Location: Old Town Hall (the concert takes place in the Old Town Hall instead of the Cellars of Diocletian's Palace)

Date: July 11, 2024, starting at 8:00 PM

Summer Magic of Classical Music is a long-standing summer festival of the Split Music Youth that has gradually grown into an important cultural event in the city of Split. The festival aims to enrich the concert and cultural offerings of the city during the summer months, providing citizens and their guests with top-notch musical experiences in ambient spaces in the heart of Split.

Ensemble Illyrica is an international chamber ensemble with an unusual instrumentation (flute, viola, cello, and guitar) and repertoire that promotes Croatian cultural heritage and contemporary creation.

Since its founding in 2017, the ensemble has performed in Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic at festivals such as Kultursommer Wien, Hvar Summer Festival, Amadeo Festival, Lednice Valtice Music Festival, and Arsana Festival. As a cultural promotion project of the Republic of Croatia, they also held a concert in Dublin, Ireland.

Working with young composers is a cornerstone of their programming, and they have premiered compositions by Mak Murtić (Croatia), Viola Falb (Austria), Ákos Banlaky (Hungary), David Crowell (USA), and James Budinich (USA). At this year's concert, they plan to perform compositions by members of the Split circle of composers, primarily featuring young composer Šimun-Čarli Botica.