Ohrid Summer Festival

The Ohrid Summer Festival is a festival founded on 4 August 1961, always taking place between 12 July and 20 August in the city of Ohrid, North Macedonia.[1] It is financed by the Ministry of Culture of North Macedonia and sponsors. The President of North Macedonia is the patron of the festival. The festival has featured prominent artists since 1961, such as José Carreras. Since 1994, the festival has been a member of the European Festivals Association. Many world-renowned musicians, such as Leonid Kogan, Svyatoslav Richter, Grigory Sokolov, Andre Navarra, Martina Arroyo, Henryk Szeryng, Ivo Pogorelić, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aldo Ciccolini, Gidon Kremer, Ruggiero Ricci, Viktor Tretiakov, Salvatore Accardo, Elena Obraztsova, Katia Ricciarelli, Victoria de los Ángeles, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, Michel Camilo, Paul Meyer, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leo Nucci, Barbara Frittoli, Jessye Norman, Nigel Kennedy, Zubin Mehta, Ennio Morricone, Mikhail Pletnev,[2] as well as many others, have performed at Ohridski Leto.

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Славниот Карерас најмногу заработил од "Охридско лето" - Нова Македонија". Novamakedonija.com.mk. 2012-07-13. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2016-01-03.


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