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− | At the [[Attacca | + | At the [[Attacca Festival]], invited Slovenian children and youth choirs, who are joined by a hosted choir from abroad, present a thematically rounded-up programme of repertoires primarily composed of works, originating from after 1950. At the closure of the festival, a joint musical work is sang by all the choirs involved together. The festival takes place at different locations, with the prime one currently being the [[Vetrinjski dvor|Vetrinje Mansion]]. It was launched in [[established::2007]] by [[Karmen Šilec]], the head and the artistic director of the [[Carmina Slovenica]] choir and production house. |
− | The festival is an extension of the various Carmina Slovenica projects that include different choirs, music publishing, (sung) theatre productions and a diverse set of educational activities. The latter are the main starting point of the Attaca creed, which is organising international collaborations of youth choirs and | + | The festival is an extension of the various Carmina Slovenica projects that include different choirs, music publishing, (sung) theatre productions and a diverse set of educational activities. The latter are the main starting point of the ''Attaca'' creed, which is organising international collaborations of youth choirs and engaging them in contemporary compositions. As such, Attaca (which also includes residencies, a concert cycle, summer camps and some other initiatives) is very close to the project ''Songbridge'', an international forum for collaborations of this type. |
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− | The festival has up until now hosted choirs from France (the ''A tre voci'' choir), the United States (the ''Piedmont Choirs'' and the ''Peninsula Women's Chorus''), Bulgaria (''Detska kitka''), Australia, Malaysia amd South Africa. The choirs are sometimes joined by renowned Slovenian musicians like for example [[Vasko Atanasovski|Vasko Atanasovski | + | The festival has up until now hosted choirs from France (the ''A tre voci'' choir), the United States (the ''Piedmont Choirs'' and the ''Peninsula Women's Chorus''), Bulgaria (''Detska kitka''), Australia, Malaysia amd South Africa. The choirs are sometimes joined by renowned Slovenian musicians like for example [[Vasko Atanasovski Trio|Vasko Atanasovski]] and [[Janez Dovč]]. |
Attaca takes its name from a musical "instruction" directing a performer to go without pause to the next section. | Attaca takes its name from a musical "instruction" directing a performer to go without pause to the next section. |
Revision as of 10:33, 3 November 2015
The festival has up until now hosted choirs from France (the A tre voci choir), the United States (the Piedmont Choirs and the Peninsula Women's Chorus), Bulgaria (Detska kitka), Australia, Malaysia amd South Africa. The choirs are sometimes joined by renowned Slovenian musicians like for example Vasko Atanasovski and Janez Dovč.
Attaca takes its name from a musical "instruction" directing a performer to go without pause to the next section.