DAY 1 Summit Arts 2018 Ljubljana Slovenia 11-14 APRIL Hosted by Ljubljana Festival Festivals PROGRAMME The [Herit]Age of the Arts Audiences in the heart of the places Welcome 2 Festivals and Tourism: how destinations become alive 3 Official Opening of the Arts Festivals Summit 5 In Conversation about… 13 EFA informs 15 Ljubljana Declaration of EFA and EUROCITIES 16 Opening of the 33 rd Slovenian Music Days: Ballet 100 19 EFA 66 th General Assembly 19 Future Heritage Ambassadors | Co-production & co-touring meeting for EFA members 20 Closing Evening of the Arts Festivals Summit 22 Practical info 23 A big thanks to
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DAY 1
SummitArts
2018Ljubljana Slovenia
11 - 14 APRIL
Hosted by Ljubljana Festival
Festivals
PROGRAMME
The [Herit]Age of the ArtsAudiences in the heart of the places
Welcome
2 Festivals and Tourism: how destinations become alive
3 OfficialOpeningoftheArtsFestivalsSummit
5 In Conversation about…
13 EFA informs
15 LjubljanaDeclarationofEFAandEUROCITIES
16 Opening of the 33rdSlovenianMusicDays:Ballet100
19 EFA 66thGeneralAssembly
19 Future Heritage Ambassadors | Co-production & co-touring meeting for EFA members
20 ClosingEveningoftheArtsFestivalsSummit
22 Practical info
23 A big thanks to
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Arrival of delegates
Registration13:00 > 19:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Foyer
EFFE Hubs Meeting (only for EFFE Hubs)13:30 > 14:30Grand Hotel Union, Glass Hall
Welcome coffee14:30 > 15:00Grand Hotel Union, Glass Hall
Festivals and Tourism: how destinations become alive15:00 > 17:00Grand Hotel Union, Glass Hall
Optional: Dark Union17:30 > 18:30Španski Borci Cultural Centre
Official Opening of the Arts Festivals Summit19:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Registration and welcome coffee9:00 > 9:30Grand Hotel Union, Grand Foyer
Welcome and Introduction09:30 > 10:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
In Conversation about…10:00 > 13:15Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Lunch13:15 > 14:30Grand Hotel Union, Grand Foyer
EFA Informs14:30 > 15:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
The [Herit]AGE of the ARTS Keynote Speech and EFA-EUROCITIES Declaration15:00 > 15:45Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Group photo15:45Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Closing drink and informal networking16:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Guided walk to SNG Opera in ballet Ljubljana 550m19:00Grand Hotel Union, lobby
Ballet 10019:30SNG Opera in ballet Ljubljana
Dinner reception22:00National Gallery of Slovenia
Guided walk to Ljubljana Town Hall (Municipality of Ljubljana) 400m9:00Grand Hotel Union, lobby
Welcome Coffee9:30 > 10:00Ljubljana Town Hall, Big Conference Hall
General Assembly10:00 > 13:30Ljubljana Town Hall, Big Conference Hall
Lunch13:30Ljubljana Town Hal, Red Hall
CAM Meeting (only for EFA Collective & Affiliate members) including lunch13:30 > 15:00 Ljubljana Town Hal, Red Hall
Future Heritage Ambassadors | Co-production & co-touring meeting for EFA members15:00 > 17:30Ljubljana Town Hal, Big Conference Hall
Guided walk to Ljubljana Castle Funicular Railway 700m18:20Grand Hotel Union, lobby
Closing evening and farewell dinnerEFA Honours its members and honorary friends19:00Ljubljana Castle, Palatium
DAY 1Wednesday, April 11Official Opening
Thursday, April 12EFFE MeetUp: The [Herit]Age of the Arts
DAY 2Friday, April 13EFA 66th General Assembly (for EFA members only)
DAY 3
Dear EFA Members,DearFestivalCommunity,
We are excited to welcome you all to the Arts Festivals Summit 2018of the European Festivals Association hosted by the Ljubljana Festival. EFA Members (Festivals and National Federations), Alumni of The Festival Academy,EFFELabelfestivalsandHubsfromalloverEuropegetthechangetoexchangewitheachotherandmeetrepresentativesfromcities, governmentsandtourismboardsfromalloverEurope.
JOINT DECLARATION WITH EUROCITIESNext to inspiring presentations and conversations about this topic,
EFA will launch a joint declaration with EUROCITIES inviting mayors and festival makers to join forces in highlighting the importance of arts and cultureinthedevelopmentofoursocieties.
FESTIVALS AND TOURISMLinkedtothetopicofculturalheritage,wealsoinvitestakeholdersfrom
thetourismsector.Festivalsbringdestinationsaliveandprovidegreatcontentwhichthetourismindustrycanuseintheirpromotion.Thepre-meetingon 11 April dives into this topic and aims to explore how festivals can better collaboratewithtourismorganisations.
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUWith this second Arts Festivals Summit, EFA continues to build a
cross-border,cross-generational,cross-disciplinescommunityofFestivalsfromaroundtheworldwithadiversityofsizes,artisticgenres,targetaudiencesandartisticprogrammes.EnjoytheArtsFestivalsSummit,connectwiththecolleagues and please join the conversation!
Welcome
GovernorJanBriersEFA President
DarkoBrlekGeneral and Artistic DirectorLjubljana Festival
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Festivals and Tourism: how destinations become alive15:00 > 17:00, Grand Union Hotel, Glass Hall
As a network of festivals, EFA aims to connect festivals and the tourism sector to inspire each other’s work and objectives. The main focus of the meeting is to see how festivals can contribute to attractiveness of a destination and how they can contribute and benefit from promotion cam-paigns by tourism organisations. How can the content of thousands of festivals in Europe improve the work of tourism boards and organisation?
