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Editors: Viktor Škedelj Renčelj, Alja Pušnik Kramar Dear Reader, in international musical currents. This is Editorial Board: Barbara Švrljuga, Tanja Benedik no doubt the result of the collapse of the Translation: Steven Loy, Neville Hall, Katarina Juvančič this booklet will be your best guide to dis- former common Yugoslav cultural sphere Copy editor: Philip Burt covering Slovene music, the richness, vital- and market, which has forced Slovene Design: Eda Pavletič ity and diversity of the country’s musical musicians to redefine how they work and Print: Littera picta d.o.o. worlds, some better known than others, communicate with their potential public. Print run: 3000 but all worth listening to. Publisher: Slovenian Music Information Centre (SIGIC) A positive result of all of these turbulent Address: Trg francoske revolucije 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia events are the lively, varied, sometimes Telephone: +386 (0)1 241 20 82 In the following pages, you can find a great rather elusive but always intriguing musical E-mail: [email protected] deal of interesting and useful information activities in Slovenia. www.sigic.si about the best Slovene musicians, individ- ual music scenes and the specifics of musi- In addition to a presentation of musical cal activities in Slovenia in general. Written creativity, this pocket guide to Slovene mu- by recognised Slovene music experts and sic also offers abundant useful information, writers, the texts provide information in a the contact details of the most important This project has been funded with support from the Ministry of compact and readable way about the mu- institutions, concert venues, organisers and Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Commission. sic infrastructure in Slovenia and Slovene producers of musical events, as well as pub- music of all genres, from classical and jazz lishers and media, all organised into sec- to heavy metal and electronic dance music. tions according to the area of activity and musical genre, which gives you quick and It is an undeniable fact that Slovenia, de- easy access to the information you need. To spite its proverbially small geographic area learn more and keep up to date with musi- and small population, can offer the world This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the cal life in Slovenia, we recommend a visit to Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be a great deal that is interesting and out- our web portal www.sigic.si/en. made of the information contained herein. standing in the field of music, as its many music scenes are currently experiencing a Yours, SIGIC, 2013 genuine blossoming. Meanwhile, more and Viktor Škedelj Renčelj, editor more Slovene musicians are consciously SIGIC - Slovenian Music Information Centre gazing across the national borders to a greater degree and directly participating Waiting for the beginning … Photo: Petra Cvelbar 2 3 More Vital than Ever - the Contemporary Honed on the Traditional (Classical Music) 6 Three Slovenes Make a Choir (Choirs / Choral Societies) 12 Jazz with a Hint of Cosmopolitanism (Jazz) 15 Heterogeneous Spaces of Sound Experimentation (Experimental and Alternative Music) 20 Let’s Go Folk! (Ethno/World Music) 24 Homespun Melodies from Shame to Pride (Folk-pop) 28 The Band Marches down the Street (Wind Bands) 30 Rock’n’Roll from Every Region of Slovenia (Rock) 32 Over 40 Metallic Years (Heavy Metal) 36 Where Have All the Troubadours Gone? (Singer-songwriters) 38 Between Pop Vocal, Urbanity, and Turbo (Pop) 40 Rhymes Beneath the Alps (Hip-hop) 43 The Diversity of Electrified Slovenian Ideas and Rhythms (Electronic Dance Music) 45 Collecting Societies 48 Formal Music Education 49 About SIGIC 50 Useful Contacts 52 Event Calendar 62 Listen to Slovenia Pocket Music Guide 5 dies later became established as folk tunes it took the form of the Philharmonic Soci- More Vital than Ever - themselves. In Slovenj Gradec, a small town ety (Philharmonische Gesellschaft in Lai- in the Slovene Koroška region, the late- bach), which is regarded as the first such the Contemporary Honed Romantic master of lieder, Hugo Wolf, was institution in Europe. Many of the leading born to a family with Slovene roots. musicians of the 19th century and early 20th century performed under the auspices of on the Traditional At the turn of the century, an important the Society, including Gustav Mahler, Pablo Monika Kartin and Sara Železnik role in the flourishing of Slovene music de Sarasate, and Sviatoslav Richter, while was played by the Glasbena Matica Music the society’s honorary members included The musical tradition in Slovenia is extraordinarily strong and has developed unbroken Society. It was largely responsible for the Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and for centuries. Musical life in Slovenia was therefore always able to be on a par with that great energy in Slovene music at the time, Johannes Brahms. Prior to the First World elsewhere in Europe. For political and geographical reasons, it is entirely understand- and its activities included publishing Slov- War, the first permanent professional or- able that