ZBOROVSTVO

5. MEDNARODNO TEKMOVANJE ZA MLADE ZBOROVSKE DIRIGENTE
26.-30. marec 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenija
5TH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CHORAL CONDUCTORS
MARCH 26-30, 2009, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

ŽIRIJA / JURY

Stojan Kuret, predsednik / President

Slovenija/ Slovenia

Stojan Kuret

Stojan Kuret received his degree in conducting from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and completed his piano studies at the G. Tartini Conservatory in Trieste. Since 1983 he has held the position of professor at the same Conservatory. While still a student (1974), he conducted children, youth, female and mixed choirs. He was a guest conductor of several orchestras. With the 1992/93 season he became the artistic director and conductor of Akademski pevski zbor Tone Tomšič (the choir of the University of Ljubljana) until 2002. He achieves great international success with every choral pursuit (GP in Tours,Varna and Gorizia, finalist of the European GP 2000 in Tolosa, finalist in Let the people sing 2001, GP Maribor and winner of the European GP of Choral Singing 2002 in Arezzo). From 2003 to 2005 he was the conductor of Chamber choir of RTV Slovenia in Ljubljana and from the season 2007 he is the conductor of the Italian Youth Choir (Coro Giovanile Italiano).

Martina Batič

Slovenija / Slovenia

Martina Batič

Martina Batič graduated from Academy of Music in Ljubljana in 2002 and continued at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, Germany, where she finished postgraduate studies in choral conducting in 2005. She is currently the chorus master at the Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet and also works as a conductor and accompanist with several choirs ( Radio and Television Slovenia Chamber choir, Chamber choir Ave ) and soloists. She is often invited as a member of a jury at the important choral competitions in Slovenia and abroad and gives lectures on choral conducting at various seminars. One of her most important achievements is the first prize at "Eric Ericson Award Competition" in Sweden in 2006, thus making Martina's wish to work with the best ensembles around the world, a reality (Bavarian Radio Chorus 2007, Swedish Radio Choir 2007 and 2009).

Peter Broadbent

Velika Britanija / United Kingdom

Peter Broadbent

Peter Broadbent is one of Britain's leading choral conductors. In 1988, he formed the Joyful Company of Singers, which rapidly established itself as one of Europe's leading chamber choirs. The JCS has recorded CDs for Albion Records, ASV, Chandos, EMI Classics, Naxos and Warner Classics, as well as recording TV and film soundtracks.
Broadbent enjoys a versatile career with an extensive repertoire ranging from Baroque Music performed on period instruments, to contemporary music, including many first performances. In the UK he has conducted the London Mozart Players, the English Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC Singers.
Other engagements have included concerts with the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra and Kodály Chorus in Hungary, a broadcast concert with the National Chamber Choir in Dublin, an atelier at Europa Cantat XV in Barcelona in 2003, and a concert tour with the World Youth Choir in July 2006.
Peter Broadbent is director of Choral Conducting Courses for the Association of British Choral Directors, having instigated and designed the curriculum for the courses. He gives seminars and masterclasses in the UK, Europe, South Africa, the USA and Canada He was recently presented with the "Pro Cultura Hungarica" Prize by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Hungary for his outstanding achievement in promoting Hungarian Music.

Éva Kollár

Madžarska / Hungary

Éva Kollár

Éva Kollár works at the Faculty of Music Teaching and Choral Conducting of the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy Budapest. She obtained her degree and position as "habilitated university lecturer" at this institution. On a number of occasions she has given lectures on the system of music education in Hungary on tours abroad and has also given several conducting courses in Europe, Canada and Japan. She is adjudicator at many choral competitions at home and abroad.
Éva Kollár is the founder of the Budapest Monteverdi Choir. For 37 years this ensemble has been awarded many prizes, both home and internationally. Their performances are available on several CDs and in the form of radio and television recordings.
Éva Kollár is the president of the Association of Hungarian Choirs and Orchestras (KOTA) and the Vice-president of the Hungarian Kodály Society. She is a member of the Musical Committee at AGEC, presidental member and artistic advisor of the choral organisation Europa Cantat. In 1994 she was awarded the "Liszt Ferenc-Prize" by the Hungarian State and in 2008 the Artisjus Prize by the Association of Hungarian Composers.

