Matija Bravničar (24 February 1897 in Tolmin – 25 November 1977 in Ljubljana) 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 ...

. Bravničar was one of the first Slovenian symphonic composers. He composed four symphonies, two operas, several symphonic poems, chamber music, and other works. He first began studying the violin, and then studied composition with Mario Kogoj and

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. ...

at the

Ljubljana Conservatory 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 a member of the opera orchestra in Ljubljana, and after the war a professor of composition. As an expressionist composer, his compositions often used elements of Slovenian folk music tradition. In 1963 he received the Prešeren Award for his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. From 1972 until his death he was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He married the ballet dancer and choreographer

Gizela Bravničar Gizela Bravničar (20 February 1908 – 3 February 1990) was a Slovenian ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Biography Gizela Bravničar was born Gizela Bravničar in Trieste on 20 February 1908. She was privately tutored in ballet b ...

in 1932. His son

Dejan Bravničar Dejan Bravničar (October 1, 1937 in Ljubljana, – March 21, 2018) was a Slovenian violinist. His father was the composer Matija Bravničar, and his mother was the ballet dancer and teacher Gizela Bravničar. He studied at the Music School in ...

is a noted Slovenian violinist, and his grandson is the pianist Igor Bravničar.

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Primorci.si – Bravničar, Matija

Slovenski glasbenoinformacijski center: Matija Bravničar

Digitalna knjižnica Slovenije: Bravničar, Matija (skladatelj)

Discogs.com – Matija Bravničar
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