musical events in Slovenia have been linked primarily with the German or Aus- ene compositions, music education and chestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic, also trian cultural and linguistic sphere. We can nonetheless today speak of a characteristic concert production. commenced its activities, conducted by and recognisable Slovene musical art in both composition and performance. At the beginning of the 20th From the Renaissance Just as in other European nations at the century, two composers, to the Recent Past time, the 19th century was particularly im- Marij Kogoj and Slavko Os The first recognised composer born in the portant in Slovenia for the consolidation of terc, finally placed Slovene territory of today’s Slovenia was Jacobus national consciousness. Composers direct- musical creativity in the con- Gallus Carniolus (1550-1591), who gained ed all their efforts towards the creation of text of European trends. Two international recognition. Gallus followed music that stirred national emotions. More important milestones are contemporary musical developments and important than the music were the texts, Kogoj’s choral work Trenutek contributed some superb musical creations which were supposed to fill the listeners, (Moment) and his opera Črne to the treasury of the European Renais- particularly the numerous amateur singers, maske (Black Masks), while sance repertoire, such as the collection of with national pride. Therefore, it is not sur- Osterc was the first Slovene to motets Opus musicum. prising that this period saw the blossoming be highly active in the Inter- of choral singing in particular. The impor- national Society for Contem- During the Baroque period, Slovene com- tant composers of the period are Janez porary Music (ISCM), and was poser and Jesuit Janez Krstnik Dolar (c. Krstnik Novak, a representative of Slovene also the first Slovene com- 1620-1673) had an important influence on classicism, the brothers Alojz, Gustav and poser to have compositions musical life, not only in Ljubljana, but also Benjamin Ipavec, and Davorin Jenko, as performed around the world. The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra on the stage of the Gallus Hall in the Cankarjev Dom Cultural Centre in Ljubljana. in Vienna, where he was highly regarded. In well as opera singer Fran Gerbič, who was In the foreground is Emmanuel Villaume, the chief conductor addition to Dolar, musical life in the 17th and also a composer of opera and symphonic Musical life in the past was of the orchestra from 2009 to 2013. 18th centuries in the Slovene lands was par- music. A number of Czech composers also strongly influenced by Photo: Janez Kotar ticularly notable due to composer and or- working in Slovenia during this period had the forerunner of today’s ganist Izak Poš (or Isaac Posch), a compos- a profound influence on Slovene music Slovenian Philharmonic, the The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading Slovenian symphonic orchestra, tracing its illustrious heritage er of mainly religious works Antonio Tarsia, history. Of particular note is Anton Foer Academia Philharmoni back to the Academia Philharmonicorum of Ljubljana in and one of the most popular Baroque com- ster, who wrote the first Slovene national corum, which was estab- 1701. The orchestra has performed with highly regarded posers for the violin, the so-called "devil’s opera, a charming work entitled Gorenjski lished as early as 1701 and artists such as Arthur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Ramon violinist" Giuseppe Tartini, who was born slavček (The Nightingale of Gorenjska), which is thought to be one of the Vargas, Luciano Pavarotti and Mstislav Rostropovich. The orchestra is often on tour; the 2012/2013 European tour with in the Slovene coastal town of Piran. was so thoroughly imbued with the spirit oldest institutions of its kind Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with Anna Netrebko in the title role was of Slovene folksong that many of its melo- in Europe. From 1794 to 1919, particularly notable. FESTIVALS: Festival Maribor Radovljica Festival Slowind Festival VENUES: Union Hall Maribor www.festivalmaribor.si/en www.festival-radovljica.si www.slowind.org www.nd-mb.si Attacca Kogoj Music Days Seviqc Brežice UNICUM Contemporary Cankarjev dom - Culture Slovene National Theatre www.zbor-carmina-slovenica.si www.tic-kanal.si www.seviqc-brezice.si Music Festival and Congress Centre Maribor - Opera and Ballet Classical Music www.dss.si www.cd-cc.si www.sng-mb.si/en Classical Music Choregie - International Ljubljana Festival Slovenian Music Days Festival of Music Theatre www.ljubljanafestival.si/en www.ljubljanafestival.si/en/ Križanke Open Air Theatre Slovene National Theatre www.choregie.si slovenian-music-days www.ljubljanafestival.si/en Opera nad Ballet Ljubljana www.opera.si/en 6 7 the great maestros Václav Talich and Fritz Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, which Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, Reiner. Since 1948, the quality of the or- finally gained its present form in the first and in addition to presenting chestra has grown consistently, and today half of the last century.