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Carmina Slovenica
Partizanska cesta 12, SI-2000 Maribor
Phone386 (0) 2 251 2215
Karmina Šilec, Artistic Director




Phone386 (0) 41 695 112
Past Events
  • 14 May 2020

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    15 May 2020

    Netherlands Rotterdam ODR TV Platform


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    A world premiere of a music theatre work Threnos by Jacob Cooper and Carmina Šilec, performed by Carmina Slovenica / Choregie Project

    at the Operadagen Rotterdam



  • 11 May 2018

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    13 May 2018

    Italy Brunico,Milan,Trento Chiesa Parrocchiale,Freinademetz Kirche,Ragenhaus


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    Carmina Slovenica performs VOGP Music of Survival

    at the Festival Musica Sacra

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  • 18 May 2017

    Netherlands Rotterdam De Doelen


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    Karmina Šilec presents choregie and other projects by Carmina Slovenica at the Connecting people - choral music and more - Translating great choral projects to a wider field of classical music conference, organised by TENSO Network Europe

    at the Classical:NEXT



  • 19 Feb 2017

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    28 Feb 2017

    South Africa Bloemfontein,Cape Town,Potchefstroom,Pretoria,Winterton Brebners Concert Hall,Hugo Lambrecht Auditorium,Ken McKenzie,North West University,University of Pretoria


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    A tour of the South African Republic by Carmina Slovenica




  • 8 Aug 2016

    France Vaison-la-Romaine


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    Invocations, performed by Carmina Slovenica, at 22nd Choralies de Vaison-la-Romaine




  • 7 Aug 2016

    France Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux Cathedral


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    Invocations, performed by Carmina Slovenica, at 22nd Choralies de Vaison-la-Romaine




  • 4 Aug 2016

    France Vaison-la-Romaine Theatre Antique


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    Toxic Psalms, performed by Carmina Slovenica, at 22nd Choralies de Vaison-la-Romaine




  • 20 May 2016

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    21 May 2016

    Netherlands Rotterdam Rotterdamse Schouwburg


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    Toxic Psalms, performed by Carmina Slovenica, at Operadagen Rotterdam




  • 3 Oct 2015

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    4 Oct 2015

    Canada St John's D.F. Cook Recital Hall


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    A presentation of Choregie and Carmina Slovenica by Karmina Šilec at the Symposium on Singing and Song 2015




  • 20 May 2015

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    23 May 2015

    Netherlands Rotterdam


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    A video showcase of Carmina Slovenica's art concept choregie and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre

    at the Classical:NEXT



  • 20 Mar 2015

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    21 Mar 2015

    Russia Moscow Petr Fomenko Theatre


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica, at the Golden Mask Festival




  • 8 Jan 2015

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    11 Jan 2015

    USA New York St. Ann's Warehouse


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    Toxic Psalms, performed by Carmina Slovenica, at the festival Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Washington,




  • 23 Oct 2014

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    26 Oct 2014

    Australia Melbourne Arts Centre Melbourne


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica, at the Melbourne Festival




  • 27 Aug 2014

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    28 Aug 2014

    Switzerland Basel Kaserne Basel


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica, at Theaterfestival Basel




  • 27 Mar 2014

    Italy Gorizia/Gorica Gorizia’s Snyagogue


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    Tehelim, a concert of Jewish music by Carmina Slovenica,




  • 7 Dec 2013

    Germany Berlin Radialsystem


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    The première of musical theatre Toxic Psalms: The Scent of Ancestors by Karmina Šilec with Carmina Slovenica




  • 19 Oct 2013

    Poland Lublin Hala MTL


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica, at the International Festival Theatre Confrontations




  • 25 Jun 2013

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    26 Jun 2013

    Netherlands Amsterdam Westergasfabriek,Zuiveringshal West


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica

    at the Holland Festival



  • 21 Jun 2013

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    22 Jun 2013

    Germany Hannover Orangery


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica at the KunstFestSpiele




  • 10 May 2013

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    11 May 2013

    Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica

    at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts



  • 4 May 2013

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    6 May 2013

    Belgium Brussels Halles de Schaerbeek


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica

    at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts



  • 25 Oct 2012

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    27 Oct 2012

    France Paris Théâtre de la Ville


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica

    at the Festival D'Automne



  • 12 Oct 2012

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    13 Oct 2012

    Austria Graz Helmut-List-Halle


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica

    at the Steirischer Herbst



  • 26 Sep 2012

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    29 Sep 2012

    Germany Bochum Jahrhunderthalle Bochum


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    When the mountain changed its clothing, a music theatre by Heiner Goebbels with Carmina Slovenica




  • 12 Mar 2012

    Russia Saint Petersburg


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    Carmina Slovenica performs at Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia




  • 11 Sep 2011

    Bulgaria Plovdiv


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    Carmina Slovenica performs in Plovdiv




  • 7 Sep 2011

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    10 Sep 2011

    Turkey Istanbul


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    Carmina Slovenica performs in Istanbul




  • 12 May 2010

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    16 May 2010

    Switzerland Basel


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    Carmina Slovenica music theatre performance

    at the European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel



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Carmina Slovenica 2004 Adiemus Photo Ziga Koritnik.jpgCarmina Slovenica, Adiemus, 2004

Best known for being a highly innovative and widely acclaimed "vocal theatre" ensemble, Carmina Slovenica also stands for a production house that deals with festival and concert organisation, musical education and publishing, and other related projects. Most of these activities are led or conceptualised by Karmina Šilec, the artistic director and conductor of the main Carmina Slovenica ensembles, distinctive for intertwining choral music with theatrical and other performing elements.


