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Slovenia’s Most Well-known DJ Celebrates 15 Years on the Scene
Slovenia’s most celebrated DJ Umek celebrated 15 years of artistry with a two-day event November 7 and 8 in the brand new Ljubljana club InBox. Throughout his career, DJ Umek has released a total of 460 tracks (of these, 73 are remixes while 267 are compilation releases) and has travelled more than a million kilometres, making roughly 850 appearances.
Submitted by Slovenia on 27 November, 2008 - 11:23(categories: )Laibachkunstderfuge - Laibach and Bach at Slovenian Philharmonic Hall
A very special event took place October 27 in Slovenian Philharmonic Hall: iconic band Laibach unveiled their latest project Laibachkunstderfuge to local audiences. Laibachkunstderfuge is an audio-visual arrangement of Johann Sebastien Bach’s Art of Fugue (known originally in German as Die Kunst der Fuge).
Submitted by Slovenia on 27 November, 2008 - 11:20(categories: )Edward Clug & Milko Lazar team surprises again - "Four Reasons" Premieres in Portugal
On Wednesday, October 22, the Companhia Nacional de Bailado (the national ballet company of Portugal) gives the first performance of a ballet entitled Four Reasons.
Submitted by Slovenia on 27 November, 2008 - 11:12(categories: )Classic/amp - a new website for Australian music
Submitted by Australia on 24 November, 2008 - 01:01Consortium Musicum Choir Celebrates 40 Years
On Monday, October 13, the Consortium Musicum choir and orchestra, led by conductor Mirko Cuderman and joined by vocal soloists, performed Antonín Dvo?ák’s monumental Stabat Mater at Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana.Submitted by Slovenia on 20 November, 2008 - 16:27(categories: )Slowind Festival 2008
This year’s Slowind Festival, the celebrated wind quintet’s 10th annual festival, takes place between October 8 and December 15 in Marjan Kozina Hall of Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana.Submitted by Slovenia on 20 November, 2008 - 16:14(categories: )Annual SIGIC General Committee Meeting
For the Slovenian Music Information Centre, a new president and administrative board are elected.
Submitted by Slovenia on 20 November, 2008 - 16:03(categories: )The ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award 2008
Diana Rotaru (1981, Romania) received the Prize for Shakti" (or Sakti) concerto for saxophone and orchestra performed on October 27 by Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra.
The award was inaugurated in 2002 and will be presented each year to a selected composer under 35 whose work is featured in the annual ISCM World Music Days.Submitted by Netherlands on 19 November, 2008 - 15:22(categories: )Fimic starts promoting sheet music in pdf format
Finnish Music Information Centre (Fimic) has started promoting unpublished sheet music in pdf format. The renewed composer contracts allow Fimic to link whole works, instead of short samples, to Fimic Music Library Catalogue at the Fimic web site. With the digital promotion it will be easier for the interested around the world to browse through Finnish music.
Submitted by Finland on 5 November, 2008 - 10:47
