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Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ljubljana Ochestra

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The ensemble of the Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ljubljana (SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana) performs an extensive repertoire of classical and modern operas, ballets and concert works. Each season it gives approximately 150 performances, both at home and abroad. Its opera and ballet ensembles and orchestra have enjoyed successful collaborations with Slovenian and international artists and producers.

Slovenian Percussion Project - SToP

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Academically educated musicians gathered to play quality chamber music and exploit new percussion sounds. They upgrade their musical and social mission by staging educational concerts for the young, by organising seminars and the BumFest festival and by actively encouraging Slovenian composers to write percussion music. The unique ensemble consists of established percussionists from different parts of Slovenia: Barbara Kresnik, Marina Golja, Matevž Bajde, Damir Korošec, Franci Krevh, Tomaž Lojen, Davor Plamberger and Dejan Tamše. They have played on numerous stages in Slovenia and abroad. Recently StoP has become involved in other musical and non-musical art genres: singing, dancing, video etc. Thus it has discovered synergy in other art fields and (consciously) shifted from performing strictly classical percussion programme. The ensemble won the Župančič Award in 2013 and the Prešeren Fund Award in 2014.

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

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The history of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and its predecessors Academia Philharmonicorum (1701), the Philharmonic Society (1794), and the first Slovenian Philharmonic (1908-1913) make it one of the oldest in the world. The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra has reaffirmed its reputation on numerous tours to European cultural centres and in the United States of America and Japan, as well as presenting itself at many renowned international festivals. For many years, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra has been giving 32 subscription concerts per season in the Gallus Hall of the Cankar Cultural and Congress Centre (the central national cultural institution), as well as presenting concerts on special occasions and musical matinees for young listeners. The concert activity of the orchestra is documented on more than 80 compact discs.

Smaal Tokk

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Rapper Smaal Tokk creates his music on the thin line between entertaining pop and subtle socially critical music. In his expression he uses parody.

Snøgg

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Snøgg is an experimental black metal band from Velenje, Slovenia, founded in 2013. They describe their music as freeride black metal, as they do not set boundaries in exploring the vast landscape of black metal sound and other neighbouring extreme and alternative genres. In addition to the Slovenian stages, they have toured southern and western Europe five times, visiting countries such as the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. They have also played at events and festivals in Germany and the Netherlands.

Spiral Mind

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Spiral Mind is the ever-changing solo project of musician Manuel Brajnik. The sound palette, of what are generally instrumentals, ranges from the abstract sounds of analog and digital synthesizers to the concrete tones of drums, bass and guitars.

Srd

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Srd is a black metal band, established in 2016 in Murska Sobota. It developed its own unique musical language influenced mainly by black metal.

SsmKOSK

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SsmKOSK is a radical breakcore glitchcore solo project manned by Blaž Božič.

St. Nicholas Choir Litija

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St. Nicholas Choir Litija has been contributing to the Slovenian and world choral scene for more than 20 years. It's projects are often very different from the classic choral repertoires. It combines traditional choral compostions with novelties of Slovene and world renown composers. The choir formally works within the 'Nova kultura Litija' society ('New culture Litija') and is a member of the Europa Cantat. The singers with their conductress are regularly rewarded with awards on national and international competitions and festivals.

St. Stanislav Girls' Choir

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Its exceptional accomplishments at national and international competitions and regular participations at the world’s foremost choir-related events earned St Stanislav Girls’ Choir a place at the cutting edge of the youth choir scene. In recent years, they were the first and thus far only Slovenian choir to perform at the 11th World Symposium on Choral Mu-sic in Barcelona, at the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat’s festival in Tallin, and at the national conference of American choral directors in Kansas City, which they attended at the direct invitation of the American Choral Directors Association.