Ivo Petrić (16 June 1931 – 13 September 2018) was a

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Biography

Petrić was educated at the Academy of Music in

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from 1952 to 1958. After completing his studies at the Academy, he conducted and toured with the Slavko Osterc chamber music ensemble until 1982. In 1979, he became Artistic Director of the

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (''Simfonični orkester Slovenske filharmonije'') is a Slovenian orchestra based in Ljubljana. Its primary concert venues are Marjan Kozina Hall in Philharmonic Hall, Ljubljana, at Congress Square () and Gall ...

, a position he held until his retirement in 1995. After his retirement, Petrić concentrated on publishing his extensive original works on

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Notable works

Petrić's catalogue of works is extensive and extremely diverse. In February 2016, he was given the

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 ...

, the highest Slovenian award in the field of artistic creation, for lifetime achievement. Some of his most prominent works are: *''Symphony No. 1 "Goga"'' (1954/60) *''Concerto grosso'' (1955) *''Symphony No. 2'' (1957) *''Symphony No. 3'' (1960) *''Symphonic Mutations'' (1964) *several

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

s *four

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*''The Song of Life''

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra on texts by

Srečko Kosovel Srečko Kosovel () (18 March 1904 – 26 May 1926) was a Slovenian poet, now considered one of central Europe's major modernist poets.

Ivan Cankar Ivan Cankar (, ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in S ...

and France Forstnerič (1995) *

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ...

s for flute, clarinet, harp, trumpet, horn, alto saxophone, and marimba *

sonata In music a sonata (; pl. ''sonate'') literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cantare'', "to sing"), a piece ''sung''. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until th ...

s for bassoon, oboe, flute, clarinet, horn, alto saxophone, violin, trumpet, and piano

References

External links

Official Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petric, Ivo 1931 births 2018 deaths Slovenian classical composers Slovenian male musicians Slovenian oboists Male oboists Slovenian male classical composers Prešeren Award laureates People from Ljubljana