title: Maribor Academic Choir
text: # Maribor Academic Choir
  
  The Maribor Academic Choir is a choir based in Maribor in Slovenia. As of 2008 it is under the presidency of Tilen Žibret and conducted by Hungarian conductor Zsuzsa Budavari-Novak who has led the choir since 2002.
  
  Founded in 1964 it began as a male student cultural association (KUD Študent) conducted by Stane Jurgec but following the establishment of the University of Maribor in 1975 the choir permitted both sexes.
  
  ## Past conductors
  
  * Stane Jurgec
  * Simon Robinson
  * Jože Fürst
  