The Orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Split will perform a Symphonic Concert conducted by maestro Uroš Lajovic on Saturday, January 27th, starting at 8:00 PM. Through the rendition of two significant symphonies, Mozart's "Jupiter Symphony" and Mendelssohn's "Italian Symphony," the musical audience in Split, along with the musicians of the Split Opera, will once again encounter Maestro Lajovic, a renowned and esteemed conductor with a long and rich career.
The concert's program begins with Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, known as the "Jupiter Symphony." Considered by many critics as one of the greatest symphonies in musical literature, this symphony is Mozart's final masterpiece. In the second part of the musical evening, the HNK Split Orchestra will perform Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's "Italian Symphony," the Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90. This symphony, inspired by Mendelssohn's travels through Italy, stands as one of the most popular symphonies and a pinnacle of the German composer's early Romantic era creations.
Maestro Uroš Lajovic's artistic career spans over 1,300 performances in Slovenia and abroad, collaborating with almost 70 orchestras across Europe, Russia, Turkey, the United States, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Colombia. As an educator, Lajovic has guided the musical paths of more than 300 conductors at the prestigious University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He initiated his conducting career in his hometown, Ljubljana, first as an assistant conductor and later as the principal conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic. Simultaneously, he led the Chamber Orchestra of Radio-Television Ljubljana. From 1979 to 1981, he served as the principal conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic. In 1988, he founded the Chamber Orchestra Slovenicum, which existed until 2001. Until the late 1980s, he taught conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1991, he was appointed a full professor and retired in 2012. From 2001 to 2006, he was the principal conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic. In 2009, he assumed the role of a regular professor of conducting at the Music Academy in Zagreb, a position he held until 2014.