Category: Monuments, commemorative plaques and headstones

The memorial room dedicated to Slavko Osterc (1895–1941) is in a municipal building in the composer’s birthplace, Veržej. The exhibited programme notes, scores and manuscripts of Osterc’s well known compositions as well as family photographs provide an insight into his musical creativity and life. Among the most compelling exhibits are the notebook Osterc used for

The house of Slavko Osterc’s grandnephew is situated on the site where the composer’s birthplace used to stand. A memorial plaque was attached to the facade in 1995, in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of the composer. Slavko Osterc The artistic principles and advanced compositional concepts of Slavko Osterc (1895–1941) left a permanent

A monument to Anton Jobst stands in the memorial park adjacent to Jobstova Street, between the parish church of St. Martin and the town centre of Žiri. Carved by sculptor Metod Frlic, the monument was inaugurated in 1994 by composer Primož Ramovš on the initiative of Žiri Local Community. Anton Jobst While the prolific output

In 1982, the first of the three monuments dedicated to Gustav Mahler in Ljubljana was erected in the foyer of the Slovenian Philharmonic. The composer’s bust was made by Bojan Kunaver, the sculptor of all three statues honouring the composer. Some of Kunaver’s representations of the composer can also been found outside Slovenia. Gustav Mahler

The Jobst family home in Egg, in the Austrian province of Carinthia, has since 2011 been adorned by a bilingual commemorative plaque. The German and Slovenian inscriptions read, “ANTON JOBST, Slovenian composer, choirmaster and organist, was born in this house. He lived and worked in Žiri.” Anton Jobst While the prolific output of church music

A bust of Gustav Mahler was erected in 2001 in Mestni trg Square. Made by Bojan Kunaver, a connoisseur and admirer of Gustav Mahler, the sculpture adorns the façade of the building (No. 17) where Mahler stayed between 1881 and 1882 with the respectable merchant family of his friend, Anton Krisper. Gustav Mahler Regarded as

The memorial statue of Gustav Mahler is one of the three representations of the composer in Ljubljana by Boris Kunaver. It was erected in 2011, to mark the jubilee concert season (2010/2011) entitled Mahler in Ljubljana, which commemorated the anniversaries of the composer’s birth and death (1860–1911). The visual identity of the Mahler monument in

In 1999, the Museum Society of Bela krajina unveiled a commemorative plaque to Matija Tomc on the façade of his birthplace. Matija Tomc Slovenian composer and priest Matija Tomc (1899–1986) achieved national recognition with his enduring legacy of secular and sacred choral music. Especially popular among his numerous church pieces was the mass Stopil bom

The bust of composer Marij Kogoj, made by sculptor Boris Kalin, was erected in 1967 in front of a municipal building in the Trg svobode Square in the town of Kanal ob Soči. Kanal is also the venue for Kogoj’s Days, an annual international festival of contemporary music. Marij Kogoj Composer Marij Kogoj (1892–1956) is

On the centennial of the birth of Franc Premrl, in 1984, a commemorative plaque was attached to his birthplace. It marks the place where during Premrl’s lifetime composers Stanko Premrl, Matija Tomc, Franc Kimovec and others used to meet in the evenings. Franc Premrl Choirmaster and composer Franc Premrl (1884–1948) devoted himself primarily to vocal