Marijan Lipovšek (

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26 January 1910 – 25 December 1995) was a

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n composer, pianist, and teacher. A native of

, he studied music in that city before heading to

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in 1932; among his teachers were

Pavel Šivic Pavel Šivic (born February 2, 1908, in Radovljica, Slovenia — died May 31, 1995, in Ljubljana) was a Slovenian composer, concert pianist, and music educator. He is primarily known for his stage works, which include the music for five operas, an ...

, Josef Suk, and

Alois Hába Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-tone scal ...

. He later taught at the

Ljubljana Academy of Music Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana ( sl, Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani) is the main junior conservatory in Slovenia. The school has its origin in the Music School of the Slovene Philharmonic Society (founded 1821, indirectl ...

. He was father of the mezzo-soprano

Marjana Lipovšek Marjana Lipovšek (born 3 December 1946) is a Slovenian opera and concert singer (mezzo-soprano). The daughter of composer Marijan Lipovšek, she was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She retired in 2017 and now lives in her family house in Ljubljana. ...

.Slovenia: the Bradt travel guide Robin McKelvie, Jenny McKelvie - 2008 "The voice of Ljubljana-born Marjana Lipovsek, daughter of composer Marijan Lipovsek, has been appreciated by opera-goers around the world, as she has taken the leading role in venues like Vienna, Hamburg, Munich and Paris, "

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