Akademski pevski zbor Tone Tomšič (APZ Tone Tomšič)
Kongresni trg 12, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 251 4287
Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana
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Past Events
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16 Dec 2016
A New Year concert by the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana and the Ljubljana Academy of Music baroque orchestra and the SNG Opera and Ballet soloists, organised by the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin,
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15 Dec 2016
A New Year concert by the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana and the Ljubljana Academy of Music baroque orchestra and the SNG Opera and Ballet soloists, organised by the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin),
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14 Dec 2016
A concert by the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana, organised in cooperation with the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin),
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14 Jul 2016
17 Jul 2016
The Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana and the Mixed Choir Viva Brežice at the 34th Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs
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11 Jul 2015
A concert by the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana
and Vokalna akademija Ljubljana
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28 Nov 2013
2 Dec 2013
Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana tours Croatia and attends the Cro Patria Choral Competition
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28 Aug 2013
31 Aug 2013
The Academic Choir Tone Tomšič competing at the 25th European Grand Prix for Choral Singing and the University of Primorska Academic Choir competing at the 61st Guido d’Arezzo International Polyphonic Competition
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25 Aug 2013
A concert by the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana at the 2013 international youth choir and orchestra festival Musica dal Mondo
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28 Jun 2013
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22 Jun 2013
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28 Apr 2013
A concert by the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana at the Five Lamps Arts Festival
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27 Apr 2013
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26 Apr 2013
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18 Aug 2012
26 Aug 2012
Academic Choir Tone Tomšič, University of Ljubljana at the international choir competition Concorso Polifonico 2012
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27 Apr 2011
1 May 2011
History
In 1926 Slovene ethnomusicologist France Marolt established a male choir consisted of the students from the University of Ljubljana called APZ France Marolt. Between 1938 and 1939 Marolt also led an equivalent female line-up. The male choir was banned in 1941, due to the cultural black-out during Italian fascist occupation of the Province of Ljubljana. Despite that occupation fact, on Friday, 12 December 1941 the choir held their last concert during WW2 in the Union venue of Ljubljana. Their touchy interpretation of the well known Miroslav Vilhar's song "Lipa zelenela je" was secretly recorded by Rudi Omota and the recording has been kept until nowadays. The microphones were hidden in the venue's huge main light.
The choir resumed its operations in 1946 as a mixed choir under the new name Akademski pevski zbor Tone Tomšič. They have been named after Tone Tomšič-Gašper, WW2 Secretary Organiser of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia, condemned to death penalty and shot in Ljubljana by the Italian fascists in May 1942, later proclaimed as the Yugoslav National Hero.
The list of its conductors consists of many acclaimed names of Slovene music; after Marolt followed Radovan Gobec, Janez Bole, Lojze Lebič, Marko Munih, Igor Lavrič, Jože Fürst, Jernej Habjanič, Stojan Kuret and Urša Lah.
Programme
The repertoire of the choir includes compositions of all historical periods, but focuses on contemporary music and adaptations of folk music. Many of the compositions were acquired via international open calls for new choral compositions. The choir performs all over Slovenia, participates also in vocal-instrumental projects (e.g. Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem,Johannes Brahms's German Requiem), records pieces for Radio Slovenia and collaborates with foreign conductors on seminars, concerts and festivals. The choir frequently commissions new works writen by Slovene composers. It has made several recordings and boasts quite a prolific discography.
Projects
Each year the choir prepares his annual concert in one of the main concert halls in Ljubljana. In May 2006 the Academic Choir Tone Tomšič staged a concert in the Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre concert hall to mark its 80th anniversary. An exhibition about the choir's history and nowadays was on display at the National and University Library (NUK) and later at Cankarjev dom.
Venues and Awards
The choir has performed in almost all European countries, in North and South America and Africa. The Academic Choir Tone Tomšič has been awarded a Golden Honorary Sign of the Republic of Slovenia and a Grand Prix de la Ville de Tours three times; in 2002 it was also awarded a prize at the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Tolosa and Debrecen (2009). In last years the choir has achieved the following successes: First Prize at the International Choral Festival in Tampere, Finland in 2003; two First Prizes in the category of Mixed and Female Coirs in Cantonigros, Spain in July 2004; First Place in Polifonia/Programma Monografico category at the International Choral Competition C A Seghizzi in Italy in 2005; Grand Prix Varna 2007; and two golden medals at the competition in Olomouc in 2009.
External links
- Academic Choir Tone Tomšič website (in Slovenian)
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