Bojan Gorišek (born June 6, 1962) is a Slovenian pianist.
Education and career
Gorišek studied under the tutelage of Aci Bertoncelj at the
Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana, from which he graduated in 1986. He later studied in Cologne. His concert repertoire primarily consists of works by 20th and 21st-century composers. Among his recordings is the entire piano opus of
Erik Satie
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born 17 May 18661 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire but was an undi ...
. He has also premiered works by Slovenian composers such as Milko Lazar.
As of 2019, Gorišek has been interpreting works by American composer
Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...
.
[Matoz, Z.]
"Pri Glassu se počutiš kot otrok v peskovniku—Znameniti pianist bo jutri v ljubljanski Drami izvajal njegove etude"
''Delo.si'', February 2, 2019.
Awards
* Župančič Award, 2019
*
Prešeren Award
The Prešeren Award (), also called the Grand Prešeren Award (), is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia. It is awarded each year by the Prešeren Fund () to two eminent Slovene art ...
, 2006
See also
List of Slovenian musicians
References
External links
Official website*
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1962 births
Living people
Slovenian classical pianists