Nina Šenk (born 14 February 1982) is a classical Slovenian composer. In 2004, while still studying at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

, she won first prize at the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin for her Violin Concerto No. 1. Her works have been performed at many music festivals and with various orchestras and ensembles around the world.

Biography

After studying composition under Pavel Mihelčič in Ljubljana, Šenk moved to

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where she undertook postgraduate studies under

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. In 2008, she earned a master's degree at the

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where her professor was

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. After winning the Young Euro Classic prize in 2004, she was awarded the chamber music prize at the 2008 Weimar Spring Festival for Contemporary Music (''Weimarer Frühlingstage'') with her "Movimento fluido". From 2008 to 2010, she was composer in residence at the State Theatre in

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, Germany, where she wrote her Second Violin Concerto. Her work ''Baca'' was commissioned for the BBC Proms, the first work by a Slovenian composer to be featured. Šenk was elected to the

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in 2019 as its youngest member and first female musician.

Awards

* European Prize for Best Composition, Young Euro Classic Festival (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra), 2004 * Prešeren Fund Prize, 2017 * Johann Joseph Fux Opera Composition Competition (''Canvas''), 2022 * Erste Bank Composition Award, 2024

References

External links

Nina Šenk's website
1982 births Living people Slovenian composers Slovenian women composers Women classical composers 21st-century women musicians {{Slovenia-musician-stub