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\u201cZvjezdice\u201d Girls\u2019 Choir is one of the most representative music ensembles in Zagreb and Croatia. It was founded in 1985 and forms part of the Youth Music Institut in Zagreb. The members of the choir are all outstanding students of primary and secondary schools in Zagreb.<\/p>\n

In more than three decades of its existence, the choir has developed a strong cooperation with the most prominent Croatian and world\u2019s ensembles and performers, as well as with many conductors \u2013 from both Croatia and abroad.<\/p>\n

The choir has performed alongside the Brussel\u2019s Philharmonic orchestra, \u00a0Zagreb Soloists, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, \u00a0Two Cellos, the Symphony Orchestra of the the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), \u00a0Croatian Chamber Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre (HNK), the Zagreb Wind Trio, the Croatian Army Symphony Wind Orchestra, the Tamburica Orchestra of the Croatian Radiotelevision\u00a0 etc.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the choir has performed under the direction of many renowned conductors such as V.Gergiev, Sir N.Mariner, H.Graf,\u00a0 L.Hager, P. De\u0161palj, K. Ono, M. Horvat, N. Bareza, , R.F. de Burgos, A. Rahbari, F. Shipway, S.Dini\u0107, I.Repu\u0161i\u0107, V.\u0160utej, V. Kranj\u010devi\u0107, U.Lajovic, S.Dini\u0107, I.Repu\u0161i\u0107, V.\u0160utej etc.<\/p>\n

Choir\u2019s wide range of activities inside Croatia also includes a cappella performances at the International Children\u2019s Festival in \u0160ibenik (1990), Dubrovnik Summer Festival (2000), Music Biennale Zagreb (2011), Milko Kelemen Days -Slatina (2014).<\/p>\n

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The \u201cZvjezdice\u201d choir filled the audience with enthusiasm in Norway, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Russia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.<\/p>\n

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In a series of its notable international appearances, two United States tours deserve special mention. First came the highly successful tour in 2003 (New York, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Northern Kentucky), when the choir received a major acknowledgement \u2013 with December 12 being declared the \u201cZvjezdice\u201d Day in New York and December 19 the \u201cZvjezdice\u201d Day in Dayton. The other equally successful tour took place respectively in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York in 2004, and included the concert in the Church of the Holy Family at the United Nations Chapel in New York under the high patronage of Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the UN. In 2006, the tour to Australia and Malaysia (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur) followed, and the tour to Canada took place in 2008.<\/p>\n

More recent international successes of the \u201cZvjezdice\u201d include the concert at New York\u2019s Lincoln center in 2010, as well as the concert held on Europe Day in the Milan cathedral, the participation in Croatia-Slovenia project The Symphony of a Thousand by Gustav Mahler in 2011, the tour to Saint Petersburg in 2012 , the participation in the War Requiem in 2013, the participation in the international project \u201e1000 Voices For Peace\u201c, marking the 100th anniversary of WWI, in Bruxelles (2014) and a\u00a0 concert at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on their\u00a0 4th US tour (Washington, 2015)<\/p>\n

Many works by the leading Croatian composers have been dedicated to the \u201cZvjezdice\u201d choir, most notably The Four Seasons by Davorin Kempf, Orion, Venus, Andromeda by Milko Kelemen and Djevoja\u010dke vede (Maiden Vedas) by Ivo Josipovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cZvjezdice\u201d choir has received many national and international awards and some of the most notable are: two awards for best performance at the International Choir Festival in Llangollen, North Wales (the International Musical Eisteddfod), the outstanding performance awards at the Sligo Choir Festival, Ireland and Stavanger, Norway, the award for the best performance of a contemporary composition at the International Youth Choir Festival Celje. In 1991, at the Vara\u017edin Baroque Nights, the choir received the Ivan Lukacic Award for outstanding performance of the G.B. Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Zvjezdice won the Milka Trnina Award for their 25th Anniversary Concert in Zagreb.<\/p>\n

