Timeline

From the very beginnings of 1964 till today.

1964

• on the initiative of Janja Korošec Žižek, Dinko Fio, professor of music from Zagreb, sets up a Central Choir Maribor
• on the second rehearsal, the choir is taken over by Branko Rajšter

1965

• first appearance in public at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje
• bronze plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje1966
• the choir consists of 66 singers, aged from 10 to 15 years

1966

• first concert abroad: sole concert in Graz (Austria), Stefaniensahl Hall

1967

• gold plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje

1968

• for the first time on a longer touring guest performance abroad, Switzerland

1969

• golden plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje
• small LP: winning choirs at Youth Choir Festival, Celje (7 musical works)

1970

• performing at Tito relay reception in Ljudski vrt, Maribor
• touring Czech Republic
• touring West Germany

1971

• gold plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje
• third place at the international competition in Arezzo, Italy
• Benjamin Britten: War Requiem

1972

• touring Romania

1973

• gold plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje

1974

• Gallus plaquette
• BBC Radio Award, London, Great Britain
• first place at the Kurirček Festival, Maribor
• Youth plaquette
• touring Switzerland
• touring France
• Battista Govanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1975

• gold plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje
• first prize at the international competition in Varna, Bulgaria
• the first concert in Ljubljana, the Slovenian Philharmonic
• touring Czech Republic
• LP Naše geslo

1976

• Prešeren Fund award, and the first choir in the history awarded in this way
• first place at the international competition in Neerpeltu in Belgium, and the special prize of the jury for best performed obligatory musical work
• touring Germany
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

1977

• gold plaquette at the Youth Choir Festival, Celje

1978

• touring guest performance at international festival in Harrogate, Great Britain

1980

• cassette Pesmi partizana Cirila

1981

• Radomir Petrovič: Epitaf za ženo borca
• Radomir Petrovič: Carmina Iuventutis

1982

• second place at international competition in Prato, Italy
• LP Vsi otroci sveta
• Pavel Šivic: Balada o Šarhu

1983

• first prize at the international competition in Den Haag in the Netherlands, and the BUFA Award  Fund for the best performed obligatory musical work
• touring Germany
• Vilko Ukmar: Starka za vasjo

1984

• second place at the international competition in Montreaux, Switzerland, and special prize of the Zürich Radio  "Grosse Kanne"
• touring Germany
• Arthur Honneger: Jeanne d'Arc

1985

• Golden Coat of Arms of Maribor
• touring Germany

1986

• XVII. world congress for teachers of music ISME, Innsbruck, Austria

1987

• golden plaquette at the International competition in Arnhem, the Netherlands

1988

• first place in the category of chorals and second place in the category of polyphony at the international competition in Karditsa, Greece

1989

• Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
• solemn celebration at the 25th anniversary
• Branko Rajšter dies on December the 2nd
• artistic leadership of MPZ Maribor in taken over by Karmina Šilec
• cassette Dober glas seže v deveto vas

1991

• touring Germany
• project Tokrat malo drugače

1992

• "Summa cum laude" award at the European Youth Festival in Neerpelt, Belgium
• International Festival Lieder Europaische Ländern, Germany
• Peter Cornelius: Messe in d-moll
• Petar Iljič Čajkovski: The Nutcracker
• Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme

1993

• honorary diploma for brilliant performance at the International Festival Nancy
• project Hommage à Gallus
• cassette Peter Cornelius: D-moll Mise
• Choral School CS establishment

1994

• competition Kathaumixw in Powell River, Canada
  first prize in the category "choral singing"
  first prize in the category "chamber singing"
  second prize in the category of "contemporary music"
  second prize in the category "folklore"
  the best choir of the competition "The Most Outstanding Choir of Kathaumixw 94"
• ZKO prize Maribor
• International Festival of Arti et Amititae, Bydgoszcz, Poland

1995

• European Symposium for Choral Music in Ljubljana (organized by IFCM, the International Federation for Choral Music), opening concert
• broadcasting  house competition "Let the Peoples Sing"
• Krisztof Penderecki: Luke's Passion
• touring Switzerland
• concert Bolj pravljica kot res
• CD Bolj pravljica kot res
• CD Strunam

1996

• touring South Africa
• Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
• Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied
• Cloude Debussy: Nocturnes
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
• CD Sanjam sen

1997

• international competition "Golden Gate", San Francisco, USA:
  first place in the category "choral music"
  first place in the category "contemporary music"
  first place in the category "folklore"
  award of the audience
  first and third place in the category of solo singing
   
• international competition "Des Moines", Iowa, USA:
  gold medal in the category of "choral singing"
  first place in the category "chamber music"
  first place in the category "folklore"
  first and third place in solo singing
   
• performing in Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
• concert at the Europa Cantat General Assembly
• concert Aurora of Vocal season series, Slovenian Philharmonic
• International festival Music September
• "Europa Cantat" Linz, Austria
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8
• MPZ Maribor renamed Carmina Slovenica Choir
• CD Drumlca

1998

• international competition Kalundborg, Denmark: 1st place with 100 % of the points
• touring Toronto and New York
• European festival of Youth Choirs in Basel, Switzerland
• CD Following the Sun

1999

• Carmina Slovenica takes part at the international project Preko mostu upanja
• International Festival Simpaatty, Finland
• season-ticket cycle Prestige Vocal in Fuviere in Lyon, France
• project Non tacere
• International Festival of Early Music in Radovljica
• project Pogubljene ženske (Fallen Women) with the Sarband ensemble

2000

• gala concert at the Choir Olympics in Linz, Austria
• Vampirabile in Teresa Careño Theatre v Caracasu, Venezuela
• festival America Cantat, Caracas, Venezuela
• international festival J. Villaroel, Isla Margerita, Venezuela
• Evropa Cantat in Nevers, France
• international project Songbridge 2000, Nevers, France
• choregie project of contemporary music Vampirabile

