Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
Background
The Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra was established in 1948 when the Academy itself was reorganised.Today it consists of students of all grades from the departments of string and wind instruments and percussion.Since the Academy of Music participates in the Erasmus programme for exchange students there are also foreign students playing in the orchestra.
Repertoire and performances
The orchestra's repertoire includes well-known symphony orchestra compositions and vocal-instrumental works ranging from Baroque, Classical and Romantic to 20th-century music. It has performed in Vienna (presenting music by Primož Ramovš, Tomasi and Berlioz), in Zagreb (performing music by Uroš Krek, Čajkovski, Šostakovič), in Gorizia (performing music by Slavko Osterc, Chopin, Čajkovski) and in some Slovene cities (performing music by Beethoven, Matija Bravničar, Mozart, Haydn, Grieg and Mendelssohn among others).
International participation
The orchestra prepares two or three projects annually and stages a few concerts a year. In 2005 it participated with Lebanese-Armenian conductor G. Pehlivanian. In 2010 members of the Symphony orchestra participated in the international project Concert of friendship which took place in Trieste under the direction of R. Muti.
Awards
In August 2004 the orchestra received an award at the international festival of European youth orchestras Young Euro Classics in Berlin, presenting compositions by Alojz Srebotnjak, Nina Šenk and D. Šostakovič. At the same event the European Composer's Award was conferred on young Slovene composer Nina Šenk.