|
|
About · Contact · Help · Desk · ⚙ · 3,562 articles | Contents · A–Ž index |
This logo is missing!
If you have it, please email it to us.
Ever since the beginning, Maribor Octet have been performing in Slovenia and abroad. Only by 2005 the Octet had performed more than 1,300 concerts at home and in Europe (Paris, Krefeld, Essen, Montreux, Cuneo, Milan), North America (Montana, Toronto, Cleveland, New York City, New Mexico), South America (Uruguay, Brazil) and East Asia (Japan).
The Maribor Octet regularly participates on international festivals, such as Festival in Montevideo (2007), Festival in Missouli (2006), Festival in Miane (2003) and so on. The octet received a prize at a festival in Cork, Ireland in 1986 and has also won several prizes in Maribor.
Its discography of six CDs features a strong international programme, including songs written by the Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek, and Maribor Octet’s interpretations of contemporary choral compositions.
The octet published a CD at the 20th anniversary Mariborski oktet - 20 let (1993), a CD of love songs and serenades Jaz bi rad rdečih rož (1995), one with sacral programme Gloria (1997), one with folksongs Kaj ti je, deklica (2003), a CD at the 30th anniversary Mariborski oktet - 30 let (2003) and thematic CD with drinking songs Majolka bod' pozdravljena (2004).
Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage. The portal and its content is owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture, funded by the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan and developed by Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.