Oto Pestner

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| birth_place = Celje, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| citizenship = Slovenia

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Oto Pestner (born January 4, 1956, in Celje) is a politician and one of the most prominent singers and composers of popular music from Slovenia.{{cite web | url=http://www.otopestner.si/en/biography/ |title=Biography - Oto Pestner | work=Official site| date=21 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423214515/http://www.otopestner.si/en/biography/ | archive-date=2016-04-23|access-date=2016-04-21 }} He is the leader of the Slovene vocal group New Swing Quartet.[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1290809-New-Swing-Quartet New Swing Quartet]

From 1986 to 1991 and in 1995, he was a member of Alpski kvintet (German: Alpenoberkrainer).

Pestner has performed with artists including 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, Perpetuum Jazzile, Divas, Oliver Dragojević, The Eugster Brothers and others.{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/936514-Oto-Pestner |title=Oto Pestner Discography| publisher=Discogs | date=21 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423214903/https://www.discogs.com/artist/936514-Oto-Pestner | archive-date=2016-04-23|access-date=2016-04-21 }} Some of his hits include "Vse je lepše, ker te ljubim" (1971), "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOCoLt7RUk 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).{{cite news|url=https://www.si21.com/Glasba_dogodki/GRAJSKA_NOC_ZVEZD_POD_ZVEZDAMI_OTO_PESTNER_S_PESMIMI_ELVISA_PRESLEYJA_IN_LADO_LESKOVAR_S_PESMIMI_FRANKA_SINATRE/ |title=Grajska noč pod zvezdami: Oto Pestner s pesmimi Elvisa Presleya in Lado Leskovar s pesmimi Fanka Sinatre |trans-title=Oto Pestner performing songs of Elvis Presley and Lado Leskovar performing Frank Sinatra |date=Aug 2015 |access-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719133142/https://www.si21.com/Glasba_dogodki/GRAJSKA_NOC_ZVEZD_POD_ZVEZDAMI_OTO_PESTNER_S_PESMIMI_ELVISA_PRESLEYJA_IN_LADO_LESKOVAR_S_PESMIMI_FRANKA_SINATRE/ | archive-date=2017-07-19}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042758182/magazin/aktualno/oto-pestner-ko-pojes-se-moras-pocutiti-udobno |title=Oto Pestner: Ko poješ, se moraš počutiti udobno |trans-title=Oto Pestner: when you sing you must feel comfortable |last=Mehle | first=Borut |date=Dec 2016|access-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719134020/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042758182/magazin/aktualno/oto-pestner-ko-pojes-se-moras-pocutiti-udobno | archive-date=2017-07-19}}{{cite news|url=http://www.demokracija.si/rumeno/oto-pestner-ob-zivljenjskem-jubileju-z-dvema-koncertoma-v-cd.html |title=Oto Pestner ob življenjskem jubileju z dvema koncertoma v CD |trans-title=Oto Pestner at life anniversary with two concerts in the Cankar's concert hall |date=Dec 2015|access-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719134914/http://www.demokracija.si/rumeno/oto-pestner-ob-zivljenjskem-jubileju-z-dvema-koncertoma-v-cd.html | archive-date=2017-07-19}}

He was a candidate for the Slovenian National Assembly, with the party Povežimo Slovenijo.