List of 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 ...

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* France Ačko * Bojan Adamič *

Emil Adamič Emil Adamič (December 25, 1877 – December 6, 1936) was among the most productive Slovenian composers. He wrote choral and orchestral music, altogether over 1,000 works. Adamič was born in Dobrova to August Adamič (1843–1915) and Katharina ...

Jakob Aljaž Jakob Aljaž (July 6, 1845 – May 4, 1927) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, composer and mountaineer. Aljaž was born in a small Upper Carniolan village of Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro, northeast of Ljubljana, in what was then the Austrian Empi ...

* Alojz Ajdič *

Milan Apih Milan Apih (1906–1992) was a Slovenian- Yugoslav teacher, political activist and writer. Apih was born in Celje, in the Duchy of Styria of the Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dua ...

Blaž Arnič Blaž Arnič (31 January 1901 – 1 February 1970) was a Slovenian symphonic composer. Born in Luče, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Arnič grew up on an isolated farmstead near Mount Raduha in the Kamnik Alps. He taught himself how to play ...

* Slavko Avsenik * Slavko Avsenik mlajši

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* Julije Bajamonti *

Emerik Beran Emerik Beran (17 October 1868 – 10 March 1940) was a Slovenian composer and cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin fam ...

Julij Betetto Julij Betetto (August 27, 1885 – January 14, 1963 in Ljubljana) was a Slovenian bass singer and composer. He was the first dean of the Ljubljana Academy of Music Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana ( sl, Akademija za glasbo Unive ...

* Dušan Bavdek * Janez Bitenc *

* Janez Bole * Darijan Božič * Lojze Bratuž * Matija Bravničar *

Lara Baruca Lara-B (born Lara Baruca, born August 1, 1979, in Koper, SR Slovenia is a singer who began her career in her early teens. Her musical style combines rock, electronic, industrial and soul. Baruca began performing in 1992. After performing at va ...

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* Ciril Cvetko * Dragotin Cvetko * Zvonimir Ciglič

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Joannes Baptista Dolar Joannes Baptista Dolar ( sl, Janez Krstnik Dolar or ''Janez Kersnik Dolar'', cz, Jan Křtitel Tolar, also ''Tollar'' or ''Thollary''; 1620, Kamnik – 1673, Vienna) was a composer and contemporary of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Johann Heinri ...

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* Nenad Firšt * Nana Forte

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Jacobus Gallus Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl, Jacob(us) Gallus; sl, Jakob Petelin Kranjski; between 15 April and 31 July 155018 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity.Skei/Pokorn, Grove online Born ...

Fran Gerbič Fran Gerbič Fran Gerbič (5 October 1840, Cerknica – 29 March 1917, Ljubljana) was a Slovenian composer and operatic tenor. Gerbič was born in Cerknica and entered a normal school in 1856, where his instructors included Kamilo Mašek. He was ...

* Alojz Geržinič * Vinko Globokar * Jure Godler *

Jani Golob Jani Golob (born 18 January 1948) is a Slovenian composer, violinist, arranger and professor. His music opus is often on the thin line of classic, pop and jazz. Golob has composed operas, ballets, orchestral works, chamber and vocal music, as w ...

* Rok Golob

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* Milka Hartman *

Stanko Horvat Stanko Horvat (12 March 1930 - 30 October 2006, Zagreb) was a Croatian composer and Music education, music pedagogue. Biography Stanko Horvat graduated from the Music Academy in Zagreb in 1956 where he studied composition in the class of Stjepa ...

Jože Humer Jože Humer (24 June 1936 – 13 June 2012) was a Slovenian composer, choirmaster, lyricist, translator, and cultural organiser. He was born in Maribor, attended a local classical gymnasium, and then studied and graduated from law. He established th ...

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* Alojz Ipavec *

Avgust Ipavec Avgust Ipavec (born 2 June 1940 in Gorizia) is a Slovenian composer and priest. He graduated from the Music Academy in Ljubljana in 1974. See also *List of Slovenian composers List of Slovenian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: ...

* Josip Ipavec * Gustav Ipavec *

Benjamin Ipavec Benjamin Ipavec (24 December 1829 – 20 December 1908) was one of the foremost Slovene Romantic composers. A native of Šentjur, he lived in that town for much of his life. He was a physician in his professional life; as a composer he wrote mai ...

* Amandus Ivančič *

Jure Ivanušič Jure Ivanušič (born 24 March 1973 in Maribor) is a Slovene theatre and film actor, director, playwright, concert pianist, composer, chansonnier and translator. He studied drama at the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television ...

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Tone Janša Anton "Tone" Janša (May 5, 1943 in Ormož) is a Slovenians, Slovenian jazz musician (saxophone, flute, Musical composition, composition) and music teacher. Carriere Janša graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, Univ ...

* Davorin Jenko

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Božidar Kantušer Božidar Kantušer (Bozidar Kantuser) (December 5, 1921, Pavlovski Vrh, Slovenia – May 9, 1999, Paris) was a Slovene composer of classical music. He was a Slovenian citizen and an American citizen. Kantušer is the author of symphonic music, ...

* Marij Kogoj * Marjan Kozina *

Uroš Krek Uroš Krek (May 21, 1922 – May 3, 2008) was a Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the n ...

* Aleksander Kogoj

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Anton Lajovic Anton Lajovic Anton Lajovic (1878 in Vače – 1960 in Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrativ ...

