Ljubljanski oktet
Krekov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Ljubljana Octet
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The Octet has participated in several important international competitions and festivals, including the Langenargener Sommerfestspiele on Lake Constance, the chamber music festival Voci d'Europa in Porto Torres, Sardinia, the Festival of Choral Music in Larissa, Greece, the festival Polifonia at Alpe Adria at Schio, Italy, the European Musical Forum, Budapest and the C A Seghizzi International Singing Competition in Gorizia, Italy (first prize). It has performed concerts in Italy, Austria, Hungary, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Greece, France, Great Britain, Denmark, Finland, Spain, the states of the former Soviet Union, Canada, the USA, Australia, China and Tibet.
The Octet has received the national music award, a Gallus Plaque from the Gallus Foundation. Its discography includes the series Slovenija moja dežela, and also more recently an interpretation of Missa Aux Cathedrales by C Gounod and Missa in F by J G Rheinberger (Nika Records, 2004).
