Maribor ready for the European Capital of Culture 2012 - Slovenia

Maribor, in cooperation with partner towns, is on full alert to take over the title of European Capital of Culture 2012. MARIBOR 2012 will include over 1000 events throughout the year to satisfy everyone’s various tastes and preferences. Most of the events will be not more than an hour’s drive away. The lively opening weekend is set for 14 to 15 January 2012.

The basic starting point, summed up in the slogan: `Pure Energy!` is grounded in an understanding of culture as creative energy and its ecologically and socially responsible attitude toward the world. Maribor will share the title with five partner towns in the region: Murska Sobota, Novo Mesto, Ptuj, Velenje and Slovenj Gradec. Every participating town contributes its very special character to the project.

The opening week (14th to 15th January 2012) will be an outstanding overture to the European culture year. It will include numerous concerts, performances and events on several locations around town. The key element of the opening ceremony will be a performance of the opera Black Masks by Slovene expressionist Marij Kogoj. Besides the opera production, the ECOC’s opening will also manifest itself in numerous installations, performances and concerts on many stages, which will turn the whole town into a spectacle. On opening day, Maribor will once more be wrapped by the holographic town hall. The laser projection will reconstruct the medieval town walls in an innovative and modern way.

Throughout the year visitors of all ages and interests will have the opportunity to experience and see content from various genres as well as numerous extraordinary authors from Slovenia and abroad.

The events and news within the framework of the European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012 can be monitored through the official website of the project.

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Source: www.slovenia.info .