Category: Monuments, commemorative plaques and headstones

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

In 2002, the cultural society SKD Slavec Ricmanje–Log had a plaque attached to Danilo Švara’s birthplace in commemoration of the centennial of the composer’s birth. The inscription reads: Composer and conductor was born in this house In questa casa nacque il compositore e direttore d’orchestra dr. Danilo Švara 1902–1981. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, SKD

In 2000, the Municipality of Ribnica had a granite memorial plaque attached to Adamič’s birthplace in Ribnica; the inscription reads: “Bojan Adamič, 1912–1995, composer and conductor, was born in this house.” Bojan Adamič Versatile musician Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) worked as a pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, editor and multi-instrumentalist. With exceptional composing fluidity, Adamič uncompromisingly applied

The current bronze bust dedicated to Miroslav Vilhar was made by sculptor Stojan Batič. An earlier monument to Vilhar, designed by sculptor Alojzij Repič and architect Ivan Jager, was unveiled in the main city square in 1906. In 1926, the memorial, desecrated by fascists, was reinstalled in front of the Church of St Stephen, and

The commemorative plaque was attached to the façade of the composer’s birthplace in 1972 on the initiative of the Cultural Society of the Ipavec Composers. The plaque bears a gilded inscription that reads, “On 21 December 1873 composer Dr Josip Ipavec was born in this house. In Šentjur near Celje, on this day of 12

The commemorative plaque was put up at the composer’s birth house on May 25 1958 during the celebration of the municipal holiday. Srečko Kumar Srečko Kumar (1888–1954), choirmaster, pianist, music educator, editor and teacher from Goriška brda, zealously devoted his efforts to conducting youth choirs and the development of music education in Primorska (The Littoral).

A group memorial dedicated to Slovenian composers stands in Žale Cemetery in Ljubljana. Four columns bear inscriptions of the names and dates of the following musicians and composers: Emil Adamič, Matej Hubad, Zorko Prelovec, Vasilij Mirk, Anton Lajovic, Danilo Švara, Mirko Polič, Slavko Osterc, Marij Kogoj, Ferdo Juvanec and Ferdo Juvanec Senior. Placed in the

A stone memorial plaque was attached in 2016, and officially unveiled in 2017, to the house of the Filli family in Tolmin, in which Vogrič lived and worked for a period of time. The memorial was installed on the initiative of the Society for the Preservation and Development of Tolmin DOR. The inscription reads: “Hrabroslav