – Pre-concert talk with Lan Podletnik Ašič
(moderation: Gregor Pompe)

20.00 – Clash of temporalities

Programme:
Elena Rykova,  101% mind uploading for piano & percussion
Imsu Choi, IIIN for flute, clarinet, accordion, cello, electric guitar
Brendan Champeaux, Poem Code for bass clarinet, electric guitar, percussion and accordion
Lan Podletnik Ašič,  new work for flute, clarinet, electric guitar, percussion, cello [commissioned by New Music Forum]
Misato Mochizuki, Satellites for piano, saxophone, percussion

Performed by members of the New Music Forum Ensemble.
Co-produced by Društvo UHO (New Music Forum) and Cankarjev dom. 

Conducted by Prof. Dr Ivan Šprajc, an archaeologist and research fellow at ZRC SAZU (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts), this lecture will address the archaeological expeditions he has been leading for the past three decades in the heart of the Yucatán Peninsula. They have uncovered numerous previously undocumented archaeological sites, including major urban centres. This year, his team continued its research in the central part of the Mexican state of Campeche, where a final major gap in the archaeological map of the Maya cultural region has recently been filled. 

Using laser scanning (LiDAR) data, they first discovered a previously unknown site which, while not particularly large, surprised them with a series of relief-carved stone monuments on which some depictions and hieroglyphic inscriptions are still discernible. On previous expeditions, the team had relied on old logging trails – which, though abandoned and overgrown, could be cleared to allow off-road vehicles to reach their target locations. This time, however, there were no such trails in the wider vicinity of the site, so they named it Minanbé, which in Yucatec Maya translates as “No Path”. The second site, also surveyed this season, lies relatively close to a populated area and was known to the locals, who call it El Yesal; however, neither its details nor its extent were known. Only now have the scientists realised that El Yesal is one of the largest Maya cities in the Yucatecan lowlands. The talk will focus on the fieldwork, highlighting the distinctive features of both sites.
 

Running time: 90 minutes 

Robert Stillman, saxophone; Chelsea Carmichael, saxophone; tbc, cello; Tom Herbert, double bass; Tom Skinner, drums 

Drummer, composer and producer Tom Skinner has been a vital, central figure in London’s burgeoning underground music scene for two decades. He is best known as a founding member of Sons Of Kemet, the jazz group he formed with his frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings. He is also the drummer for The Smile, where he blends jazz and krautrock with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. He has performed and recorded with Grace Jones, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mulatu Astatke, Floating Points and The Invisible, to name just a few. A sought-after collaborator with some of the world’s most renowned electronic producers, he has also launched several unconventional musical projects of his own.

2022 saw the release of Voices of Bishara, his debut album as the leader of a septet, inspired by Abdul Wadud’s 1978 solo cello album By Myself. Last year, his second album, Kaleidoscopic Visions, came out under his own name on the esteemed Chicago-based label International Anthem. The album leans towards introspective, fully composed pieces, complemented by the improvisations of bassist Tom Herbert and cellist Kareem Dayes, the atmospheric melodies of Robert Stillman and Chelsea Carmichael on various woodwinds and reeds, and occasional guitar interludes by Portishead’s Adrian Utley. The meditative spiritual The Maxim features the astral vocals and bass playing of Meshell Ndegeocello. A role model whom Skinner first saw perform at Glastonbury as a teenager, Ndegeocello is now, years later, working on an album with him.

The kaleidoscopic visions that define Skinner’s album are a meditation on his past work and life choices, a reckoning with his wins and losses – as befits an artist in his middle years. Skinner thus looks back at the territory he has covered and towards the path ahead, which may indeed be shorter, but is still winding and full of possibilities, even if perhaps no longer as wide. Drawing on the wisdom and painful experience of failure, as well as the elation of victory – all in the shadow of mortality, responsibility and inevitability – Skinner pays tribute to two figures among his friends and role models: the novelist Paul Auster and his mother, a former concert pianist prodigy who abandoned her own promising career to devote herself to family life.

Tom Skinner’s concert promises a backward glance, a vista of the future, as well as a contemplation of the emotional here and now.
 

Running time: 90 minutes 

Tomaž Gajšt, trumpet, Fluegelhorn; Boštjan Simon, saxophone, modular synth; Andrej Kobal, live electronics; Šimun Matišić, vibraphone, drums, percussion; Kristijan Krajnčan, cello, drums, percussion

Alchymia XXI, or Alchemy for the 21st Century, a new project by multi-instrumentalist and composer Kristijan Krajnčan, brings the ancient concept of alchemy into dialogue with vibrant contemporary jazz. At the heart of the work is alchemy as an art of transformation. Rather than magic, however, this transformation is understood as a concrete shift in perspective, listening and awareness. It is about recognising the mystical in everyday life: in the roots of a tree breaking through asphalt, in the eyes of a child still free from prejudice, and in the warmth of the sun caressing our cheek through the power of nuclear fusion.

Krajnčan drew inspiration from a variety of worlds: the images and symbols of alchemy, the experience of shamanic rituals in the primeval forest, the electronic manipulation of instruments, the stirring of buried emotions, and the folk heritage of Resia and Istria, expressed through their microtonal musical traditions.

“It’s human to feel pain. But what matters is what you do with that pain,” says Krajnčan. “Sometimes I imagine that my tombstone would read: He lived like an alchemist. Whatever he touched experienced an improvement, if only by a fraction. That’s the ideal I strive for.”