Zavod Druga godba Ljubljana is a non profit cultural organization, which organizes International Festival Druga godba and promotes some of the best Slovenian and Croatian musicians. It was established in 1999 to secure the continuation of International Festival Druga godba created in 1984.
The main activities are: organizing The International Druga Godba Festival, publishing (label DruGod), promoting young perspective ensembles/musicians, art exchange activities and production of cultural events. In designing the programme and for artist exchange Zavod regularly collaborates with other international organizations, cultural centres and foreign consulates and embassies.
The International Druga Godba Festival was established in 1984 to present an alternative to the festivals existing at the time whose programmes failed to include more radical or simply “different” musical practices. Initially, these aims resulted in a programme which concentrated on alternative rock, "rock in opposition", contemporary jazz and experimental music, and which rediscovered and re-established Slovene traditional music.
Later Druga Godba Festival became a musical “fellow traveler” of the legendary WOMAD Festival, with which it collaborated in the 1980s. In the 1980s, when the Slovene concert and festival programmes began to expand and open up to musical practices that previously had been neglected, in particular rock and jazz, the focus of the Druga Godba programme shifted to world in ethno music, but still kept presenting all other original musical genres, though in a smaller scope and frequency.
Alongside its original programme, Druga Godba has initiated and offered a range of parallel events, such as street animation and concerts, musical workshops, events intended for children, exhibitions, film screenings and lectures which formed its accompanying programme. In the 1990s it became the stronger festival with this type of programme in Europe, establishing connections with the majority of other important festivals and becoming also a member of the central international organization in this field, the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals.
In 2006 Zavod Druga godba Ljubljana got the Zupancic Award by The municipality of Ljubljana as a proof of excellent work- for the treasured contribution to the music and for an outstanding achievement in culture. The award was received for conceptual original idea which for more then two decades informs and thrills with lively artistic creativity in the musical field of traditional, world and new urban music, fusion of ethnic and modern musical approaches from all over the world. Zupancic Award is one of the most important recognitions in Slovenia given for exceptional creation in cultural and artistic field, which permanently enriches Slovenia and resonates also in the wider international space.
The main activities are: organizing The International Druga Godba Festival, publishing (label DruGod), promoting young perspective ensembles/musicians, art exchange activities and production of cultural events. In designing the programme and for artist exchange Zavod regularly collaborates with other international organizations, cultural centres and foreign consulates and embassies.
The International Druga Godba Festival was established in 1984 to present an alternative to the festivals existing at the time whose programmes failed to include more radical or simply “different” musical practices. Initially, these aims resulted in a programme which concentrated on alternative rock, "rock in opposition", contemporary jazz and experimental music, and which rediscovered and re-established Slovene traditional music.
Later Druga Godba Festival became a musical “fellow traveler” of the legendary WOMAD Festival, with which it collaborated in the 1980s. In the 1980s, when the Slovene concert and festival programmes began to expand and open up to musical practices that previously had been neglected, in particular rock and jazz, the focus of the Druga Godba programme shifted to world in ethno music, but still kept presenting all other original musical genres, though in a smaller scope and frequency.
Alongside its original programme, Druga Godba has initiated and offered a range of parallel events, such as street animation and concerts, musical workshops, events intended for children, exhibitions, film screenings and lectures which formed its accompanying programme. In the 1990s it became the stronger festival with this type of programme in Europe, establishing connections with the majority of other important festivals and becoming also a member of the central international organization in this field, the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals.
In 2006 Zavod Druga godba Ljubljana got the Zupancic Award by The municipality of Ljubljana as a proof of excellent work- for the treasured contribution to the music and for an outstanding achievement in culture. The award was received for conceptual original idea which for more then two decades informs and thrills with lively artistic creativity in the musical field of traditional, world and new urban music, fusion of ethnic and modern musical approaches from all over the world. Zupancic Award is one of the most important recognitions in Slovenia given for exceptional creation in cultural and artistic field, which permanently enriches Slovenia and resonates also in the wider international space.