Many of tourists immerse themselves in the destinations cultural offer:tours,festivals,events,museums,theatre,sightsandsounds.Withoverabilliontouristsannuallyworldwide,tourismhasbecomeasignificanteco-nomic,socialandcultural force.Festivalsareparticularlysuitedfor tour-ism.Unlikemanyothercultural forms,Festivalsbringadestinationalive,showsitinitsmostvibrantnature,allowsconnectionswithitscitizensandoffersauniqueexperienceofadestination.Thepresenceoffestivalssigni-fiesthatcityorregionisproudofitsculture.
Petra Stušek (Ljubljana Tourism), Geert Cochez (Director Visit Brussels) and Sjoerd Feitsma (Deputy Mayor Leeuwaarden) give best practice examples of collaboration within the tourism and cultural sector. After-wards the participants get the chance to ask questions under the modera-tionofHerminaKovačič(communication expert and Director Luksuz).
Petra StušekThesessionwillbeintroducedbyM. Sc. Petra Stušek,Managing
Director at Ljubljana Tourism and Vice-President of European Cities Marketing Association. Prior to these roles, she hada leading role in communications for foreign and domestic public at Ljubljana Tourism, reporting directly to CEO. UnderherleadershipLjubljanaTouristBoardhaswonseveral
prestigious titles as “WTM Responsible Tourism Award” in2017,“WTTCTourismforTomorrow”in2015,“DigitalTourism
Think Tank” award, ETIS and Accessible Tourism Joint Award2016and4timesinarowTOP100SustainableDestinationsaward.
DAY 1Wednesday, April 11OfficialOpeningArtsFestivalsSummit
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Official Opening of the Arts Festivals Summit19:00, Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union HallMusical accompaniment by New Swing Quartet
Mayor Zoran JankovićZoran Janković was born on 1 January 1953 near Smedere-
vo, where he spent his childhood. His family later moved toLjubljana, where he graduated successfully from LjubljanaUniversity’sFacultyofEconomics. Inadditiontohishighlysuccessful business career (president of the board of thelargest Slovenian retail company Mercator), he was over-whelmingly elected Mayor of the capital of the Republic of
Slovenia on 22 October 2006, receiving 62.99% of the votescastinthefirstround.Hehasalsowontheelectionsasaninde-
Ljubljana Festival. He became the youngest ever director oftheSlovenianNationalTheatreOperaandBalletinLjubljana in1991.Ayearlaterhealsobecametheyoungesteverartistic directoroftheLjubljanaFestival,eventuallytakingoverasexecutivedirectorofthecountry’smostimportantcultural
festivalin1995.Inadditiontohislong-runningstewardshipof the Ljubljana Festival, he has also held positions at other
Slovenian cultural institutions. He was among the foundersoftheCulturalChamberofSloveniaandhasservedaschairmanoftheCouncilforCultureoftheGovernmentoftheRepublicofSloveniaandasMemberof theBroadcastingCouncil from2006till2011.He iscurrent-ly the President of the Expert Council of the Slovene National Theatre
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MariborandacouncilmemberofAvditorijPortorož.Despitehisextensive commitmentstothepromotionofcultureinSlovenia,healsofindstimeto participate in various international bodies. After becoming the VicePresidentoftheEuropeanFestivalsAssociation(EFA)in1997,heservedas its President from 2005 to 2017. At present, he is the President of theFestivalAcademy,aninitiativeoftheEuropeanFestivalsAssociation(EFA) for young festival managers. Art and culture are more than just a professionforDarkoBrlek,whoin2016wasoneofthetworecipientsofthe annual management award for outstanding economic achievements givenbytheFinancenewspaperandtheFacultyofEconomicsinLjubljana.Hehasalsobeentherecipientofnumerousotherawards,includingtheBettethAwardforartisticachievementsandtheŽupančičAward,whichisthehighestprizegrantedbytheCityofLjubljanaforoutstandingcreationin thefieldofartandculture.He isstillactiveasaconcertclarinettist,performingregularlyonstagesaroundtheworld.
Governor Jan BriersJan Briers is Governor of the province of East Flanders. Since
6 May 2017, he has been given also a new challenge as President of EFA, the European festivals Association. UntilJanuary31st,2013heassumedresponsibilityforsome 350 events in about thirty cities and municipalities as ManagingDirectoroftheFlandersFestivalBrussels-Ghent.In2000hesteeredtheorganizationoftheConcertgebouw,
the new concert hall in Bruges. In 2002 he created the newKlaraFestivalinBrussels,AntwerpandBruges.HeisChairman
of FMIV, the Federation of Music Festivals in Flanders, which pro-motestheinterestsofthe280festivalsinFlanders.In2003hebecamealsoManagingDirectoroftheOdeGandcityfestival.In2008hewasthecofounderoftheAAPAF(AsianAssociationofPerformingArtsFestivals).His newest creation is the international broadcasting festival MusMA (Music Masters on Air), a partnership of festivals and TV and radio channels in several European countries. He moved the headquartersof the European Festivals Association (EFA) from Geneva to Ghent andhe also carried out its complete reorganization. In 2010 he set up the Informal Summit Ghent, a yearly conference under the chairmanship ofHermanVanRompuyandJacquesRogge.In2014,hisdreamProject1000VoicesForPeacewasrealisedbytheFestivalofFlanders.In2015,hebecameAmbassadoroftheFestivalofEastFlanders,afeastthatbringsyoungclassicalmusicianstonearly30municipalitiesintheprovince.In2017hewasappointedPresidentoftheGhentFestival.
