Timeline VaClaF 2024

In collaboration with the 5th edition of the Viennese WISE Rebel! CRO-ArT Festival of New music in Austria and 1st edition of the artist residency “Umjetnička rezidencija Zvjezdane staze”, Mijakovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina, under a joint theme “Dreams to Come True” we have created a Festspiele-edition with over 25 different events spanning over five months, throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Vienna, Austria.

  • Zvjezdane Staze & VaClaF 2024 Open Call for 5 Artistic Residencies in Mijakovići - Vareš

  • We are starting the journey with WISE in Vienna with a concert: Virtuos Lebensreise, the opening concert of the fifth WISE Rebel! CRO-ArT Festival in collaboration with VaClaF X URZS 2024: Dreams to Come True!

    Cipra Quartet, Sanel Redžić, Andrea Nikolic, Belma Bešlić-Gal, Goran Bugarić, Hessamedin Fana

  • Jesuitenkirche, Wien

    19:30h

    “Utopia Planitia”- “Dreams to Come True” VaClaF x CRO-ArT 2024

    Second Concert:

    Cipra Quartet & Ivana Nikolić

  • Arrival of 5 Artists in Residence to the Residency: UR Zvjezdane staze Mijakovići, Vareš, BiH

    Marta Kowalczuk, Damjan Jovičin, Minja Jovičin, Roman Stolyar, Manuel de Pessoa Lima

  • Artist Residency Zvjezdane staze open doors - for audience exploration.

  • 18:00h Dobrodošli na Zvjezdane staze! – Welcome to Zvjezdane staze!

    Presentation of rhe Residency and the resident artists:

    Marta Kowalczuk (PL), Manuel Pessoa de Lima (BR), Roman Stolyar (RU), Minja Jovičin i Damjan Jovičin (RS),

    Agrodomaćinstvo Ibrišimović, Mijakovići

  • Borovica, Požeblje 18:00h

    Welcoming Concert VaClaF 2024 – Dreams to Come True „Metamorphose Classique“

    Andrea Nikolić (violin), Ivana Nikolić (oboe), Belma Bešlić – Gal (komposition and media), Marta Kowalczuk (komposition), Manuel Pessoa de Lima (komposition – flute), Roman Stolyar (komposition-piano), Minja Jovičin i Damjan Jovičin (komposition - recitation)

  • Dom prirode Ilinčica, Tuzla, 21:00h

    Sanel Redžić (gitara), Andrea Nikolić (violina), CIPRA Quartet, Belma Bešlić – Gal (kompozicija i mediji)

  • 21:00h

    Sanel Redžić (guitar),

    Andrea Nikolić (violin),

    CIPRA Quartet,

    Belma Bešlić – Gal (composition & media)

    Park OŠ Vareš - Open Air Concert

  • Ensemble echo_von_nichts:

    Ingala Fortagne & Pina Ruecker

    Concerts, lectures, impro sessions;

    Mijakovići

  • Accordion Hub: Goran Stevanović (accordion professor)

    30.7.-2.8.

    URZS_incubator: Concerts, lectures, workshops;

    Mijakovići, Borovica

  • 18:00h

    Župna crkva Borovica – župna dvorana

    „Breath of the World“

    Goran Stevanović, accordion & Andrea Nikolić, violin&viola

  • Sound Art Hub: Audio Ghosts – PEEK; Bernhard Gal, Veronika Mayer - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in collaboration with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Sound Research

    URZS_incubator: Concerts, lectures, workshops, sound walks…

    Mijakovići

    Vareš - Centar za kulturu

  • Professors: Krešimir Petar Pustički (viola), Muzička akademija Zagreb,

    Andrea Nikolić (violin, new music, cultural management), Vareš-Vienna,

    Stipe Bilić, collaborative piano, MA Zagreb/Pula

    Students and scholarship recipients from BiH, Croatia and Serbia

  • Centar za kulturu i edukaciju, Big hall

    19:00h

    “Vivat Academia!” festive concert of professors and awarded students of the VaClaF Academy 2024

    Rising Stars award 2024 – profesional recital at VaClaF 2025 was awarded to two violists: Marko Marića from Srbia and Vjekoslav Lujić from Croatia

  • Centar za kulturu i edukaciju - Radnički dom

    19:00h

    Festive Concert with Amira Medunjanin, Boško Jović, Andrea Nikolić, Ivana Nikolić, Cipra Quartet

    New arrangements written exclusively for VaClaF, exclusively broadcast by BHRT.

  • Centar za kulturu i edukaciju Vareš, Big Hall, 18:00h:

    Presentations of new works at the AR Zvjezdane staze with composers talking and performing.

  • 30.9. VaClaF on Tour! Zenica in Collaboration with HKD Napredak Zenica

    1.10. VaClaF on Tour! Mostar in collaboration with Hrvatski dom herceg Stjepan Kosača

    Andrea Nikolić, viola & Stipe Bilić, piano

  • “Echos aus Vareš” – Odjeci Vareša:

    Traditional Echoes of Vareš Concert in Vienna, in the beautiful Barocksaal, Bank Austria Salon im Alten Rathaus. In collaboration with WISE Rebel! CRO-ArT Festival. Under the mutual theme of the year: Dreams To Come True!

    Andrea Nikolić, Belma Bešlić-Gal, Goran Stevanović, Cipra Quartet, music of AiR and performance of scholarship recipients of VaClaF Akademy and URZS Accordion Hub 2024:

    Lejla Komar, violin (BiH), Borna Šestak, accordion (HR), Marko Marić, viola (RS)

    In friendly collaboration with the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Austria.

    VaClaF x CRO-ArT 2024.

Event poster for 12 Vares Classic Festival International Chamber Music Festival, featuring a black background with a regal woman’s face and shoulders, white angel wings above her head, and a forest scene below her neck. The poster includes event dates from July 3 to September 30, 2024, with colorful text listing activities.
Event schedule for VARES Classic Festival - International Chamber Music Festival, featuring dates and performances in September and August, including concerts, masterclasses, and open doors for artists, with logos of sponsors at the bottom.

Festival 2024 was as well supported by | Festival 2024. je također podržan od: Fondacija za muzičke, scenske i likovne umjetnosti Sarajevo, Federalno ministarstvo kulture i sporta, Alma Ras, Cvjećara Palma Vareš, Profitex Vareš, Friends of VaClaF - Prijatelji VaClaF-a

General Media Sponsor | Generalni medijski pokrovitelj: BHRT

Highlights “Dreams to Come True” 2024

With over 20 different and innovative events, concerts, lectures and workshops, 12th edition of VaClaF in collaboration with the 1st Artist Residency Zvjezdane staze was a unique journey of the highest caliber. With world-class artists and engaging art - we definitely proved that it is essential to never stop dreaming.