Media: Večer
Authors: T. V.
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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On Saturday at 7.30 pm, the Grand Hall will host SNG Maribor will host a charity concert featuring young musicians from Ukraine joined by the Slovenian Youth Orchestra under the baton of conductor Živa Ploj Peršuh. The concert, which will raise money for their continued stay and education in Slovenia, will be held under the auspices of the Soroptimist Club Maribor, which has been active for three decades and for which awarding scholarships to talented musicians is a common thread running through its work. “With this, the young Ukrainian musicians want to say thank you for being welcomed so openly in this country.
All proceeds from the charity concert will go towards their education, so that they can continue to develop their musical talent here,” says Mirjana Zgaga, president of the humanitarian Soroptimist Club Maribor. The talented young Ukrainian musicians who fled the war to Slovenia have, through the Slovenian Youth Orchestra, been provided with accommodation, general education, individual instrumental lessons, group lessons, chamber ensembles, orchestral rehearsals… The Soroptimist Club Maribor is part of the Soroptimist International network, an international association of professionally successful and socially active women with more than a hundred thousand members in 130 countries. Through their work they mainly support talented young artists and help women and families in need, as well as children and older people with special needs. Among others, the Maribor Soroptimists have supported Luka Šulič, Eva Šulič, pianist Nejc Kaple, horn player Andrej Žust, trumpeter Franci Košem, soprano Nika Gorič and many others, as well as the Maribor Safe House, the projects Young musicians from Ukraine will perform together with the Slovenian Youth Orchestra under the baton of conductor Živa Ploj Peršuh. of Gustav Šilih and the Levjesrčni hospice camp for grieving children, and they are now also helping Ukrainian refugees in Maribor. “To help Ukrainian refugees we have teamed up with Slovenska filantropija in Maribor,” says Mirjana Zgaga. It should also be noted that Saturday's charity concert will feature works by Ukrainian and Slovenian composers. The young Ukrainian and Slovenian musicians will be conducted by Olga Huma from Ukraine and Živa Ploj Peršuh.
