Tomaž Pandur (19 February 1963 – 12 April 2016) was a Slovenian theatre director.

Career as a director

In Slovenia

As a student of Maribor Grammar School No. 1 he established his own theatre group "Tespisov voz – Novo slovensko gledališče". He graduated on AGRTF in 1988. His ''

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'' (1988) was a sensation. In 1989 he became art director of the Drama section of the

Maribor Slovene National Theatre The Maribor Slovene National Theatre (SNG Maribor) is a theatre in Maribor, northeastern Slovenia. Its performances of drama, opera, and ballet annually attract the country's largest theatrical audiences. Performances The theatre regularly host ...

. During this time his productions of ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Carmen'', and ''

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'' has put it on the top of contemporary Slovenian director in theatre.

International

Personal life

Because of the rumours regarding his financial matters, he left

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and moved to New York City, US, where he was living until 1990. In the last years of his life he lived and worked in

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, Spain.

References

External links

Home page

Tomaž Pandur – SiGledal

Oder, oddaja o sočasnem gledališču (July 29, 2011)

* ttp://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/intervju-tv/174311739 Tomaž Pandur Intervju (December 28, 2014) 1963 births 2016 deaths Slovenian theatre directors People from Maribor {{Slovenia-artist-stub