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Oto Pestner is one of the most prominent singers and composers of popular music from Slovenia, born in 1956 in Ljubljana. Until 2008, he was the leader of the Slovene vocal group New Swing Quartet.
From 1986 to 1991 and in 1995, he was member of Alpski kvintet (German: Alpenoberkrainer).
Pestner has performed with world renowned artists like Golden Gate Quartet, Bobby McFerrin, Mercer Ellington, Dexter Gordon, New York Voices, Sheila Raye Charles, The Brown Sisters, Ladies of Song, B.B. King, Acappella, Ridgewood Baptist Choir, New Swing Quartet, Perpetuum Jazzile, Divas, Oliver Dragojević, The Eugster Brothers and others. Some of his hits include "Vse je lepše, ker te ljubim" (1971), "Trideset let" (1972), "Dan ljubezni" (1975), "Bisere imaš v očeh" (1978), "Tople julijske noči" (1979), "Moja dežela" (1986), "Ciganska kri" (1991), "Dan za zaljubljene" (1993).