Straddling the fields of "classical", "ethnic", and "avant-garde" musics, Carmina Slovenica's complex multi-media events have premièred at numerous prestigious theatres and concert halls all over the world. The ensembles, as well as Karmina herself, have received a number of international awards for their artistic prowess.


Background

The predecessor of Carmina Slovenica is the Maribor Youth Choir, led by the legendary conductor Branko Rajšter (1930–1989). Active since 1964, it regularly toured around Europe and won numerous youth choir competitions abroad. The Maribor Youth Choir was awarded the BBC Radio Award and even received the Prešeren Foundation Award, being the first choir ever to be honoured this way.

Karmina Šilec became Rajšter's successor in 1989 and the choir continued its illustrious journey. It was renamed into Carmina Slovenica in 1997, when it was also formally registered as a cultural institute.

Productions

The main ensembles of CS are the Vocal Theatre Carmina Slovenica, the Carmina Slovenica Concert Choir, and the Ensemble ¡Kebataola!. The latter explores works from the 9th century alongside contemporary ones and often utilises chants, songs, and arrangements of various folk tunes. In a way characteristic for the work of Karmina Šilec (who leads all three ensembles), ¡Kebataola! integrates electronics, video, visual arts, and literature, juxtaposing contrasting elements from both ancient and contemporary musics.

CS's choral school activities feature two children choirs (both of which also transcend the boundaries of regular choir performing) and vocal soloists. In addition, CS also organises regular stand-alone workshops, seminars, and lectures. Other CS activities include the International Choregie Festival, the Attacca Festival, the Attaca concert cycle and residence programme, the CStudio exhibition ground, and a publishing programme (featuring almost 20 music releases, a number of DVDs of their performances and also a few books).

Karmina Šilec

Though primarily a choir conductor and artistic director, Karmina Šilec has for many years been researching new artistic approaches that radically expand the established conception of "chorality". She has been developing these practices under the concept of Choregie.

Otherwise, she was also the conductor for the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra performance with the Carmina Slovenica and collaborated with the Slovene National Theatre Maribor Opera and Ballet Choir. For several years she was also a professor for choral conducting at the University of Maribor (Slovenia). As a jury member she has judged more than 50 competitions worldwide. She is also a member of several artistic committees and often invited to lecture on music and theatre. She is the director of the Vocal School Carmina Slovenica.

She has received more than 20 of the highest international awards and special recognitions, among them the award from the ITI – International Theatre Institute "Music Theatre Now" in the category Music beyond Opera, and the prestigious International Robert Edler Prize for Choral Music for her exceptional contribution to the world choir movement.

Carmina Slovenica 2016 Karmina Silec.jpgConductor Karmina Šilec, of Carmina Slovenica

Choregie

The word choregie is rooted in Ancient Greek, and the concept itself also draws from Greek tragedy and the role of the choir in it. Additionally, it implies the merging of the terms choir and choreography. It represents two fields – the artistic principle of vocal theatre stage projects and a specific method of working with ensembles, developed by Karmina Šilec. It should be noted that in many of her stage projects, she is also the stage director, set designer, and choreographer.

Carmina Slovenica Vocal Theatre

Being the central part of Karmina Šilec's work, this genre-blurring ensemble is involved in the most ambitious, complex, and persuasive stage projects of Carmina Slovenica. Its materials range from early music scripts and ritual chants to the latest avant-garde, all performed with a top notch vocal execution. It has received the Prešeren Award and many of the highest awards at international choral competitions.

Carmina Slovenica's recent stage productions include Fortuna Won't Be Fauvel's Match, Toxic Psalms, When the Mountain Changed its Clothing, Perspective East, Scivias, Vampirabile, Slovene Sounds, Adiemus, and From Immemorial Times. All of these award-winning productions were performed at many international festivals and broadcast by EBU and Eurovision.

International performances

Carmina Slovenica has performed on concert stages worldwide, from Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Grand St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Esplanade Singapore, Teresa Carreño Theatre Caracas, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, RadialSystem Berlin, San Francisco Symphony Hall to Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Jahrhuderthalle Bochum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, and Auditorium Rome.

In addition, the choir has presented its programmes at important international music festivals such as the World Music Days, the World Symposium on Choral Music, the European Symposium on Choral Music (all three organised by the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)), the Eastern Festival in Moscow, the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, the Polyfollia, the America Cantat, the Choir Olympics, the Europa Cantat, the Prototype Festival in New York, Festival d'Automne á Paris, the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, the Ruhrtriennale, the Lublin Theatre Confrontation Festival, the Melbourne Festival, and the International Festival Beijing.

Carmina Slovenica was also the first female ensemble, other than the choir of the Sistine Chapel, to sing at a ceremony of the Pope in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Awards

In 2016, the music theatre production When the Mountain Changed its Clothing, created in collaboration with Heiner Goebbels, was recognised as the Golden Mask Winner in the nomination "The Best Foreign Production Presented in Russia in 2015".

Some of the other victories include one for the most outstanding choir at the European Music Festival for Young People (BE), the Golden Gate International Children's and Youth Choral Festival (US), the Des Moines International Children's Choir Festival (US), the International Youth Choir Festival Kalundborg (DK) (where they received the maximum number of points), and the International Choral Kathaumixw (CA). They have been awarded a Ford Motor Conservation and Environmental Grant and the Silver Order of Service of Republic of Slovenia for "extraordinary contribution to the Slovenian and international music culture".

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