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In Conversation about…9:30 > 13:15, Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
‘In Conversation about….’ is a series of parallel one-on-one conversations inspired by a series of presentations on topics related to the work on audiences in cultural heritage sites on the one hand, and our responsibility to contribute to the heritage of the future on the other. Each round of conversations will be introduced by a speaker.
Host of the day: Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse
Annabelle Van Nieuwenhuyse AnnabelleVanNieuwenhuyse(B)hasbeenworkingformany
years,asajournalistandamoderatorintheareaofartsandcul-ture.She’sknowninandaroundBelgium,asthejoyfulpolyglotTV and radio presenter. Couleur café is the Brussels basedmusicfestival,she’shasbeenannouncingfor21yearsnow.
Welcome and introductionAn Introduction to the Ljubljana Cultural Strategy Mateja Demšič
Mateja Demšič, MSc, is historian, head of the Department for Cultureof theSlovenecapitalCity of Ljubljana.Sheusedtohead
Office for Youth in the Municipality of Ljubljana. City of LjubljanaistheonlySlovenecitywhichworkspermanently and strategically in field of cultural policies since 2008 in ordertoassurequalitybasisforcreativityandarts.
Ljubljanawasnamedthe10thUNESCOWorldBookCap-ital in 2010 for one year. By becoming part of the Creative
DAY 2Thursday, April 12EFFEMeetUp:The[Herit]AGEoftheARTS
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CitiesNetwork,LjubljanahasbeenassignedapermanentCityofLiteraturedesignationbyUNESCOinDecember2015.Since2011thecityofLjubljana is also a member of the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) offeringresidencytopoliticallyexiledwritersandartists.
An Introduction to the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018Festivals have been contributing to Europe’s artistic life for decennia. Arts
Festivals have inspired the artistic discourse and reflected the social and historical turning points in Europe’s last and current centuries. Festivals bring thousands and thousands of audiences and visitors to cities every year – and bring an added value to a city’s offer. The very particular meaning festivals can give to people’s daily lives is immeasurable.
It is quite impressive to see how festivals are deeply involved with both tangible and intangible heritage. From a brief mapping we conducted, it is clear how active our EFA members are in all aspects of working with, and for, heritage either when working in UNESCO sites, working with historic monu-ments, promoting our common intangible heritage and investing in bringing people together in a unique moment and format creating the heritage of the future. Here is the mapping we produced. Festivals as a form of presenting the arts are considered European cultural heritage in the EU’s narrative.
Catherine MagnantCatherine Magnant,aFrenchcitizen,graduatedininternationalrelations and Russian language in Paris, Sorbonne. She start-
ed her career in Moscow, where she headed the Press and InformationSectionoftheEuropeanCommissionDelegation.BackinBrussels,shewaspartoftheteamwhopreparedthe2004EUenlargementtocentralandEasternEurope.Shethen
In2006shedecidedtochangefocusandtocontributetoEUinternal policies. She run the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportu-
nities for all, and then moved to cultural matters. Until 2017 she was theDeputyHeadoftheteaminchargeofculturalpolicyand innovation intheDirectorate General for Education and Culture, where she dealt with the creativeeconomyandfosteredcooperationbetweenEUcountriesinthefield ofculture.CatherineisnowHeadoftheTask-Forceofthe2018EuropeanYear of Cultural Heritage,whichistakingplacein33countries.
In Conversation aboutArts are worth it! In conversation about the role of cities in investing and supporting culture
Starting off with a presentation of the KEA research commissioned by EUROCITIES “Reshaping cities and regions through smart investment in culture” this conversation proposes to discuss the breadth of cultural invest-ment affecting a wide range of policy issues such as Cultural heritage, tourism, social cohesion, education and urban planning.
Some of the suggested talking points are: What is a smart investment in culture? Does it support the development of the heritage of the future or merely plays on protecting the existing heritage in a city? What is the importance of having professional quality / artistic offers giving the audiences the possibility of getting to know the city’s heritage and participating in the individual & collective history of Europe?
Philippe KernPhilippeKernistheFounderandManagingDirectorof KEA.Based
in Brussels since 1999, KEA is Europe’s leading consultancyand research centre on culture and creative industries. KEA
helps territories managing cultural and creative resources todeliverinnovationasaninitiatororscientificcoordinatorof various high profile European projects such as recentlyCreativeTracks,CultureforCitiesandRegionsorSPARKS.
Kern is a specialist in culture economics, copyright, an-ti-trustandtradelawandhasledarangeofresearchandstrategy
programsatEuropeanlevel,notablyfortheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropeanParliament,theCouncilofEuropeandWIPO.Heisadvisingnumerous public and private bodies on the formulation of strategies in the fieldofurbandevelopment,innovation,cultureandaudio-visualpolicies.Twitter: @KEAtweets • Facebook: KEA European Affairs
Annelies StormsAnneliesStormsistheDeputyMayorforCulture,TourismandEvents of the City of Ghent since 2013. Her political experi-
sp.aEastFlanders.Her professional experience includes having been a Staff
member(living)attheFlemishCitiesKnowledgeCenter(2009-2012),Project employee (Ethnic-cultural diversity) at the Flemish Cities and Mu-nicipalitiesAssociation(2008-2009),CounsellorFlemishMinisterforHome
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Affairs,Culture,YouthandtheCivilService(4July2002-18May2003),Coun-sellorFlemishMinisterforCulture,Youth,Sport,BrusselsAffairsandDevel-opment Policy (14 February 2000-3 July 2002), Jurist non-life manager attheindustrialinsurancecompanyHannoverInternational(1January1999-13February2000)andAttorneyattheGhentBar(1September1994-31Decem-ber1998).
