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
• project 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
• music-staged 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
• project Musica Inaudita 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
• music-staged 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

• 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
• music-staged project Rusalki in 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
• music-staged 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

• Carmina Slovenica in the opening European Capital of Culture 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
• project Happy New Ears!
• music theatre When the Mountain Changed its Clothing
• 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"
   

2015

• 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