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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Obala Koper Mixed Choir Group portrait, summer 2011
Conducted by Andrej Makor, the Obala Koper Mixed Choir is a high-quality mixed choir which performs choral music from all periods, especially contemporary choral compositions. The choir was established in 1977 and has been led by Mirko Slosar, Walter Lo Nigra, Ambrož Čopi, Maja Cilenšek and Sebastjan Vrhovnik.
Obala Koper Mixed Choir has initiated the International Choir Festival Koper that takes place annually in Koper. A programme of quality concerts is accompanied by several choir seminars with renowned Slovene and international conductors and lecturers. Obala often performs at official municipality and state events, cooperates with other choirs and orchestras and also stimulates the production of music by commissioning new compositions. For its 40th anniversary, the choir published a double CD with the title Sledi... (Traces...), which summarizes its activity under the leadership of the conductor Sebastjan Vrhovnik.
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