2001

• artistic programme at Prešeren Prize ceremony
• concert in Hong Kong Cultural Centre
• International Symposium on Choral Music, Hong Kong, China
• 2nd International festival on Choral Music, Beijing, China
• music-staged project Slovenian sounds
• project Nolite tacere
• CD Citira

2002

• Ford Award for preservation of natural and cultural heritage for the project Slovenian Sounds
• concert in Vatican in St. Peter's Basilica at evening mass
• International Symposium Donne in Musica in Rome, Italy, Vatican
• International music festival Music September
• 37. Maribor Theatre Festival
• project Musica Inaudita
• Rok Golob: Planet življenja
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8
• CD Times and places

2003

• music-staged project Scivias, EBU order
• ISCM World Music Days, Vampirabile
• Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• International festival Viña del mar, Chile
• International festival Cantapueblo, Mendoza, Argentina
• Ariel Ramirez: Missa Criolla

2004

• Robert Edler award to Karmina Šilec
• Moscow Easter Festival, Russia
• Polyfollia Festival, France
• Festival Wratislavia Cantans, Poland
• music-staged project Adiemus
• DVD Lojze Lebič: Letni časi

2005

• international project Glasbene vezi, concert tour Sweden
• scholarship Fundation Carpe Vitam − Open Mind
• Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Germany
• concert O Succesoress

2006

• lounching ATTACCA programmes
• International festival Coimbra, Portugal
• concert Drum Café, Maribor Festival
• music-staged project From Time Immemorial, Slovene National Theatre Maribor
• concert O deus
• CD CM1
• DVD Drum Café
• DVD From Time Immermorial

2007

• Voice of the Americas Future Festival, San Francisco, USA
• concert touring in San Francisco in Los Angeles, USA
• Festival Persan, France
• choregie project CS Light
• CD Vampirabile

2008

• Karmina Šilec receives the award of International Theatre Institut (ITI) for performing From Time Immemorial
• touring Japan
• touring Italy
• concert Americas
• CD Musica Inaudita I
• DVD Americas
• DVD On Time

2009

• scenic project Na juriš in the mood!
• CD Drum Café
• CD Na juriš in the mood!
• LP Na juriš in the mood!

2010

• Recognition Charter of city of Maribor
• Schauspiel Haus, Basel, Switzerland
• international festival Nuit de Choers, Brussels, Belgium
• concert touring Malaysia and Borneo
• concert in Esplanade cultural centre, Singapur
• concert Asian Sounds
• concert Zimske urice
• choregie project Rusalki
• CD Musica Inaudita II
• DVD Sounds of Asia
• co-production of Choregie aka Choregie festival

2011

• concert in Auditorium Rome
• Festival Urban Fest, Niš, Serbia
• Korofest, Istanbul, Turkey
• touring Bulgaria
• music-staged project Perspective East
• music-staged project Pleading for Words
• CD Americas
• CD Balkanica
• CD Pleading for Words
• co-production of Choregie aka Choregie festival

2012

• concert  in the Great Hall of St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Russia
• Ruhrtriennale, Bochum, Germany
• the opening of Maribor Theatre Festival 2012
• Festival Steieresher Herbst, Graz, Austria
• Festival D'Automne, Paris, France
• music-staged project Placebo or Is There One who Would not Weep (Eueopean Capital of Culture)
• project Happy New Ears!
• music theatre When the Mountain Changed its Clothing (Heiner Goebbels)
• DVD Placebo or Is There One who Would not Weep
• co-production of festival Choregie aka Choregie

2013

• Kunstenfestival Brussels, Belgium
• Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg
• Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany
• Holland Festival Amsterdam, the Niederlands
• International Theatre festival Soočenja, Lublin, Poland
• Radial Vocal Night, Radialsystem V Berlin, Germany
• concert Tehilim
• concert The Door
• Choregie event What have you got against Peasants, Lady?
• music-staged project Toxic Psalms
• CD When the Mountain Changed its Clothing

2014

• DVD What have you got against Peasants, Lady?
• concert Balkanika II
• Kaserne Basel, Switzerland
• Music and words, Maribor
• concert Invocations
• Melbourne Festival, Australia
• "50 impressive seasons", a jubilee concert season
   

2015

• choregie project Toxic Psalms, Prototype Festival, New Yorks, United States of America
• Festival Golden Mask, Moscow, Russia
• Silver Order of Service of Republic of Slovenija for "extraordinary contribution to the Slovenian and international music culture"
• CD Toxic Psalms
• Choregie project Fortuna Won't Be Fauvel's Match!

2016

• Golden Mask Award for "The Best Foreign Production Presented in Russia in 2015"
• Operadagen Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Choralies, Vaison-la-Romaine, France
• Concert "élégance à la française"
• Concert Gavin Bryars: Laude Cortonese
• DVD Documentary Placebo

2017

• South Africa tour (Pretoria, Potchefstroom, Bloemfontein, Drakensberg, Cape Town)
• Concert Lajtl

2018 

• concert David Lang: The Little Match Gitl Passion (ensemble !Kebataola!) 
• concert Meetings, (The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra, Nika Gorič)
• project VOGP Music of survival (Vocal orchestra VOGP)
• concert Intono 
• concert Old Music (ensemble !Kebataola!) 
• Touring Italy  
• Book: Planet Carmina 

2019 

• Touring Italy 
• CD VOGP Music of survival
• concert Winter Hours
• concert Casta Catholica 
• concert Stabat Mater 
• dogotal drawing movie film Black sun 

2020 

• choregie project Threnos (for the throat) 
• book: CHOREGIE  Ultimate collective experience