MusicPast event 66. edition

Festival birthday: “Vocal and Pianistic Fireworks”

Name: Festival birthday: “Vocal and Pianistic Fireworks”
Start: 2026-08-04T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-04T22:30:00+02:00
Location: Church of St. Sophia

Maayan Licht, countertenor · Przemek Winnicki, piano

Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Time: 21:00 – 22:30
Duration: 90 minutes
Venue: Church of St. Sophia
Country: Израел, Полска

About the event

The festival celebrated its 66th birthday with a concert by Israeli countertenor Maayan Licht and Polish pianist Przemek Winnicki.

Programme

Arias by Handel, Broschi, Glinka, Szymanowski, Persl and Bizet — “Ombra mai fu”, “Venti, turbini”, “Lascia ch'io pianga”, “The Cold Song”, the Habanera from Carmen
Works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven, including the “Pathétique” Sonata

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Venue and seating

Church of St. Sophia

Car Samoil St., Ohrid 6000

The 11th-century cathedral where the festival's very first concert took place on 4 August 1961.

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Seating

Numbered seating, 216 seats on sale.

Numbered chairs in the nave, divided by a central aisle. Some seats behind the pillars are not sold due to restricted view.

Accessibility

The main entrance has a small ramp and the floor inside is level. Two wheelchair spaces are provided in the last row. Flash photography is not allowed in order to protect the frescoes.

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