Tartini Theatre
Art Nouveau theatre of 1910 on the Piran waterfront, named after the violinist Giuseppe Tartini.
The Tartini Theatre stands on the Piran waterfront beside the inner harbour and was inaugurated on 27 March 1910. It was designed by the Trieste architect Giacomo Zammattio in a manner that combines late historicism with Art Nouveau detail, and the interior decoration was carried out by the painter Napoleone Cozzi. The house is named after Giuseppe Tartini, the violinist, composer and music theorist born in Piran in 1692, whose statue stands on the town's main square a short walk away.
The horseshoe auditorium, with tiers of boxes and a painted ceiling, now serves as a multi-purpose hall run by the Avditorij Portorož. Its programme mixes drama, concerts, dance, musicals and film screenings, and the building hosts parts of the Tartini Festival of chamber and Baroque music, the Piran Musical Evenings and the Festival of European and Mediterranean Film. The arcaded facade facing the quay is protected as a cultural monument, and the foyer is also used for exhibitions.
Highlights
- Inaugurated in 1910 to designs by the Trieste architect Giacomo Zammattio
- Interior decoration by the painter Napoleone Cozzi
- Named after Giuseppe Tartini, born in Piran in 1692
- A venue for the Tartini Festival and the Piran Musical Evenings
