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ing his ambitious idea come true while he was the head
of the Dubrovnik Summer Games: in 2001 Julian Rachlin
and friends performed on the Games for the first time.
The enthusiasm was mutual and two years later the festival
“Julian Rachlin & Friends” outgrew the Dubrovnik
Summer Games and became a game all by itself. But
what a game! According to estimations made by the
audience and the critics, this chamber music festival is
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Prošlogodišnji je festival imao i humanitarni
karakter/Last year’s festival had a
humanitarian character
Čelist Mischa Maisky jedan je od stalnih
gostiju festivala/Cellist Mischa Maisky is one of
the frequent guests at festival
by far the most important musical event in Croatia, and
its quality exceeded Croatian boundaries a long time
ago and became bait for all music lovers from many
other countries. The festival does not lack in glamour, so
this year Sir Roger Moore, who is a friend of the festival
from its beginnings (also in the role of narrator), and tennis
player Thomas Muster are expected, as well as many
other names that may not be seen on the red carpet on
daily basis, but do evoke respect amongst well-informed
circles of people. Therefore it must be pointed out that it
is not glamour that reigns during the “Julian Rachlin and
& Friends” festival, but true love towards music.
One of the most charismatic and exciting young violinists
and violists, as the media keeps flattering him, 32
year-old Julian Rachlin has already achieved worldwide
fame, playing, amongst others, with the Vienna,
New York, Sankt-Petersburg and London Philharmonic
Orchestra, London Symphonic Orchestra, working with
greatest world conductors like Zubin Mehta, Andre
Previn, Mstislav Rostropovič, Riccardo Muti, Vladimir
Azskenazy or Yehudi Menuhin. Critics of The Times and
The New York Times describe his technique as “super
fine”, and his playing as “high-octane”, “simple and
direct”… Wherever he performed since 1988, when he
won his first award for best young musician, Julian Rachlin
would enchant the audience and the critics, and