Annelies Storms has a Postgraduate Diversity Management (partial),KUL,isaLicentiateinLaw,GhentUniversity:optioncivillaw(thoroughandcomparativelawstudyofpersonalandfamilylaw,procedurallawandlia-bilitylaw)(1989-1994)andfollowedherGeneralSecondaryEducation,Hu-manities,Latin-Greek,Sint-PietersinstituutGent(1983-1989).
Bring them together!In conversation about the impact of an artistic project in bringing together the citizens
Starting off with a presentation of the StudioAleppoproject this con-versation proposes to discuss impact of artistic projects to bring audienc-es (citizens of a city and tourists/visitors) together providing them with more tools to value our common Cultural heritage. Some of the suggested talking points are: How does an artistic/cultural project impact audiences, highlight a city, a country, Europe’s cultural heritage? Why is it so important that the arts are at the forefront of highlighting the citizen’s individual & col-lective history of Europe? How do we communicate this to our citizens and our visitors? How do we harness the power of culture in a multicultural city?
trans-national collaborations between Finland and the dynamic art scenes in South East, Middle East and the FarEast.Ceydaleads MiklagardArts’ developmentwhilesteeringitsvalues- #internationalisation#inclusiveness#innovation#bridgebuilding- toachievenew artisticexpressionsarising
from creativeclashesbetweencultures. Before settling in Helsinki in 2015, Ceyda has worked for
morethan13 yearsas FestivalCoordinatoratthe International Izmir Festival (amemberofEuropean FestivalsAssociation)andProgrammerattheIzmirEuropeanJazzFestival(a memberofEuropean JazzNetwork)in Turkey. In 2014, she was awarded the medal of “Bene Merito” by theForeignMinistryoftheRepublicofPoland. Ceydaalsoservesasaboardmember of Globe Art Point - Helsinki, an organisation for international artistsandculturalworkerswhoareresidentinFinland.
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Geert CochezGeert Cochez is the Deputy CEO of visit.brussels, the com-
munications agency for tourism and culture in the BrusselsCapital Region. He is a member of the board of the Kun-stenfestivaldesarts,BrusselsMajorEvents,theASBLMontdes Arts/Kunstberg and eQuama (European Quarter AreaManagementAssociation). Throughouthiscareer, thecul-tural identity and future of Brussels have been two key el-
ements. In 2013, Geert Cochez and urban expert Prof. EricCorijnlaunchedtheBrusselsAcademy,anurbanopenuniversity
He was embedded at the Brussels Studies Institute (ULB-VUB-USLB), fellow at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research (VUB), coordinator oftheBrusselsforEuropeMasterclasses(VUB-ULB)andguestprofessorinArtandCultureatthedepartmentofSocialWorkoftheuniversitycollegeOdisee.
Previously,GeertCochezworkedasapolicyadvisoronBrusselsfortheFlemish Government (2009-2013) and as the coordinator of the Brussels Kunstenoverleg (2003-2009). He has been active in the boards of severalBrusselsbasedorganisationsandprojects,anddevelopedarichnetworkofcontactswithintheBrusselsculturalfield,civilsocietyandpublicsector.
Transform cities, use the arts!In conversation about the role of cities in investing and supporting culture and partnering with artistic projects
Starting off with a presentation of the City of Leeuwarden’s cultural strategy, the plans to ensure the legacy of the ECoC and the Innofest ex-ample. This conversation proposes to discuss the role of cities in invest-ing and supporting culture and the role of artistic projects in partnering with the cities to make a common vision for the development of citizen’s access to high quality artistic projects. Some of the suggested talking points are: What is the city’s responsibility in having a coherent, consist-ent and forward thinking financial & organizational vision regarding their cultural heritage and their role in developing the heritage of the future to best serve the target audiences? How much of a city’s strategy in its investment in Culture take into account attracting new visitors to a city? What kind of visitors does it aim at?
hismajorcurrentprojectsincultureiscoordinating Leeuwarden - Friesland European Capital of Culture 2018.Leeuwarden-Fries-land2018ECoCisabottom-upprogramme(60maineventsandfestivals,over350opencommunityprojects).
The audience experience!In Conversation about the ways of engaging audiences in an artistic experience
Starting off with the example of the the Orfeo&Majnun - Interdiscipli-nary & intercultural participatory Music Theater Project this conversation proposes to discuss ways of engaging audiences in an artistic experience. Some of the suggested talking points are: What are audiences looking for in terms of artistic experiences? Do they want to be engaged or do they just want to be spectators? Can’t “being a spectator” be an active role as well? How do you engage non-audiences and make them faithful to professional quality artistic creation?
hehasrecentlybegunhis tenureasArtisticDirectorof Festival der Regionen inUpperAustria.Heisalsocurrentlydirectingalarge-scaleparticipatoryprojectfortheBurgtheaterWien(Aus-tria’s National Theater) and developing a participatory music-theatreprojectforLaMonnaieOpera,FestivalAixandothers,
Dieter BoyerDieter Boyer has been cultural political advisor of the City Councillor
and state minister for arts, science and sports of the City Vienna AndreasMailath-Pokornysince2013.Assuch,hesupportshim
asakey initiatorandnegotiator in thefieldof liveperformingarts, music and literature, dealing with public institutions aswellaswithprivatepartnersandorganizations.
BeforejoiningtheCityofVienna,heworkedasanartistic director and curator in performing arts. This gives him
first-hand knowledge of the opportunities and challenges in the field of arts. He serves as board member for many cultural
organizations like theatres, orchestras and festivals in Vienna. Dieter BoyerteachesattheUniversityofMusicandPerformingArtsViennaandhasdegreesinCulturalManagementandinInterculturalCompetencies.
