Category: Monuments, commemorative plaques and headstones

In 2013, marking the 84th birthday of Slavko Avsenik and the 60th anniversary of the Avsenik Brothers’ life in music, a sculpture was unveiled on the roundabout on the motorway interchange near Lesce. Erected by the Municipality of Radovljica, the monument is dedicated to the pop-folk music of the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble. A keyboard, three

In 1992, the Boljunec’s France Prešeren Cultural Society attached a memorial plaque to the house in Boljunec (Bagnoli della Rosandra) in which the composer lived and worked. Drago Žerjal Drago Žerjal (1920–1989), a member of the Slovenian ethnic minority in Italy, was a choirmaster and musician. He was born into a merchant family in Boršt

In 1999, a commemorative plaque was attached to the house of Ludvik Viternik in Javorje above Črna na Koroškem in honour of his memory. Ludvik Viternik Ludvik Viternik (1888–1973) was a musician, composer and priest. Most of his compositions are choral songs, and he also wrote some piano and chamber music. Born in Stražišče near

Commissioned by the brothers Pietro and Domenico Vatta in 1846, the plaque is the oldest memorial dedicated to the great violin virtuoso and composer in his native town. A GIUSEPPE TARTINI NATO IN QUESTA CASA IL XII APRILE MDCXCII DONDE MOSSE A BEAR EVROPA CON MELODIA DI VIOLINO MARAVIGLIOSA E CON OPERE DI SCIENZA MUSICALE

Tartini Square, named after Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), Piran’s most famous native, lies in the heart of this compactly built coastal medieval town. The square was once an inner harbour for smaller vessels, a mandrač, which was filled in 1894. The idea to erect a monument dedicated to the violin virtuoso and composer emerged in 1888,

On the centennial of the composer’s birth, Harije local community had a memorial plaque attached to the house situated on the approximate site where his birthplace once stood. Alojzij Mihelčič Alojzij Mihelčič (1880–1975) was a devoted church music composer. Mihelčič was born in Harije. He graduated from the organ school in Ljubljana in 1896, and

On 22 June 2013, at the Barbo Homestead in Mali Kal where Lojze Slak spent his youth, a monument was erected in memory of this legendary pop-folk musician. The memorial (a stone column bearing a bronze plaque with a portrait, dedication and a line from a famous composition by Slak, Pa spet bom vzel harmoniko (I Will

In 2004, on the centennial of the birth of Peter Lipar, a memorial plaque was erected by the Mengeš Wind Band in celebration of its 120th anniversary. Stane Ocepek computer-processed a photograph of the composer and outlined a model for the relief portrait. The portrait and plaque were made by Anton Benda. Peter Lipar Peter

In 2000, the townspeople of Homec erected a monument in honour of the great tenor Jože Gostič next to his birthplace. The memorial was made by sculptor Vesna Bukovec. Jože Gostič Jože Gostič (1900–1963) went down in the history of Slovenian music as a legendary tenor virtuoso. Carving out an international operatic career, Gostič achieved

In 2014, a bronze bust of Frédéric Chopin was installed at the entrance to the Chopin Passage under Ljubljana’s Congress Square. The statue of the Polish artist was donated to Slovenia by the Polish Republic to commemorate the bicentennial of the composer’s birth. Made by a Polish sculptor and restorer, Adam Roman, the monument was