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The Amadeo club theater-music scene first started in the summer of 2000 in the atrium of the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb’s Upper Town, in the very heart of the city, which is a unique monument space home to many of the most important cultural institutions in the City of Zagreb and the Republic of Croatia.
The Croatian Natural History Museum was not chosen for the summer scene by change. Historically, this is a type of homage to the first public theater in Zagreb, the famed Amadeo Theater that operated here from 1797 to 1834. In the present day, this is an ideal chamber theatrical-musical space with beautiful architecture and fantastic acoustic, representing a fabulous framework for theatrical performances and concerts and various multimedia events.
The programme committee of the Amadeo Scene has set high criteria in the selection of the musical programme and theater performances. In the musical segment, this is an inclination for classical music concerts with a special emphasis on performances by talented young musicians, jazz concerts with affirmed Croatian and foreign musicians and ethnic and popular music concerts. Since 2002, the Amadeo Scene has put on the Evening of premiers by Croatian composers - performances of works commissioned for the Amadeo Scene, thereby stimulating Croatian musical creation.
Over the past six seasons, the Amadeo Scene stage has seen 11 theater premiers, 12 premiers of pieces by Croatian composers commissioned for the Amadeo Scene, more than 300 theater performances, classical music and jazz concerts, and film programs (Motovun in Zagreb 2001), performed by some of the most distinguished names in Croatian theater and music life and selected foreign artists (American Dexter Community Band, a world jazz great, American Clare Fischer, the Cuban ensemble Ars Longa, Japanese theater ensemble Urushi, Amsterdam jazz group Saskia Laroo Band, and many others). The performances have been met with numerous positive reviews and critiques in the printed and electronic media. We are very proud that the selective Zagreb audience has felt the powerful energy of the artists who have selflessly shared all the risk of promoting a new open scene, recognizing within it a place that allows for a premium theater and musical experience.

Source: Croatian National Board