051/680-220 ali natasa.rupnik@kstm.si .
LIVE Ljubljana International Vocal Ensemble,
conductor Juan Zuleta
Singers from Slovenia, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Hungary, United Kingdom, Russia, Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Japan.
LIVE performs choral arrangements of World Music in different languages. The program will be drawn from the following repertoire:
Balaio - Heitor Villalobos (Brazil)
Can't help falling in love with you - Elvis Presley (USA)
Gjendines Bånlåt - Traditional lullaby (Norway). Soloist: Sarah Deacon.
Siyahamba - Traditional Zulu song (South Africa)
Goodnight - Lennon, McCartney (England). Soloists: Olivia Rigby, Nicolas Le Bihan
Soon I will be done - Traditional spiritual (USA)
Lasciatemi morire - Claudio Monteverdi (Italy)
Belle que tiens ma vie - Traditional French (France)
Hear my prayer - Moses Hogan (USA)
Inaktelki Notak - Gyorgi Ligeti (Hungary)
A tu lado - Javier Busto (Spain)
Love - Juan Zuleta (Colombia)
Morning Star - Arvo P ä rt (Estonia)
and
Traditional Christmas carols from different countries of the world.
LIVE (Ljubljana International Vocal Ensemble) is a vocal ensemble with singers from all over the world who live in Ljubljana and are passionate about music and singing. It was founded and is conducted by Juan David Zuleta, aspiring to build a community of expats and locals, with a unique sound and vision that reflects the diverse cultures, languages and experiences of those living in Ljubljana. Formed in October 2020, the choir has been invited to perform in different locations in Ljubljana, sharing the stage with some local choirs and bringing choral music to a very diverse audience, from retirement homes to libraries, to prisons, our passion is to spread joy through music and create a space of inclusion where everyone feels invited to be.
Juan David Zuleta is a Colombian choir conductor, composer, songwriter and actor. He studied at the Trento Conservatory in Italy; the Lyon Conservatory in France; the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki, Finland; and the Faculty of Arts in Pereira, Colombia. He has conducted the Festival La Via dei Concerti Choir and Orchestra; the Ensemble Hispanoamericano; the contemporary music ensemble XXI Rivolto Ensemble; the Castelbarco Choir in Arco (Italy); and was a guest conductor of the POL University Choir (Helsinki) and the Calicantus Choir (Italy). In Ljubljana, he worked at the Glasbena Matica Choir as an assistant conductor for concerts with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. He's been a guest singer for the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir. He is currently an actor and composer at Šentjakobsko Gledališče in Ljubljana.
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