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ClosingwordsbyTibor Navracsics13:00 > 13:15European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Tibor Navracsics Hungariannationality.Marriedwithtwodaughters.2014-present|EuropeanCommissionerforEducation,Culture,
EFA Informs14:30 > 15:00, Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union HallIntroduced by Barbara Gessler, Head of Unit DG EAC D2 Culture & Creativity | Creative Europe
Barbara GesslerBorn in Belgium in 1964 with German nationality, she lived
andstudiedinKonstanz,Paris,BuenosAiresandlaterBruges.WorkedintheEuropeanParliamentforanMEPbeforejoining theEuropeanCommissionin1994.StartedintheDirectorate General’s Unit for Audio-visual Policy, then changed to Environment in1996.From1998until2003sheworkedat
From mid-2011 until 2016, she ran the Culture Unit at the Education, Audio-visualandCultureExecutiveAgencywhichimplementstheEU’sfunding programmes in these areas. Since 2017 she is responsible for the culturesub-programmeatDirectorateGeneralEducation,Youth,SportandCulture.
EFA and its membersToday,theEuropeanFestivalsAssociation(EFA)connectsabout 100 festivals and festival associations in 40 coun-tries. EFA members are the core element that make theAssociationanopen,influential,internationalplaceforanyfestivalthatwantstobepartofabiggerfestivalcommunity.
The European Festivals Association’s mission is to unite and repre-sentitsmemberfestivalsacrossEuropeandtheworldbycontributingtotheartisticlifeofEurope.Itactsasthemostimportantplatformforartsfestivals.EFAmemberstakethejointresponsibilitythattheartsareprior-itisedofferingtheirplatformstobringtheartstotheaudiences.AccessandparticipationincultureandtheartsisaHumanRight.Bysupportingandenablingartisticcreation,productionandparticipation,EFAand itsmembersensurethatthisrightismadearealityforallcitizens.Interactionbetween festivals, with public authorities and the other stakeholders intheartsarecentraltoEFA’swork.
A Festival is an Art Feast. EFA is a community dedicated to the arts,the artists, and audiences. EFA’s main role in the ever changing world ofdigitization and globalization is to connect festival makers so to inform,inspireandenrichthefestivallandscape.Inthisperspective,EFAisafes-
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tivals’serviceprovider;theoldestculturalnetworkofEuropeanfestivals!Itwas established to bridge the distance between organisations and all kinds ofstakeholders;andtocreateconnections.Allthisinfunctionoftheenrich-mentofafestival’sownartisticofferanditsorganisationalopportunities.
More information on www.efa-aef.eu
TheFestivalAcademyAtelier for Young Festival Managers: This intense 7-day train-ing programme brings together up to 40 selected young artis-tic festival managers from all over the world in each edition. Renowned and experienced festival directors from exceptional festivals worldwide guide the participants. The Atelier includes workshops, lectures, dialogues, debates and cultural outings all addressing the artistic aspects of festival management.
2018 - 2019 Ateliersn 23 - 29 August 2018, Gothenburg,Sweden,incollaborationwith
KulturiVäst.Thecallforapplicationisopenuntil15April.n 23 - 29 March 2019, Valletta, Malta,incollaborationwithMalta
Festival Production Management Training: This three module programme selects up to 20 participants and focuses especially on production manage-ment in terms of realising and implementing the vision of the artistic director. The training is set up as a long-term programme which explores all phases of producing an artistic work: It consists of an introductory and concluding workshop as well as a hands-on placement at a festival worldwide.
2019 Modules (4th edition): call for applications open until 30 April 2018 n Module I:16-19January2019,Antwerp,Belgium,incollaboration
withdeSingelInternationalArtsCampus.
Festival Readings: During three days high-level speakers from the festival sector give lectures on their experience in managing festivals. The readings take place during a festival and are addressed at the professional audience attending a festival. Speakers are present during the three days and ex-change with the participants.
2018 Festival Readingsn 27 - 29 April 2018, Mechelen,Belgium,incollaborationwithFesti-
valofFlandersMechelen/LunaliaFestival.More information on www.thefestivalacademy.eu
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EuropeforFestivals,FestivalsforEuropeEFFEisaninitiativeoftheEuropeanFestivalsAssociation,co-financedbytheEuropeancommission,whichconnectsfestivals all over Europe with one another and audiences.Thepilotprojectwaslaunchedin2014anddevelopedsince2017 into an EU Preparatory Action (funding guaranteed until2019).ThemissionofEFFEistwofold:
Objective 1: Improve recognition and professional opportunities for as many festival makers as possible by an ever-growing cross-bordercommunity
Objective 2: Reach out to as many audiences as possible throughEFFE as a promotion platform for festivals presenting Europe as a vibrant cultural spaceMoreinformationonwww.effe.eu
Ljubljana Declaration of EFA and EUROCITIES15:00 > 15:45, Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
The[Herit]AGEoftheARTS–KeynoteSpeechKeynote Speech by Peter Bossman (Committee of the Regions & Mayor of Piran) in representation of Karl-Heinz Lambertz (President of the European Committee of the Regions)
The transnational perspective on dialogue and collaboration in the setting of a joint urban agenda where arts and cultural activities, like festivals, play an important role in inviting citizens to have a constructive say and contribution to an harmonious life in Europe and for people in the world. Our ever more urban diversities celebrated in arts festivals are an opportunity for every single person when understood and communicated as such. A perfect mechanism already in place is the dialogue platform of festivals.
Peter BossmanPeter Bossman is a Ghanaian-born Slovenian doctor and politician
(Social Democrat). He is currently serving as mayor of Piran,a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the
Committee, in 2009. One year later, in October 2010, he defeated the incumbent mayor Tomaž Gantar to become
mayoroftheMunicipalityofPiran. He is also active within the European Union since 2011
whenhewasappointedtothe Committee of the Regions.
