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Avip
Priatna, Conductor & Music Director
Avip Priatna is currently the most
successful young conductor in Indonesia. Numerous awards
both at national and international level have been
received for his outstanding performances. His
achievements began when he received a permanent trophy
from the most important national choir competition, the
ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology) Choir Festival,
after winning first place three times in a row. He began
to move in the international circles after leading the
Unpar Choir to first place in an International Choir
Festival in Arnheim, Netherlands, in 1995. The peak of
his success came once again with the Unpar Choir when
they took third place in the mixed choir category and
first place in the ?folklore? category at the
prestigious International Polyphony Music Competition in
Arezzo, Italy, in 1997. He was also awarded the best
conductor in the ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology)
Choir Festival.
Avip Priatna started his musical
education at the age of 10 by taking piano lessons with
Mrs. Rosaline Tambunan in his hometown, Bogor. While
continuing his formal education in Parahyangan Catholic
University?s Architectural faculty, he continued his
lessons in piano with pianist Oerip S. Santoso, and choir
directing with Aida Swenson. After gaining his Bachelor
Degree, he decided to continue his musical education in Hochschule
für Musik und Darstlende Kunst in Vienna,
Austria, with a scholarship from the Rotary Club and the
Austrian Government. Under the guidance of Gunther
Theuring in choir directing and Leopold Hager for
orchestra directing, he received a Diploma I with honors
(ausgezeichnet). And in 1998 he finished his Magister
Diploma for Choir under the guidance of Gunther Theuring,
with a scholarship from Parahyangan Catholic University.
While he was there, he joined a few outstanding choirs in
Vienna, and was trusted to become assistant conductor for
the Vienna
Jeunesse Chor.
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