Amroz Copi, Slovenia
Ambrož Čopi graduated from the composition class of Dane Škerl
and completed his post-graduate studies in the class of Uroš Rojko
at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. His compositions received
awards at numerous composer competitions and are included on
CD’s: Lyrical Aquarelles (by the Academic choir APZ Tone Tomšič,
conducted by Stojan Kuret) and Birdies were still dreaming (ČarniCe,
conductor Stojan Kuret), as well as on various CDs by other national
and foreign choirs. His compositions are published by the publishing
houses Astrum, DSS, and Sulasol. For his outstanding achievements
during his study Ambrož Čopi was awarded the Young Musician
Award in 1995, in 1997 he won the Prešeren Prize of the University
of Ljubljana. He works as a prof at the Music Gymnasium Koper and
Konservatory of Music Ljubljana. He conducts the Youth Mixed Choir
of Gymnasium Koper, the Choir KGBL, until 2007 he had conducted
the Chamber Orchestra »Vladimir Lovec« (2005–2007). Already at the
time of his study he founded the Chamber Choir Iskra Bovec (1992),
1998 he took the conductor’s position in the newly founded Nova
Gorica Chamber Choir (Komorni zbor Nova Gorica) till 2004 and in
the Mixed Choir Obala Koper (till 2007). Since 2004 he has been the
conductor of the Academic Choir of the University of Primorska. The
choirs brought him nine gold medals from national competitions,
fourteen first places and several gold awards from competitions
abroad: the Grand Prix of Varna (Bulgaria, 2008), Tonen 2000 (the
Netherlands, 2006), Prèveza (Greece 2003 and 2006), the »Franz
Schubert« from Vienna (Austria, 2001), Cantonigròs (Spain, 2000
and 2011), Fortlauredale (the USA, 1999), Samobor (Croatia, 2011),
Ohrid (Macedonia, 201and Gdansk (Poland). For his interpretations
he was awarded several special prizes; he further received prizes
for exceptional achievements with the choir, and was selected the
best conductor of the competition. In 2009 he was awarded the Gold
Medal of the University of Primorska for the achievements with the
APZ UP choir. As a professional adjudicator and a member of the
competition juries he is regularly invited to various choral events
and competitions, and as a lecturer he is involved in choral music
seminars at home and abroad.