15th Brda Contemporary Music Festival

You are warmly invited to the 15th edition of Brda Contemporary Music Festival (BCMF)!

You are warmly invited to the 15th edition of BCMF! Brda Contemporary Music Festival, a festival of creative music and improvisation, will celebrate its 15th anniversary from 11 to 13 September 2025 in the heart of Goriška Brda, a region known for its blend of Slovenian, Friulian, and Italian cultures. This unique connection represents one of the festival’s key goals: to create a meeting point for the Italian-Slovenian and international music scenes by involving young musicians, fostering collaboration with established artists, and continuing their invaluable work. The festival brings contemporary creative music into dialogue with other art forms, such as visual arts and poetry, enriching the local environment and opening up this once borderland to an international panorama. This year’s festival will again take place in the former cinema hall in Medana and at the Gradnik and Zorzut Memorial House.

PROGRAMME

11 September, Day of Soča Genes

• Gradnik and Zorzut Memorial House, 19:00: FILTERS exhibition and performance: Enej Gala (SI) – bass clarinet, Moe Yoshida (JP) – percussion,
• Kinodvorana Medana, 20:00: Frika trio: Anton Lorenzutti (SI) – electric guitar, Jošt Drašler (SI) – electric bass, Marek Fakuč (SI) – drums,
• 21:00: Igor Bezget Music Lab Kvartet: Igor Bezget (SI) – electric guitar, string instruments, Filip Dihpol (SI) – trumpet, French horn, Zsofi Klacmann (HU) – contrabass, cello, Aleš Zorec (SI) – drums, percussion,
• 22:00: Soča trio: Giovanni Maier (IT) – contrabass, Daniele D’agaro (IT) – saxophones, Gal Furlan (SI) – drums, percussion.

12 September

• 14:00: Workshop: Ute Wassermann (DE),
• 19:00: Lotte Anker (DK) – saxophones,
• 20:00: Ute Wassermann (DE) – voice, electronics,
• 21:00: Michael Moore (US) – alto saxophone, clarinet, Lotte Anker (DK) – saxophones,
• 22:00: Emanuele Parrini (IT) – violin, Urban Kušar (SI) – drums, percussion, Giovanni Maier (IT) – contrabass.

13 September

• 14:00: Workshop: Ute Wassermann (DE),
• 17:00: Poetry, Golden Egg: Petra Koršič (SI) – poetry, Mojca Zupančič (SI) – piano, Patrizia Dughero (IT) – poetry, Sandro Carta (IT) – trumpet,
• 20:00: Maja Osojnik (SI) – voice, electronics,
• 21:00 John Butcher (GB) – saxophones, Agustí Fernandez (ES) – piano, Zlatko Kaučič (SI) – drums, percussion,
• 22:00: Ute Wassermann (DE) – performance by workshop participants,
• 22:30: Michael Moore (US) – performance by workshop participants.

Sound: Aleks Vičič, video: Matej Okroglič, workshop: Ute Wassermann (DE).

Registration: kud.zvocni.izviri@gmail.com.

Day ticket: €15, festival pass: €35.

Festival curator: Zlatko Kaučič. Festival organiser: KUD Zvočni izviri. Supported by: Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Brda, Zavod GONG, KUD Zvočni izviri. In collaboration with: Musica in Villa, Progetto integrato cultura del Medio Friuli, GO! 2025, Zavod Sploh, Jazz Cerkno, KUD Morgan, Pecar Piano Center, Tridol.

More information: KUD Zvočni izviri, T: +386 40 438 763, E: kud.zvocni.izviri@gmail.com.