Tomaž Pandur (19 February 1963 – 12 April 2016) was a Slovenian theatre director.

Career as a director

In Slovenia

As a student of Maribor Grammar School No. 1 he established his own theatre group "Tespisov voz – Novo slovensko gledališče". He graduated on AGRTF in 1988. His ''

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'' (1988) was a sensation. In 1989 he became art director of the Drama section of the Maribor Slovene National Theatre. During this time his productions of ''

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Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

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'' has put it on the top of contemporary Slovenian director in theatre.

International

Personal life

Because of the rumours regarding his financial matters, he left

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and moved to New York City, US, where he was living until 1990. In the last years of his life he lived and worked in

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, Spain.

References

External links

Home page

Tomaž Pandur – SiGledal

Oder, oddaja o sočasnem gledališču (July 29, 2011)

* ttp://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/intervju-tv/174311739 Tomaž Pandur Intervju (December 28, 2014) 1963 births 2016 deaths Slovenian theatre directors People from Maribor {{Slovenia-artist-stub