Maestro Stojan Kuret
(Slovenia / Italy)
Born in Trieste (Italy), Stojan Kuret graduated conducting from the Music academy, University of Ljubljana and piano from the Music Conservatory in Trieste, where he has been professor since 1983. Already during his stud- ies, he established the children choir of the Glasbena matica Trieste (1974), whereupon he took the leadership of the girls’and youth mixed choir, and re-established the Jacobus Gallus choir (1991)
For ten years he had been the artistic director and conductor ofthe renown APZTone Tomšič choir ofthe Uni- versity of Ljubljana (1992-2002). It is with this choir and Vokalna akademija Ljubljana (2008-) that he reached prestigious international artistic achievements (five Grand prizes — Tours 1999, Varna 2001, Gorizia 2001, Mari- bor 2002, Arezzo 2009, three-times finalist and twice the winner of European Grand prix for choral singing in 2002 in Arezzo and 2010 in Varna).
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In 1984 he received the Gallus commendation for extraordinary achievements in music (children choir). He received the Commendation of the city of Ljubljana and the Golden commendation of the Public fund for cultural activities ofthe Republic of Slovenia for artistic direction ofthe APZTone Tomšič choir. In 2003 he was chief conductor of the Chamber choir of RTV Slovenia (national radio and television choir). In 201 1 in Arezzo (Italy) he received the prestigeous Guidoneum award for the successful and creative work with Vokalna aka- demija Ljubljana.
In 2012 he received the Prešeren foundation award, the highest national recognition in culture. In 2017 he recived the Highest Golden Commendation ofthe Public fund for cultural activities ofthe Republic of Slovenia for his creative and successful work for choral development in the national choral music. As lecturer, Stojan Kuret has been a frequent guest at seminars home and abroad (Music accademy Budapest, Riga, San Sebastian and Ljubljana). He has been a regular member of juries at the major international choral and choir conductor competitions
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