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Concert by Laibach and the RTV Symphonic Orchestra in Brussels

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The concert will feature new interpretations of the band's songs, including those from the Sound of Music and Spectre projects and songs from the WAT album, dealing with the refugee and migration crisis in Europe and the Middle East.

The Brussels repertoire is the result of collaboration between Laibach and the RTV Slovenia Symphonic Orchestra. Anže Rozman, a young Slovene composer, arranged the songs for the orchestra conducted by Simon Dvoršak. The audience will be able to listen to new interpretations of their favorite Laibach songs, including those from the Sound of Music and Spectre projects. Also performed, will be the songs from the WAT album released in 2003, dealing with the refugee and migration crisis in Europe and the Middle East. This time, the self-proclaimed "engineers of the human soul", who are capable of producing music that can make the listener both think and dance, will be performing to a seated audience alongside the RTV Slovenia Symphonic Orchestra

There will be two concerts - One in Brussels and another one in Ljubljana

The organizer of the event -the public institution Festival Ljubljana - decided to hold the concert in two different locations, in Brussels and in Ljubljana. It is a double event that will first take place on 9 February in the Henry Le Boeuf Hall at the Fine Arts Palace in Brussels. It will then be repeated on 2 September in Križanke, Ljubljana. Commenting on the choice of venues, Darko Brlek stated, "the concert in Brussels will be performed with the intention of additionally promoting the city of Ljubljana. This year it was awarded the title of the Green Capital of Europe. The second and no less important reason for organizing the event in Brussels is the promotion of the program by Festival Ljubljana in the European capital."

Patrik Greblo, the head of music production at RTV Slovenia says that "for over six decades, the RTV Slovenia Symphonic Orchestra has been collaborating with various musicians. However, we have only been referring to the orchestra as a form of 'crossover' for the last ten years. Their collaboration with Laibach is one of their more daring collaborations, especially considering the time and location of the first of the two concerts. This is how musicians working in public broadcast stations can, in our own unique way, draw attention to the current problems of our time and the society in general."

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