Ipavska Chamber Choir

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Komorni zbor 'Ipavska', Vipava

Kulturno društvo Komorni zbor Ipavska, Vojana Reharja 4, SI-5271 Vipava, Slovenia,

http://www.ipavska.si

info@ipavska.si

Phone386 (0) 41 766369

Ipavska Chamber Choir developed from a smaller Kras Chamber Choir in 1998. A group of around 30 singers, this award-winning choir continues the long tradition of choral singing in the upper Vipava Valley in Goriška region, close to Italian border. The choir's repertoire ranges from Slovene folk music to sacral music, from Gallus' motets and madrigals to Brahms' waltzes and demanding contemporary choir pieces composed by Slovene (eg Anton Lajovic, Aldo Kumar) as well as foreign composers. The choir has also worked with Lithuanian composer Vytautas Miškinis and with Slovene composer Štefan Mauri, whose Mass and some other musical works have been performed by the choir together with opera singers and instrumentalists.

The choir won the gold plaque at Naša pesem Choir Competition in 1999 for best debut choir of the competition. In 2000 the choir was also chosen to take active part in a choir seminar in South Tyrol, where they worked with conductor and music expert Gary Graden. In October 2001 the choir entered the Incanto sul Garda international choir competition in Riva del Garda, Italy, winning a gold medal as best choir in the Sacred Music category and also being declared the overall winner of the competition. Matjaž Šček, who has been the choir’s conductor since 1996, was given a special award as best conductor of the competition. The choir has also performed at prestigious competitions and festivals in Spain (Tolosa), France (Tours) and Bulgaria (Varna).