Boštjan Lipovšek (born July 18, 1974) is a Slovenian classical

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with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. In this orchestra shortly afterwards he took his place as solo horn player. Lipovšek performs as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Maribor Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Udine, the Chamber Orchestra Padova e Veneto and the Jeunesses Musicales. In 2001 he won the International Competition Citta di Porcia. In 1999 he was appointed Assistant Professor, and since 2004 has been Assistant Lecturer at the Academy of Music. In 2005 as an assistant professor he began lecturing at the Music Academy in Zagreb. The RTV Slovenia has so far published five CDs, including three solo works and two with chamber ensembles. With the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has played for ten years, he has recorded the horn concertos of Richard Strauss and

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, and a number of other works for horn and orchestra, including those of Slovenian composers Lipovšek has played under the baton of such conductors as Anton Nanut,

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. As a soloist he has worked with the National Orchestra of Opera La Monnaie in Brussels and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, and still regularly works with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Since 2006 Lipovšek has been represented by the agency Proartes.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110608160921/http://www.festivalmaribor.si/en/performers/bostjan-lipovsek/ * http://hohkraut.blogspot.com/2008/02/botjan-lipovek.html 1974 births Living people Slovenian horn players Musicians from Celje {{Slovenia-bio-stub