Book your tickets for a classical concert with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra in the beautiful Rector's Palace, and enjoy a magical and memorable evening.
The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra is a professional ensemble founded in 1925, as the Dubrovnik Philharmonic, later named the Dubrovnik City Orchestra, and then until 1992, the Festival Symphony Orchestra. Its members are musicians with academic education, mostly from the Zagreb Academy of Music. Many of them are excellent soloists, which is a significant contribution to the Orchestra's musical offer. Several original composers among its members make the Orchestra particularly recognizable within the musical circuits. Its list of concerts is very long, including tours all over Europe, in the US, and Indonesia. The Orchestra performs a repertoire consisting of pieces by baroque, classical, and romantic composers in concert venues such as the Rector’s Palace, churches, and city squares. Lovro von Matačić, Antonio Janigro, Zubin Mehta, Kiril Kondrashin, Ernst Marzendorfer, Milan Horvat, Anton Nanut, Ivo Dražinić, Pavle Dešpalj, Uroš Lajovic, David Ojstrah, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter, Henryk Szeryng, Uto Ughi, Christoph Eschenbach, Ruža Pospiš Baldani, Stefan Milenkovich, Ivo Pogorelić, Maxim Fedotov, Mario Hossen, Dubravka Tomšič, Dunja Vejzović, Monika Leskovar, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Yuri Bashmet, Julian Rachlin, Noorman Widjaja, Michel Legrand, Đelo Jusić, Christoph Campestrini, Nicholas Milton, Noam Zur, Viktor Tretiyakov, Tabbea Zimmermann, Patrick Gallois, David Garrett, Marc Tardue, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian... are some of the most prestigious local and foreign conductors and soloists with whom the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra appeared particularly during the International Opera Arias Festival Tino Pattiera (July), Dubrovnik Summer Festival (July-August), International Late Summer Festival Dubrovnik (August-September) and festival Autumn Music Variety (October). In 2005, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra was awarded the «Milka Trnina» prize, which is the most prestigious musical branch award in Croatia. In 2015, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 90th anniversary and it received a special acknowledgment for contributing repute and promotion of Dubrovnik - Neretva County in Croatia and abroad.