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Joint festive statement: the Ljubljana Declaration of EFA and EUROCITIES:FestivalsandCitiesforEurope. AjointAgendaintroducedbyDorisPack
Doris PackDoris Pack is a German politician, President of EPP Women
andthe Robert Schuman Institute- RSIandformerMemberoftheEuropeanParliament(1989-2014).Sheisamemberoftheconservative Christian Democratic Union, Executive Mem-beroftheEuropeanPeople’sPartyandHonoraryMember of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe(PACE).PackistheChairoftheFranco-GermanFoundation
forCulturalCooperation.She is also chair of the Franco-German Foundation for
Opening of the 33rd Slovenian Music Days: Ballet 10019:30, SNG Opera in ballet Ljubljana
Ballet 100In2018wewillcelebratethehundredthanniver-saryoftheLjubljana’sprofessionalBalletEnsem-ble,in2018,withanewstagingofaballettriptych–aneveningofchoreographers,whoseoeuvreshave preciously enriched Slovenian ballet art inthepast.Thiseventwillbeafirstinaseriesofvari-ousthematiccommemorations,dedicatedtothisrathersignificantmilestoneinSlovenianculturalspace. It is our aim to present to our audience a story that will offer an entirely new and unburdened reading of these rather unique reconstructions.Thustherestagingofthethreeballetcreationswillalsoresult inadancestudyoftheonetimecontext,commondanceheritageanditsinfluenceonthepresentballetart.
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Music director and conductor: Marko Gašperšič I Set designer: Atej Tutta Costume designer: Leo Kulaš I Lighting designer: Andrej HajdinjakCorps de ballet and orchestra of the SNG Opera and Ballet LjubljanaSoloists: Giorgia Vailati, Kenta Yamamoto, Tjaša Kmetec, Lukas Zuschlag, Petar Đorčevski, Rita Pollacchi, Owen Lane, Richel Wieles, Hugo Mbeng, Marin Ino, Nina Noč
The Bow, a Dance PoemPia (1910–2000) and Pino (1907–2006) Mlakar - a renowned European
artisticcoupleofdancers,choreographersandballetpedagogues-,haveleftanindeliblemarkonSlovenianballet.TheiriconicdanceduetLok(TheBow)(1940) isacreation,oncereferredtoas»thetimelesnessoverthesightsoftime«.Everythinginthismostdelicatecreation,signedbyPiaandPinoMlakar,isentirelyimbuedwiththecharmofanenormouslysensitiveintimacy.Choreographers: Pia and Pino Mlakar Choreography Stage Adaptation: Maruša and Vojko Vidmar
The WireVlastoDedović(1934–2013)hasdedicatedhimselftoSlovenianballetever
sincehearrivedinLjubljana,wherehe–exceptforthefewyearshestayedinSweden–, lived, recreatedandcreatedthe imageofSlovenianballetart.Friendshipswithmanycreatorsfromotherartisticgenresnotonlyenrichedhim,butalsopersuadedhimthatafulfillingdialoguebetweenvariousartistswasaperfectguidingstarfortheachievementofhiscreativegoals.ThushischoreographicdebutŽica(TheWire)(1976)alsostemmedfromhisinspiring collaboration with the composer Janez Gregorc (1934–2012) and the fine artistJožeSpacal(1939).Music: Janez Gregorc I Choreographer: Vlasto Dedović Choreography Stage Adaptation: Mateja Rebolj
The pastoral symphonyThechoreographerMilkoŠparemblek(1928)isathirdballetcosmopolitan
among the ballet artists, whose works are to be revived on our stage. HestagedhisPastoralSymphonytotheeponymouscompositionbyLudwigvanBeethoven(1770–1827)forourballetensemblein1986.Despitehisvenerableage,hispresencewillofferusapreciousencounterwithoneofthegreat,stilllivingartistsofSlovenianandEuropeanballet.Music: Ludwig Van Beethoven I Choreographer: Milko Šparemblek
eveninthecontextoftheincreasinglydiverseprogrammesthatcharac-terise each successive edition of Slovenian Music Days, festival whoseprincipal interest remains the cultivation and fostering of Slovenian musicalcreativity.
The opening evening offers the premiere performance of a ballet trip-tychthatmarksthecentenaryoftheformationofthefirstprofessionalbal-letensembleinLjubljana.Tomarkthe400thanniversaryofthefirstprintingofIsaacPosch’scollectionMusicalische Ehrenfreudt,selectionsfromthisworkwillbeperformedatFriday’sconcert.Asimilarmissionasa„promoter” of contemporary Slovenian musical creativity has been performed since1989 by the traditional Slovenian Composers’ Night, which at Saturday’sconcert will offer the first performances of thirteen new piano pieces bySloveniancomposersofdifferentgenerations.Premiereperformancesofworks by contemporary Slovenian composers is demonstrated by a fur-therthreepremieresatMonday’sConcertAtelieroftheSocietyofSlovene Composers, where the common thread is the exploration of the contem-porarypianosoundanditsconnectionwithelectronics.Sunday’sconcertevening is dedicated to Milan Stibilj (1929–2014), one of the founders ofSlovenian Music Days. Also worth highlighting is Tuesday’s semi-stagedperformance of Slavko Osterc’s (1895–1941) one-act opera Iz komične opere (From the Comic Opera) by the Maribor Opera under conductor Simon Robinson. The following day will see the premiere concert perfor-mance of Antigona(Antigone)byTomažSvete,oneofthemostprominentcontemporarySlovenianoperacomposers,withtheRTVSloveniaSymphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Krečič. At Thursday’s commemorativeconcert in the Union Hall at Ljubljana’s Grand hotel Union, the SlovenianPhilharmonic under conductor Simon Dvoršak will perform works from arepertoirethatwasfirstpresentedinconcertversiontoLjubljanaaudiencesbytheCzechconductorVáclavTalich(1883–1961),whoattheageofjust25tookovertheleadershipofthenewlyfoundedSlovenianPhilharmonic.Thefocusofthisyear’sinternationalmusicologicalsymposiumisentitledThe role of national opera houses in the 20th and 21st centuries: on the 100th anniversary of the opening of the National Opera in Ljubljana, which will see theparticipationof32contributorsfrom16differentcountries.
