This year, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra celebrates an impressive 100 years of musical activity, during which it has grown into a key institution of both Dubrovnik’s and Croatia’s cultural life. Their anniversary performance at the Peristyle will be especially significant, as it also marks the 30th anniversary of the military-police operation known as Storm (Oluja). Combining these two anniversaries makes the concert a poignant and cultural milestone, connecting two great Croatian cities—Dubrovnik and Split. The repertoire will include pieces such as Mi smo hrvatski mornari, Croatio iz duše te ljubim, Zemljo moja, To je tvoja zemlja and U boj...
PROGRAM
1. PJESMA DUBROVNIKU
2. MI SMO HRVATSKI MORNARI
3. PLOVIT SE MORA
4. ZEMLJA DIDE MOGA
5. TO JE TVOJA ZEMLJA (a capella)
6. NE DAMO TE NIKOM
7. CROATIO IZ DUŠE TE LJUBIM
8. LA MUSICA DI NOTTE
9. ZEMLJO MOJA
10. KOME BI ŠUMILO MORE MOJE SINJE
11. RATNICI SVJETLA (a capella)
12. AKO NE ZNAŠ ŠTA JE BILO
13. LIJEPA LI SI
14. MOJA DOMOVINA
Slobodan Begić
He graduated in violin from the Zagreb Academy of Music and in conducting from the Academy of Music at the University of Sarajevo. Since 1989, he has been a member of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. He is the founder and artistic director of the Sorkočević Quartet and the first violinist of the Dubrovnik String Quartet. From 1997 to 2004, he was also a member and concertmaster of the Mostar Symphony Orchestra. Since 2002, he has held the status of an independent artist. In 2008, he became a permanent professor of violin, conducting, and orchestra at the Luka Sorkočević Art School.
He performs as a conductor with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Mostar Symphony Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Chamber Orchestra, and the Gedik Orchestra from Istanbul. As a chamber musician, he has received numerous accolades for his artistic work, including the City of Dubrovnik Award as the artistic director of the Sorkočević Quartet.
From 2018 to 2023, he served as the principal of the Luka Sorkočević Art School in Dubrovnik, and since 2023, he has been the director of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra.