Lojze Lebič (born 23 August 1934) is a Slovenian composer and conductor of choral and instrumental music.

Life

Lebič was born on 23 August 1934 in

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, in the

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region of Slovenia (then part of

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). He attended the

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for a bachelor's degree in archaeology and the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where he studied with composition with

Marjan Kozina Marjan Kozina (4 June 1907 – 19 June 1966) was a Slovenes, Slovene composer. He is considered one of the most important Slovene composers of the 20th century. His best known works include a symphony, composed in stages through the late 1940s; t ...

and conducting with

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. He was the youngest member of the

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group, a group of composers based in

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that was advocated for Slovenian modernism.

Music

Lebič's early style was fairly traditional, but his work from after 1965 demonstrates the influence of the European avant-garde. The opening of Slovenia to foreign travel in the 1950s and 60s allowed for greater musical and cultural exchange with the rest of Yugoslavia and Europe, encouraging the development of a Slovenian avant garde. Lebič's 1965 works ''Meditacije za dva'' for viola and cello and the cantata ''Požgana trava'' are examples of his use of new melodic and vocal techniques. Later, he developed a style that balanced respect for traditional culture with cosmopolitan modernism.

Works

* ''Per Archi'' (Za Golala) for string orchestra (2009) * ''Invocation/ à

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'' (clarinet and piano), commissioned by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries * ''Meditacije za dva'' (Meditations for Two) for viola and cello (1965, revised 1972) * ''Rubato per viola'' for viola solo (1989) * ''Hvalnica svetu'' (In Praise of the World) for double choir, piano four-hands and percussion (1988)

Awards

In 1967, he was awarded the Prešeren Award for conducting.

Life

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