18 DAY 2
Arts Festivals Summit 19DAY 3
DAY 3Friday, April 13EFA 66thGeneralAssembly(for EFA members only)
EFA 66th General Assembly10:00 > 13:30, Ljubljana Town Hall, Big Conference Hall
Welcome by Zoran Janković (Mayor of Ljubljana) and Darko Brlek (Director Ljubljana Festival)Including a detailed presentation and insight session into the work of EFA for its membersMore details in the General Assembly Reader.
Future Heritage Ambassadors | Co-production & co-touring meeting for EFA members15:00 > 17:30, Ljubljana Town Hall, Big Conference Hall
EFA members’ presentation & exchange of co-production and co-tour-ing offers. Pitch your commissions, co-productions and co-touring and find partners! With an introduction by Catherine Magnant on the visibility possibili-ties within the frame of the European year of Cultural Heritage 2018.TBC with an introduction on the European Commission’s Creative Europe Programme – Cooperation Projects Strand.
Heritage is made today. EFA aims to gather festival programmers whoare supporting contemporary creation in a platform for co-producing andco-programming contemporary creations. As from its inception in 1952,EFA’saimwastoofferacommunity for festivalprogrammerstostick theirheads together and speak about the upcoming composer, the ‘hot’ new ensemble, new ways of commissioning works and more programming related topics. Gathering the most engaged festival programmers amongstEFA members as well as some colleague programmers outside the networkinthinkingandworkingtogether,weshallnotonlyachievesupportingyoungtalentsthatwillmakeanameforthemselvesintheartsworldbutalsoenhancethevisibilityofcontemporarycreationonEuropeanfestivalstages,toenforceitspositionwithintheartsandstimulatediscussionandreflection.
EFA wants to collaborate with its members in their path to enlarging their already existing personal networks and stimulate encounters anddiscussionsthatcanresultinthemeetingofgreatmindsthatwillflyoffwithajointcreation,ajointtour,ajointdream.
Heritage, European Commission | Presentation of the European Year ofCulturalHeritage2018:howtousetheEYCH20148labelandtakepartinthe celebrations
Anita DebaereInformationontheEYCHstakeholdergroup&Presentationofthe What you didn’t know about Europe - The Ultimate Cook-
bookforCulturalManagersseries:VisasAnita Debaere is Director of Pearle*-Live Performance
Europe. This European sector federation counts, throughits member associations, more than 10 000 organisationsintheliveperformancesectoracrossEurope.AnitaDebae-
rerepresentsPearle*sincemorethantenyears.Beforejoin-ingPearle*hercareerwas in theclassicalmusicsector,with
an intermission period where she worked in the external relations department of an energy company, including responsibilities on publicaffairs, sponsorship and patronage. Committed to create a sustainableenvironmentfortheliveperformance,sheseekstoputspecificconcernsandissuesforwardwhichmayimpactthedailyoperationsofaperform-ingartsorganisation.Internationaltouringandinternationalrelationsarethethreadrunningthroughhercareer.
PEARLE Live Performance Europe is an EFA Synergy partner in theframeoftheEFARISE2project.
Closing Evening of the Arts Festivals Summit19:00, Ljubljana Castle, Palatium
Inpreparationfor,andduringtheEuropeanYearofCulturalHeritage2018,weinviteallEFAmemberstohighlighttheirhistoricalandcurrentrole in their city and region, above all their role in bringing visitors andaudiencestocitiesandregionsinEurope.WeinviteyoutolookintohowtheworkoffestivalsisbringingtolifeourcommonknowledgeofEurope’splaces.Thisreflectionwillcontributetoageneralisedawarenessofhowculturehasplayedanimportantrolethroughouttheagestoreflectsoci-ety,contributetotheenlighteningofmentalitiesandeveneffectchange.EFAmembers,you,areattheoriginofmanyvisitorscomingtoyourcity.
For that, we set up a series of interviews, conducted by writer andbroadcasterSimonMundy.
Simon Mundy
Simon Mundy is a poet, novelist, biographer (sixteen booksso far) and broadcaster. In the 1990s he was the founding
President of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (now Culture Action Europe) and was Director of the UK’s National Campaign for the Arts. He has directed several festivals and worked as an adviser to, among others, theCouncil of Europe, UNESCO, the UN Mission in Kosovo,
the European Festivals Association, Wales’ Minister of CultureandtheClubdeMadrid.
FortenyearshewasattachedtoKing’s College London’s Interna-tional Policy Institute.Hehasbeenatrusteeofseveralartsbodies,including theEuropeanUnionBaroqueOrchestraandtheSidneyNolanTrust,andisaPermanentFellowofFelixMeritis,Amsterdam.HeisVice-President oftheWritersforPeaceCommitteeof PENInternational.
TheEFAArtsFestivalsCouncilisaninvitationbytheEuropeanFestivalsAssociationtoleadingfestivaldirectorsoftodaytojoininagroupreadytosteer,contributeandbenefitfromapeerandpioneeringpersonalitiesactingonbehalfofarts,festivalsandEuropeanintegrationinanewandprominentway.TheEFAArtsFestivalsCouncilisapermanentgroupoffestivalsthatisinvitedbytheEFABoard.Itconsistsoffounding,formerandotherleadingfestivals that EFA intends to involve to support each of the thousands indi-vidualfestivalsinEurope,inanadvisorypositionforthedevelopmentandprotectionoftheartsfestivalscommunity.TheCouncilmeetsatleastonceayearintheframeworkoftheArtsFestivalsSummitofEFA.
