Festival Slowind
Prešernov trg 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 41 371 370
Organised byGlasbeno društvo Slowind
Frequencyannual
Slowind Festival
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Background
The Slowind Quintet is made up of soloists of the Slovene Philharmonic: flautist Aleš Kacjan, oboist Matej Šarc, clarinettist Jurij Jenko, bassoonist Paolo Calligaris and hornist Metod Tomac. The ensemble was initially established as a trio in 1987 by Aleš Kacjan, Jurij Jenko and Zoran Mitev, who came together because of the National Musicians Competition of Yugoslavia, where they won first prize. The trio performed at festivals and events in Slovenia and abroad, among others at the Paris fair Musicora and the International Summer Festival in Dubrovnik. The ensemble expanded into a wind quintet in 1994 with the intention of performing 20th-century and rare or seldom –performed contemporary music on Slovene stages. The annual Slowind festival was organised with the intention of commissioning new compositions from Slovene and international composers for the wind quintet as well as presenting well-known and seldom performed compositions from the 20th-century chamber music repertoire. This repertoire is performed at the festival with many renowned guest musicians on the stage of the Slovene Philharmonic. For their work to date, Slowind have received the Župančič Prize in 1999 and the Prešeren Prize in 2003.
International participation
The Slowind Festival features many international musicians, who perform contemporary pieces together with the Slowind Quintet. The festival concerts bring to Ljubljana the performances of distinguished international chamber ensembles including Accroche Note, Ensemble Aleph, the ensemble SurPlus, as well as musicians such as percussionist Matthias Wüsch, violinist and conductor Arvid Engegård, oboist Heinz Hollinger and trombonist Ivo Nilsson. The featured contemporary programme, which also includes works such as Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and Xenakis' Phlegra, is prepared and conceptualised in collaboration with international conductors and composers. The artists that collaborated with the Slowind Quintet in the festial's artistic direction include James Freeman and Jürg Wyttenbach.
The quintet has also taken part in the events surrounding the European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012 with the concert Spectre of Sounds featuring works by E. Carter and C. Nielsen among others.
Repertoire
The festival's repertoire includes commissioned new works written for the ensemble in its present form as well as many chamber works which feature wind instruments in a leading role. The programme is therefore only in part tailored to the wind quintet and is mostly focused on important 20th-century chamber works. A number of contemporary Slovene and foreign composers have thus dedicated works to the Slowind Quintet including Larisa Vrhunc, Vinko Globokar, Lojze Lebič,Nina Šenk, Neville Hall, Volker Staub, Ivo Nilsson and Martin Smolka. The festival's programme includes works by composers such as G. Mahler, A. Schoenberg, G. Scelsi, G. Crumb, E. Varese, L. Berio and M. Kagel. Another unique element of the festival are performances of compositions featuring winds with other instruments such as the accordion, the Latvian kokle and different percussion instruments.
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The Slowind Festival is organised by the members of the wind quintet of the same name and is one of the main events that brings to the forefront of the Ljubljana music stages contemporary works of Slovene and international composers. +
The Slowind Festival is organised by the members of the wind quintet of the same name and is one of the main events that brings to the forefront of the Ljubljana music stages contemporary works of Slovene and international composers. +
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