Marijan Lipovšek Marijan Lipovšek (Ljubljana 26 January 1910 – 25 December 1995) was a Slovenian composer, pianist, and teacher. A native of Ljubljana, he studied music in that city before heading to Prague in 1932; among his teachers were Pavel Šivic, Jos ...

Mihovil Logar Mihovil Logar ( sr-cyr, Миховил Логар; Rijeka, Croatia, 6 October 1902 – Belgrade, Serbia, 13 January 1998) was a composer and music writer. Born in Rijeka, he spent most of his life in Belgrade. He left behind over two hundre ...

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* Igor Majcen *

Kašpar Mašek Kašpar is a Czech surname. It may refer to: * Adolf Kašpar (1877-1934), Czech painter and illustrator * Jan Kašpar (1883-1927), Czech aviator, designer and engineer * Jonáš Kašpar, Czech slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s ...

Kamilo Mašek Kamilo Mašek (July 11, 1831 – June 29, 1859) was a music composer from the Austrian Empire. Mašek was a son of Czech-born Kašpar Mašek. Mašek had introduced more romantic influence into Slovenian music In the minds of many foreign ...

Janez Matičič Janez Matičič (3 June 1926 – 18 April 2022) was a Slovenian composer and pianist. He was a regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts starting in 2007. Matičič was born in Ljubljana, and was the brother of writer Nada ...

Pavle Merku Pavle ( Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul). People known mononymously as Pavle inc ...

Adolf Mišek Adolf Míšek (29 August 1875 – 20 October 1955) was a Czech double bassist and composer of the late romantic era. Born in Modletín (then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), he left for Vienna at the age of 15 to study with Franz Simandl a ...

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Slavko Osterc Slavko Osterc (17 June 1895 – 23 May 1941), was a Slovenian composer. Osterc was born in Veržej. He studied under Emerik Beran, who was a pupil of Leoš Janáček, in his youth before attending the Prague Conservatory from 1925 to 1927. ...

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* Josip Pavčič * Jakob Petelin Gallus *

Ivo Petrić Ivo Petrić (16 June 1931 – 13 September 2018) was a Slovenian composer of European classical music. Biography Petrić was educated at the Academy of Music, Ljubljana, Academy of Music in Ljubljana from 1952 to 1958. After completing his studie ...

Isaac Posch Isaac Posch (1591–1622) was an Austrian composer and organist. He is chiefly known for his contribution to dance music ''Musicalische Ehrenfreudt'' 1618, and ''Musicalische Tafelfreudt'' 1621.The Allemande and the Tanz - Page 132 Richard Hudson ...

(Izak Poš) *

Stanko Prek Stanko Prek (1915, Solkan near Nova Gorica – 1999, Ljubljana) was a classical guitarist and composer from Slovenia. He studied first in Ljubljana and then the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where he received his degree in classical ...

* Zorko Prelovec *

Stanko Premrl Stanko Premrl (28 September 1880 – 14 March 1965) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, composer, and music teacher. He is best known as the composer of the music for the Slovene national anthem, "Zdravljica". Premrl was born in the village o ...

* Georg Prenner (''tudi'' Pyrenaeus Brenner) * Jože Privšek

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* Primož Ramovš *

Janko Ravnik Janko Ravnik (7 March 1891 – 2 September 1981) was a Slovenian pianist, teacher, film director and composer.Booklet to Bernarda Fink ''Slovenija!'' 2010 Harmonia Mundi He was born in Bohinjska Bistrica and died in Ljubljana. In 1928 and 1929, he ...

Ivan Rijavec Ivan Rijavec (born 1951) is an Australian architect. Early life Rijavec was born in Trnovo, PR Slovenia, at the time part of Yugoslavia, in 1951. When he was one year old, his family emigrated to Australia, settling in a coastal town of Alban ...

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* Milan Sachs *

Risto Savin Risto Savin Risto Savin (Žalec, July 11, 1859 – Zagreb, December 15, 1948), born Fridrich Širca, was a Slovenian composer. He is one of the composers credited with creating a Slovenian national tradition of opera. Risto Savin was a pseudonym ...

* Paul J. Sifler * George Slatkonia * Anton Martin Slomšek * Igor Stuhec *

Minja Subota Milan "Minja" Subota ( sr-Cyrl, Милан "Миња" Субота, ; 8 November 1938 – 17 September 2021) was a Serbian composer, musician, entertainer and photographer, born in Sarajevo. He was the host of the long-running children's TV show ...

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* Nina Šenk * Lucijan Marija Škerjanc * Danilo Švara

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* Giuseppe Tartini *

Franc Treiber Franc Treiber (28 January 1809 – 24 October 1878) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, poet, and composer. Life and work Born in Faak (Bače), Carinthia, Treiber studied theology at the Klagenfurt seminary under Anton Martin Slomšek and was o ...

* Primož Trubar *

Josipina Turnograjska Josipina Urbančič (married name Toman), who published under the pen name Josipina Turnogradska (later respelled Turnograjska, 9 July 1833 – 1 June 1854), was one of the first Slovene female writers, poets, and composers. Biography Josipina ...

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Josip Vošnjak Josip Vošnjak (4 January 1834 – 21 October 1911) was a Slovene politician and author, leader of the Slovene National Movement in the Duchy of Styria, one of the most prominent representatives of the Young Slovene movement. He was born in a ...

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* Ivan Zorman

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Vito Žuraj Vito Žuraj (born 7 May 1979) is a Slovenian composer whose works are played internationally. Career Born in Maribor, he obtained a degree in composition and music theory with Marko Mihevc at the Ljubljana Academy of Music. He then moved to D ...

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