GRAND HOTEL UNION(Miklošičevaulica1,1000Ljubljana,Slovenia;+38613081270;www.union-hotels.eu/grand-hotel-union).
n Programme activities taking place somewhere else: Ballet 100 (SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana, 1 Župančičeva St, 1000 Ljubljana), Dinner Reception (National Gallery of Slovenia, Prešernova 24, 1000 Ljubljana), EFA General Assembly (Ljubljana Town Hall, Mestni trg 1, 1000 Ljubljana) and Closing Evening (Ljubljana Castle, Grajska planota 1, 1000 Ljubljana). Late night talks and networking is recommended at: SOBA102(Cankarjeva cesta 4, 1000 Ljubljana),ASAperitivo(Čopova ulica 5a, 1000 Ljubljana)orDvorniBar(Dvorni trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana).
REGISTRATIONTheRegistrationDeskfortheSummitislocatedattheGrand Hotel Union Foyer ontheground-floor(behindthehotellobby)andwillbeopenat:
The official language of the Summit is English. Wi-Fi is available for all participants. Network name: Arts Festivals Summit (password: efa18).
TRANSPORTFor transport from/to Ljubljana airport we recommend to use a shuttle service to/fromyourdestination.Pleasepre-orderviatheGoOptiwebsiteorbye-mailtoMarkunBorut.Thepriceis9€onewayandittakesabout30minutestothecitycentre.Thisshuttleservicecanbeusedaswellfromotherairports,ofcoursewithdifferentprices.Youcanalsomakeuseofaprivatetransferortaxi(seeinfobelow).
Ourhost,theLjubljanaFestivalLjubljanaFestivaldatesallthewaybackto1952,andfromthattimetothepresentdayithasbecomeoneoftheleadingcul-turalandartsorganisationsinEurope.Itisprominentamongother,similarinstitutionsduetoitslongtraditionandintegralroleininternationalculturalandartscircles.Since1977it has
ThemaineventorganisedbyLjubljanaFestivalisthesummerfestival,nowinits 66thyear,andbetweenJuneandSeptemberitfeaturesnumerousperfor-mancesofallgenresgivenbyleadingworldartistes.ThemajorityofeventstakeplaceintheattractivesettingofPlečnik’sKrižankecomplex,whichisauniqueandhistoricarchitecturalmonumentinLjubljana,offeringperformersamagnificentbackdropfortheirperformances.Alongsidethesummerfestival,FestivalLjubljanaorganisestheinternationalmusiccycleYoungVirtuosi,SlovenianMusicDays,theWinterFestivalandmuchmore.Throughitsvariousprojectsithostsaround4,000performersfromatleast50countriesand organisesmorethan200events.TogetherwiththeEuropeanFestivals Association(EFA)itishostinginLjubljanatheArts66thEFAGeneralAssembly andtheEFFEMeetUp,whichisagreathonourforLjubljanaFestival.ItalreadyhostedtheGeneralAssemblybackin1995,andamongthemajorEFAeventsit organised in Ljubljana the signing of the declaration on intercultural dialogue in2008andtheAtelierforYoungFestivalManagersin2012.
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Arrival of delegates
Registration13:00 > 19:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Foyer
EFFE Hubs Meeting (only for EFFE Hubs)13:30 > 14:30Grand Hotel Union, Glass Hall
Welcome coffee14:30 > 15:00Grand Hotel Union, Glass Hall
Festivals and Tourism: how destinations become alive15:00 > 17:00Grand Hotel Union, Glass Hall
Optional: Dark Union17:30 > 18:30Španski Borci Cultural Centre
Official Opening of the Arts Festivals Summit19:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Registration and welcome coffee9:00 > 9:30Grand Hotel Union, Grand Foyer
Welcome and Introduction09:30 > 10:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
In Conversation about…10:00 > 13:15Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Lunch13:15 > 14:30Grand Hotel Union, Grand Foyer
EFA Informs14:30 > 15:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
The [Herit]AGE of the ARTS Keynote Speech and EFA-EUROCITIES Declaration15:00 > 15:45Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Group photo15:45Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Closing drink and informal networking16:00Grand Hotel Union, Grand Union Hall
Guided walk to SNG Opera in ballet Ljubljana 550m19:00Grand Hotel Union, lobby
Ballet 10019:30SNG Opera in ballet Ljubljana
Dinner reception22:00National Gallery of Slovenia
Guided walk to Ljubljana Town Hall (Municipality of Ljubljana) 400m9:00Grand Hotel Union, lobby
Welcome Coffee9:30 > 10:00Ljubljana Town Hall, Big Conference Hall
General Assembly10:00 > 13:30Ljubljana Town Hall, Big Conference Hall
Lunch13:30Ljubljana Town Hal, Red Hall
CAM Meeting (only for EFA Collective & Affiliate members) including lunch13:30 > 15:00 Ljubljana Town Hal, Red Hall
Future Heritage Ambassadors | Co-production & co-touring meeting for EFA members15:00 > 17:30Ljubljana Town Hal, Big Conference Hall
Guided walk to Ljubljana Castle Funicular Railway 700m18:20Grand Hotel Union, lobby
Closing evening and farewell dinnerEFA Honours its members and honorary friends19:00Ljubljana Castle, Palatium
DAY 1Wednesday, April 11Official Opening
Thursday, April 12EFFE MeetUp: The [Herit]Age of the Arts
DAY 2Friday, April 13EFA 66th General Assembly (for EFA members only)
