Vita Mavrič is a Slovene

chansonnier A chansonnier (, , Galician and , or ''canzoniéro'', ) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally " song-books"; however, some manuscripts are call ...

Career

Vita Mavrič started her career at the Ljubljana City Theatre in a 1987 musical, titled "In the Slovene Mountains" (originally in Serbo-Croatian "U slovenačkim gorama"). Based on the poetry of Slovene poets, she recorded a solo concert, "Pesem je ženska" (A Song Is a Woman), and released her first album at the National Slovene Television, that was followed by a 1991 solo concert in

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, based on poetry by

Janez Menart Janez Menart () (29 September 1929 – 22 January 2004) was a Slovene poet, best known for his Intimist poetry. He translated a number of classic French and English poetry and drama works into Slovene, including Shakespear ...

, Ervin Fritz,

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, and others.Interview
Dnevnik, 2. June 2012 In 1994, she founded

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which she has art-directed ever since. In 2000, she founded "La Vie en Rose", an international chanson festival. Her 2012 "Mandeljni in rozine" included Jewish

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songs, based on translations by Klemen Jelinčič and the re-creation of poems by

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, songs from Rezija and

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, and songs about the fate of some

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. It was premiered at Cankar Hall.

Works

* "Bikec Ferdinand" (Ferdinand the Bull), a musical for children, performed together with the Ljubljana Dance Theatre * "Ne smejte se, umrl je klovn" (Don't Laugh, a Clown Died), a music-theatre project of

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's chansons that won her the Župančič Award, * "Sneguljčica" (The Snow White), an opera composed by

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, * 1995 "Arabella", a musical produced by Café Theatre, * "Nekoč bili smo v maju" (Once We Were in May), a concert with music composed by Mojmir Sepe and performed by the symphonic orchestra, with theatre, film and a ballet performance, directed by Matjaž Pograjc, dedicated to her colleague Borut Lesjak, * "Sem, kakršna sem" (I Am What I Am), her second CD, * "Yearnings", her third CD with

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's and

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...

's chansons

References

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