Friday

01.07.2016

21:30

Main Stage - Trg Leona Štuklja square

Concert

TRIESTINE PARTISAN CHOIR PINKO TOMAŽIČ & WOMEN’S CHOIR KOMBINAT

TRIESTINE PARTISAN CHOIR PINKO TOMAŽIČ

Conductor: Pia Cah

The Triestine Partisan Choir Pinko Tomažič was established in 1972 at Bazovica near Trieste (Italy) on the initiative of former partisans. The principal aim of the choir is to continue the tradition of the national liberation struggle, to preserve partisan songs and to spread the ideals of peace, fraternity and equality among the nations.

  The first conductor of the choir and one of its founders was Oskar Kjuder, a former partisan, member of the Overseas Brigade and a proud representative of Slovenian minority from the village of Lonjer near Trieste, who conducted and represented the choir for as long as 25 years. He was succeeded by Pia Cah, a native of Križ near Trieste, who has conducted the choir to the present day.

Throughout its existence, the choir has held almost 1000 concerts. The singers from Trieste spread partisan and rebel songs over Italy, Slovenia and all parts of former Yugoslavia. The choir also visited other parts of Europe (Austria, Greece) as well as the former Soviet Union.   Since its beginnings, the choir has had over 500 members (singers, soloists, musicians and reciters), both Slovenians and Italians from the Trieste and Gorizia Karst areas as well as from different parts of Slovenia. For the last 15 years, the choir has been enriched by female voices.

Today, the choir has over 100 members. Only ten of them have remained from the very beginning. They are, however, always happy to welcome new reinforcements, especially young people from both sides of the (former) border who have joined the choir in the recent years. Their arrival is a guarantee that the values for which the Triestine Partisan Choir Pinko Tomažič has strived for will continue to live in the future.

WOMEN’S CHOIR KOMBINAT

Conductor: Mateja Mavri

Kombinat is a female choir that was officially born on Resistance Day, April 27, 2008. April 27 is a state holiday in Slovenia. It was formerly known as the Liberation Front Day (dan Osvobodilne fronte); it marks the establishment of the Liberation Front in Slovenia in 1941. The idea to start a choir that sings revolutionary tunes from all over the world in original languages started at a bachelorette party of one of our members. Kombinat’s members are from all over the country and have versatile professions – we have pre-school teachers, high school teachers, lawyers, social workers, archaeologists, biologists, secretaries, accountants, students, there’s a magnificent singer-songwriter among us, journalists, economists, academics… the list goes on and on…