The Maribor Academic Choir unites students from Maribor and the wider Štajerska (Podravje) region. It has been operating since 1964 when the student cultural association (KUD Študent) with its male choir was established. The choir's first conductor was Stane Jurgec.
Maribor Academic Choir has toured to the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Austria. It has been led by several recognised conductors, including Simon Robinson from the UK, Jože Fürst and – since 2002 – Zsuzsa Budavari-Novak from Hungary.
Women’s Choir APZ Maribor performing in the Slovene National Theatre Maribor at the Festival Maribor, 2015
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Joseph Tawadros solo oud performance in the Minorite Church at the Festival Maribor, 2015
Running a strong and uniquely conceptualised musical programme, the Maribor Festival has established itself as one of Slovenia’s most respected classical music events. Held for about two weeks each year in September, the festival usually assembles around 150 Slovenian and foreign musicians to play in Maribor (and sometimes also in its neighbouring cities). Its programme is created in collaboration with domestic as well as foreign co-producers and musicians, and is thus featuring many productions that were realised especially for the occasion.
The boldly selected repertoire encompasses both, pieces for chamber orchestras as well as outstanding symphonic and vocal-instrumental works. Many positive foreign critiques of the festival helped defining it as an internationally respected and frequented music festival. The festival's main producer is the central cultural institution in the city, Narodni dom Maribor.
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