Ragnar Rasmussen

Norveška / Norway

Ragnar Rasmussen

Ragnar Rasmussen studied church music, choral and orchestra conducting. He is Associate Professor in choral conducting at the Music Conservatory, Tromso, Norway, artistic director/chief conductor of Vokal Nord vocal ensemble and the University Choir Mimas.
He has won numerous first prizes with his choirs and at conductors' competition in Bologna (including Albo d'oro award from Fondazione Mariele Ventre).
As guest conductor he works with orchestras (Tromso Symphony Orchestra, Thüringen Philharmonie, The Serbian Radio Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg State Academic Orchestra and the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra) and european choirs.
He was guest lecturer at the the following institutions: The Music Conservatory Pitea, Sweden and Petrozavodsk, Russia, Hochshule für Musik und Theater (Hamburg, Germany), the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Budapest, Hungary), the A.I.Herzen State Pedagogical University (St. Petersburg, Russia), the Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and Academy of Music in Ljubljana (2007/2008).
In 2007 Ragnar Rasmussen was awarded the Tromso University College Honorary Research Prize. He received the prestigious Northern Lights Prize for the creative artistic leadership of the choirs Mimas and Vokal Nord, his international teaching activities and for the promotion of Norwegian culture abroad and Honorary Prize of The Town of Tromso for his extraordinary artistic achievements (2008).

Kurt Suttner

Nemčija / Germany

Kurt Suttner

Kurt Suttner studied music education and singing at the Munich Musikhochschule. After several years spent as a music teacher in Munich and at the German School in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), followed by three years as Music Advisor to the Malagasy Ministry of Culture in Antananarivo (Madagascar), he was appointed lecturer in choral conducting at the Munich Musikhochschule and then as Professor for Musical Education at the University of Augsburg. In 1972 he founded the Via-nova-chor München and conducted it until 2007. His aim was to focus on new choral music, especially compositions by contemporary composers without losing contact with traditional European choral music. In accordance with this policy, the choir premiered more than 30 new choral works. The choir has been awarded a number of major national and international prizes. From1989 until 1999 Kurt Suttner conducted the Bavarian Choral Academy sponsored by the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and Education, which is designed to further young and talented singers. He regularly takes part in national and international choral competitions as a jury member and in seminars for choral conductors as a lecturer. As an editor he has published a number of choral song books "Chor aktuell" (Bosse-Verlag Kassel) as well as editing a series of new choral music "carus novus"(Carus-Verlag Stuttgart). In 1997 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany conferred by the President Roman Herzog. In 2007 he was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Prime minister of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber.

Bernard Tetu

Francija / France

Bernard Tetu

Bernard Tétu leads an extremely prolific career as orchestra conductor, choral conductor and instructor of choral music. Having pursued intensive choral activities in Burgundy France and at the conclusion of a season as Assistant Choral Music Conductor at the Paris National Opera, in 1979, upon the request of Serge Baudo, musical director of the Lyon National Orchestra, Bernard Tétu created and took on the direction of the Lyon National Orchestra Chorus.
Bernard Tétu has been invited as guest conductor by orchestras and choirs in numerous countries such as Canada, Germany, Belgium, Spain, England, Poland, Israel and China. In France, he has directed the country's most prominent orchestras and vocal ensembles. He is frequently called upon to participate in the juries of national as well as international competitions.
Bernard Tétu has made 35 recordings, many of which have received prestigious awards from the French recording industry. He has interpreted numerous ancient and contemporary works that had previously been unknown to the public. He is considered among France's most highly-qualified interpreters of 19th and 20th Century music.
Bernard Tétu was named Commander in the French Order of Arts and Letters and, with his ensemble, received the Academy of Fine Arts Award at the Institut de France.