Vito Žuraj (born 7 May 1979) is a
Slovenian composer whose works are played internationally.
Career
Born in
Maribor
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, he obtained a degree in composition and music theory with Marko Mihevc at the
Ljubljana Academy of Music
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.
He then moved to
Dresden to further his education at the
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
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History
The Hochschule opened ...
with
Lothar Voigtländer
Lothar Voigtländer (born 3 September 1943) is a German composer.
Life
Voigtländer was born in Leisnig. He received his formative musical education between 1954 and 1962 as a choirboy and later as choir prefect in the Dresdner Kreuzchor under ...
, and moved to study with
Wolfgang Rihm at the
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, where he completed a master's degree in computer music, supervised by Thomas A. Troge.
Žuraj writes
chamber
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,
vocal
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and
symphonic music
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. He has composed for
Boštjan Lipovšek, among others. Several of his symphonic works have been performed by the Maribor Philharmonic, the
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, and the
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, with Simon Robinson, Lior Shambadal and Marko Letonja conducting. Festivals included the
Salzburg Festival, the
Ultraschall festival in Berlin, the
Darmstädter Ferienkurse
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and the
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, the
Gaudeamus Muziekweek and the
Takefu International Music Festival in Japan. His works have been commissioned and performed by orchestras including the
New York Philharmonic, the
BBC Symphony Orchestra and the
hr-Sinfonieorchester, and by ensembles such as
Ensemble Modern,
Klangforum Wien,
Ensemble Recherche
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, and the
RIAS Kammerchor
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, by coductors such as
Sylvain Cambreling,
Beat Furrer,
Johannes Kalitzke,
Brad Lubman
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,
Franck Ollu Franck can refer to:
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* Franc (disambiguation)
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,
Matthias Pintscher and .
Awards
* 2017 Claudio Abbado Composition Prize of the Orchester-Akademie of the
Berlin Philharmonic
Discography
* ''Maxply'' (2010)
* ''Crosscourt'' (2008)
* ''Chamber Music'' (2003)
* ''Composer's presentation – Vito Žuraj'' (2001)
References
External links
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Slovenian composers
Male composers
1979 births
Living people
University of Ljubljana alumni
Musicians from Ljubljana
Slovenian male musicians