Formed in 1948, the Ivan Goran Kovačić Academic Choir is Croatia's largest and oldest mixed amateur choir. In the past, the Choir was led by renowned Croatian musicians, such as Mladen Jagušt, Duško Prašelj, Lovro Županović, Adalbert Marković, Dinko Fio, Vladimir Kranjčević and Saša Britvić. Luka Vukšić has been the Choir's artistic leader since 2003. They have been conducted by major Croatian and international conductors, including Lovro Matačić, Milan Horvat, Pavle Dešpalj, Nikša Bareza, Vjekoslav Šutej, Ivo Lipanović, Zubin Mehta, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Lorin Maazel, Uroš Lajovic, Gerd Albrecht, Kazushi Ono, Alun Francis, Patrick Fournillier, Hans Graf, Kurt Masur, Pinchas Steinberg, Gustav Kuhn, Dmitri Kitayenko, Yakov Kreizberg, Valery Gergiyev and Sir Neville Marriner. The Choir has performed around the world, including in international festivals such as Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Settembre musica in Turin, Flaneries musicales in Reims, Wiener Festwochen, as well as in all major Croatian festivals. They have worked together with orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Philharmonics, City Theatre Orchestra of Florence, National Opera Orchestra of Monte Carlo, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra. The Choir collaborates on regular basis with the Zagreb Philharmonics, the Croatian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, and the Croatian Baroque Ensemble. The high level of their interpretation has been awarded through numerous prizes and recognitions.