The choir has been appointed the cultural ambassador of the Republic of Croatia by the European Federation of Choirs of the Union.<\/p>\n

The choir has an impressive discography list, consisting of several hundreds of recordings, a series of independent releases such as the CD Ave Mundi Gloria, a double CD titled the Zvjezdice jubilee (released for the choir\u2019s 15th anniversary), DVDs released respectively on the occasion of the 20th and 25th anniversary, CD: the Zvjezdice 20 years with Croatian composers, and Christmas editions produced in cooperation with the Zagreb Soloists, the Zagreb Wind Trio, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and the Croatian Army Orchestra. The CD titled \u201cThe Greatest Christmas Hits\u201d created in cooperation with the Zagreb Soloists is the award winner of the Croatian discography awards Porin for the year 2010. Zvjezdice’s latest CD “Brahms, Britten”, was released in 2015, marking the choir’s 30th Anniversary.<\/p>\n

Since the very beginning to date, the choir\u2019s artistic leader has been maestro Zdravko \u0160ljivac to whom it owes its success and acclaim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

Zdravko \u0160ljivac, artistic director and conductor<\/h3>\n

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A versatile musician, composer, producer, conductor, music teacher, editor and associate of the Croatian Television.<\/p>\n

He is the founder of the Zvjezdice Girls\u2019 Choir and has been acting as its permanent conductor for the past 22 years. Under his direction, the choir has won many national and international awards (two awards for the best performance at the International Choral Festival in Wales, awards for an outstanding performance in Norway and Ireland, the award for the best performance of a contemporary composition at the International Youth Choir Festival Celje, etc.)<\/p>\n

He is a multiple winner of \u201cPorin\u201d, the Croatian discography award, in several categories (the best production of classical music, the best production of Croatian traditional music, the best production of children\u2019s music, etc.), the Vara\u017edin Baroque Evenings award and the Croatian Composers\u2019 Society award.<\/p>\n

Zdravko \u0160ljivac has composed music for a number of television films and series and theatre plays. He is the artistic director and the originator of numerous music projects and festivals. He was an associate and the conductor of the World Children\u2019s Choir in Paris and has nurtured young talents through his outstanding work in music education. He acts as a member of many music juries, the president of the Croatian Association of Conductors and Choirs.<\/p>\n

\u0160ljivac has collaborated with the Zagreb Soloists, the Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre (HNK), the Croatian Chamber Orchestra, the Croatian Army Symphony Orchestra, the Tamburica Orchestra of the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), etc. He is a regular member of the Croatian Composers\u2019 Society and has been appointed the cultural ambassador of the Republic of Croatia by the European Federation of Choirs of the Union.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

TOURS<\/h3>\n

Norway 1989 (Oslo, Stavanger, Skien)<\/p>\n

USA 2003 (New York, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Northern Kentucky)<\/p>\n

USA 2004 (Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York)<\/p>\n

Australia and Malaysia 2006 (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur)<\/p>\n

Canada 2008 (Toronto)<\/p>\n

USA 2010 (Chicago, Cleveland, Grand Rapids, New York)<\/p>\n

USA 2015 (Washington, Ojai, Palm Springs)<\/p>\n

USA 2017 (New York, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Chicago)[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”959″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES<\/h3>\n

France: Paris, Nantes, Auxere<\/p>\n

Austria: Linz, Salzburg, Wien<\/p>\n

Italy: Milano, Vicenza, Riva del Guarda<\/p>\n

Switzerland: Z\u00fcrich<\/p>\n

Germany: F\u00fcssen<\/p>\n

Slovenia: Celje, Ljubljana<\/p>\n

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo<\/p>\n

United Kingdom: Llangollen<\/p>\n

Ireland: Sligo<\/p>\n

Russia: Moscow, St Petersburg<\/p>\n

Malezia: Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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