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In mid‑July 2026 the The 66th Ohrid Summer Festival in North Macedonia continued its series of chamber‑music concerts on program through early August 2026. After the historic St. Sofia church stage. Italian trio Kimera opened the 66th edition series on 16 July with works by Beethoven, Martin and Shostakovich, emphasizing recent competition successes and links to the European Academy of Chamber Music. A week later, on 22 July, a newly formed Slovak string quartet from the State Chamber Orchestra “Zhilina” presented Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 and pieces by Slovak composers, framed as a cultural‑exchange milestone and noted by the Slovak ambassador as the start of closer bilateral ties. On 30 performed on 22 July, the French Hermes Quartet performed as part of gave a French Evening, well‑received concert on 30 July in the historic St. Sofia church, an event attended by President Gordana Siljanovska‑Davkova and supported by the French Embassy and the French Institute in Skopje. Institute. On 2 August the festival presented “Internal voice of the cello and violin,” featuring the National University Chamber Orchestra of Bitola, Austrian cellist Emil Rovner, Macedonian violinist Simon Popovski and Canadian composer‑conductor Eugenij Shcherbakov. The concert, attended by President Gordana Siljanovska‑Davkova, received program included several of Shcherbakov’s works—such as “Fantasy on a long standing ovation Korean Theme,” “Jewish Caprice,” and underscored cultural relations between France “In Memory of Goce Kolarovski”—as well as an arrangement of Gershwin’s “Three Preludes” and North Macedonia before Popovski’s own “Fantasy on Macedonian Motifs.” Audience enthusiasm reinforced the ensemble continued its European summer tour. festival’s goal of showcasing Macedonian talent alongside international artists and deepening cultural exchange in the region.