Boris Bizjak (born 1981) is
London
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-based
Slovenia
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flautist
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. He has performed as a
soloist and
chamber musician
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in the UK, USA, China, Japan, Slovenia, Croatia, France, Spain and Cyprus. In 2016, he was selected by the Slovenian Government to perform a series of concerts in Slovenia, the UK, the US and Japan to commemorate the 25th anniversary of
Slovenian Independence.
Education
Bizjak graduated from the
ENMP "Alfred Cortot" in
Paris
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, where he obtained the "Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste" guided by renowned French flautist
(
CNSMDP
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). He was also guided by Georges Alirol at the École Nationale de Musique de Danse et d'Art Dramatique
Marcel Dadi
Marcel Dadi (; 20 August 1951 – 17 July 1996) was a Tunisian-born Jewish French virtuoso guitarist known for his finger-picking style which faithfully recreated the instrumental styles of American guitarists such as Chet Atkins, Merle Travis ...
, Fedja Rupel at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Marzio Conti in
Florence
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and Jasenka Jelacic at the Music Conservatoire in Ljubljana.
Prizes
Bizjak is a first prize winner of the International Flute Competition in
Picardie
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Hist ...
, France. He is also three times 1st prize winner of the TEMSIG Slovenian National
Flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
Competition and twice prizewinner of the TEMSIG Slovenian National
Chamber Music
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Competition.
References
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1981 births
Living people
Slovenian flautists