Ivo Petrić (16 June 1931 – 13 September 2018) was a Slovenian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

European classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

Biography

Petrić was educated at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana from 1952 to 1958. After completing his studies at the Academy, he conducted and toured with the Slavko Osterc chamber music ensemble until 1982. In 1979, he became Artistic Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held until his retirement in 1995. After his retirement, Petrić concentrated on publishing his extensive original works on compact disc.

Notable works

Petrić's catalogue of works is extensive and extremely diverse. In February 2016, he was given the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian award in the field of artistic creation, for lifetime achievement. Some of his most prominent works are: *''Symphony No. 1 "Goga"'' (1954/60) *''Concerto grosso'' (1955) *''Symphony No. 2'' (1957) *''Symphony No. 3'' (1960) *''Symphonic Mutations'' (1964) *several

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s *four wind quintets *''The Song of Life''

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra on texts by Srečko Kosovel, Ivan Cankar and

France Forstnerič France Forstnerič (29 January 1933 – 22 May 2007) was a Slovene poet, writer, and journalist. Forstnerič was born in Pobrežje near Ptuj in 1933. He trained as a teacher and taught for a number of years before becoming a journalist in 195 ...

(1995) *

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...

s for flute, clarinet, harp, trumpet, horn, alto saxophone, and marimba *

sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

s for bassoon, oboe, flute, clarinet, horn, alto saxophone, violin, trumpet, and piano

References

External links

Official Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petric, Ivo 1931 births 2018 deaths Slovenian classical composers Slovenian male musicians Slovenian oboists Male oboists Male classical composers Prešeren Award laureates People from Ljubljana