ČOPI Ambrož

He first gained knowledge of vocal music and conducting as an assistant of the conductor Stojan Kuret. He led several Slovenian choirs: Chamber Choir Nova Gorica, Mixed Choir Obala, University of Primorska Academic Choir, KGBL Chamber Choir, etc. With them, he achieved fifteen golden plaquettes at various national competitions, and twenty six first places, as well as several golden plaquettes at competitions, held abroad. He performed as a finalist at the European Grand Prix in Choral Singing in Tours (France, 2009) with theUniversity of Primorska Academic Choir.
In 2014 he was awarded the Gallus Medal, the highest
award in the field of musical activity at a national level in Slovenia.
In 2016 he received Škerjanc recognition given by the Conservatory of
Music and Ballet Ljubljana for outstanding artistic achievements and a
prestigious national award Preseren Fund Prize. His compositions are
presented in four CDs containing only Čopi's compositions, i.e. Lirični
akvareli (Academic choir Tone Tomšič, Stojan Kuret), So ptičice še
snivale (ČarniCe, Stojan Kuret), Praeparate corda vestra (Ave Chamber
Choir, Ambrož Čopi), Sanjam (Slovenian Chamber Choir, Martina Batič).
His compositions are published by Astrum and Sulasol.
Ambrož Čopi is a
teacher at the Art High School in Koper, Conservatory of Music and
Ballet Ljubljana and, Associate professor at the Academy of Music in
Ljubljana. He is regularly invited to act as amember of the jury at
various choral events and competitions, and is often involved in choral
music seminars at home and abroad as a lecturer.
A Catalogue of Works (2013), In Slovene