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The Balkan Experience of Song and Ritual

Artist

The Balkan Experience of Song and Ritual presents original arrangements of folk musical heritage of the geographical area between Slovenia and Turkey. By including improvisational and narrative elements, the musicians are lending folk music a dimension of directness and so rendering it even more accessible to the contemporary audience. They have been active in Ljubljana since 2018. They performed at numerous Slovenian and Austrian venues of various sizes including the first International Folklore Festival in Ljubljana.

The Canyon Observer

Artist

Ljubljana-based five-piece heavy-metal music band The Canyon Observer was formed in 2011. Their music is a mixture of sludge metal, post-metal and noise spiced with elements of atmospheric black metal.

The Crossroads

Artist

The Crossroads is a three-piece band from Ljubljana, creating indie rock music that takes the listener to a crossroads, where they confront the flow of their emotions.

The Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana

Institution

The Department of Musicology is a unit of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and doctoral research in Musicology. The study programme wishes to give the future musicologist a broad insight into basic problems of musicology. The Department of musicology successfully runs several research projects and since 1965 publishes the main Slovenian scientific musicological journal Musicological Annual.

The Girls choir of grammar school Gimnazija Celje – Center

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The Girls choir of grammar school Gimnazija Celje – Center, has a rich and long-lasting history as it was originally formed three decades ago. The 50 member girls amateur choir has made several appearances and has won numerous awards in Slovenia as well as abroad. Due to its successes and awards, Gimnazija Celje – Center girls choir is one of the best of their kind in Slovenia. Besides attending National and International Choir Competition the choir is appearing regularly on events organized by the school and concerts in Slovenia and abroad.

The Institute of Ethnomusicology (GNI)

Institution

Today the main activities of the GNI, besides its regular research work and the publication of results, include the publication of primary and secondary collections of folk songs, the systematic publication of folk dances, the completion, storage and publication on cassette and compact disc of its outstanding archive, monitoring contemporary activities relating to music and dance traditions, and professional intervention in those areas where folklorism draws on the heritage of song, music and dance.

The Institute of Musicology

Institution

The Institute of Musicology (formed in 1972 and founded as an autonomous unit in 1980) is the only independent research group in the field of musicology in Slovenia. The basic activity of the researchers is the study of the musical heritage of the geographical area of today's Republic of Slovenia from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Within the scope of the series Monumenta artis musicae Sloveniae, the Institute of Musicology prepares and publishes musical works by the authors who have worked in the area of today's Slovenia during various historical periods.

The Jammocrats

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The Jammocrats is a young group of musicians, who play soul, rock and funk music.

The Old Power Station

Venue

The building is a protected cultural, technical and historical monument. It is still owned by the company Elektro Ljubljana, which thoroughly renovated the building on its centenary anniversary. Artists discovered this interesting building during the 1980s and the 1990s and started to use it as a venue for different artistic expressions, including live music, i.e. concerts. Location: Ljubljana

The Police Orchestra

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The Police Orchestra developed out of the Godba ljudske milice, established in 1948. The orchestra regularly participates in protocol obligations, police ceremonies, public celebrations, charity events, international sports events, as well as solo gigs at home and abroad in cooperation with Ljubljana Musical Youth and the Slovenian Association of Bands.