ZHYV
Za ljubezen do življenja.
For the love of life.
Five public squares · One global broadcast
The Evening
On a single evening — Ljubljana, Belgrade, Moscow, Yerevan, Tirana — five public squares from the Adriatic to the Volga become one stage, one audience, one broadcast. 9 May 2027 — for the love of life.
- Ljubljana
- Belgrade
- Moscow
- Yerevan
- Tirana
The Concept
One signal. Not five concerts.
ZHYV is not five shows watched apart — it is a single broadcast, mixed live, moving between the squares, sometimes crossing cities mid-song, sometimes splitting the screen so all five play at once. Above every square the same global signal plays on the walls.
Five stages. One concert. Watched together.
The opening — all five cities live at once.
The interlude — one choral work sung in five squares simultaneously.
The finale — a closing anthem in cross-city duet.
A single wave of light rises in all five squares at the same instant — one shared heartbeat.
“For one evening, five cities stop speaking each on their own. Tirana sees Moscow. Yerevan hears Ljubljana. Belgrade sings with people it has never met. ZHYV is not a festival — it is a broadcast of human closeness.”
The Squares
Five cities. One evening.
The Story
For the love of being alive.
Culture can create a closeness nothing else can. It doesn't erase what makes each city different — it treats those differences as the material of one shared human experience.
For one evening a new kind of map opens, drawn by people, music, and simply being here together.
From the old Slavic root for alive. It carries no ideology — only a state: breath, presence, voice, and the possibility of a future.
Beneficiary Circle
For children and youth across five countries.
Net proceeds are distributed to five children-and-youth organisations under audited oversight.
Governance
Built to be trusted.
Registered in Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia. Governed by an independent board of trustees. All net proceeds distributed to the five named beneficiaries under audited oversight.
- Sašo GačnikMusic Director & Artistic Lead
- Matej MušičExecutive Producer
- Yuri YatskoStrategic Advisor
Four Conversations