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Festivalna dvorana – Ljubljana Festival Hall

The Festival Hall has been the synonym for Ljubljana’s social life for decades. Having provided the venue for the emerging and burgeoning Slovenian popular dance music and jazz scene in the early nineteen-sixties, the Hall also occupies a special place in the history of Slovenian music. Then still bearing its former name, Soča, the Festival

The Society of Slovenian Composers

Established in 1945, the Society of Slovenian Composers (DSS) is a voluntary professional association of composers and musicologists. Currently consisting of 114 members, the Society seeks to foster the creation of new Slovenian music, and promotes Slovenian composers. It thus channels its activities into publishing scores and music recordings, organising concerts of contemporary Slovenian music

Boris Andrej Mlakar’s private collection of zithers

Boris Andrej Mlakar’s private collection of zithers is the most extensive in Slovenia. The collection consists of approximately 150 instruments, including zithers of outstanding quality made by highly acknowledged builders, such as Eduard Heidegger, Joseph Muller and Anton Kiendl. The collection’s most impressive items are the first zithers built in the Muller and Kiendl workshops.

Commemorative Plaque to Alojz Srebotnjak

On 21 June 2018, on the initiative of Postojna Local Community, a memorial plaque was attached to the composer’s birthplace. The marble plaque, conceptually designed by Erika Merše Logar, was made in a Postojna stonemasonry workshop, Kamnoseštvo Kobe Dušan s.p. Alojz Srebotnjak Composer and educator Alojz Srebotnjak (1931–2010) was a preeminent figure of contemporary Slovenian

Commemorative Plaque to Antonio Tarsia

In 1993, a memorial plaque was attached to the Palace Tarsia. The plaque was designed by Miroslav Mršnik – Mirč and made by Marmor Sežana. The inscription reads, “Antonio Tarsia 1643–1722, organist and composer. Organista e compositore.” Antonio Tarsia Antonio Tarsia (1643–1722) was a Baroque musician, composer and a gem in Koper’s musical past. Tarsia

Commemorative Plaque to Risto Savin

In 1949, on the initiative of the Society of Slovenian Composers, a plaque was attached to the façade of Risto Savin’s birthplace in Žalec. The plaque reads: “Composer Risto Savin (1859–1948) was born and created his work in this house.” Friderik Širca – Risto Savin (1859–1948) In the late 19th century, when Risto Savin embarked

Risto Savin Memorial Room

Risto Savin’s former home, a representative example of market-town architecture situated in the historic centre of Žalec, is a single-storey building that is listed as a Grade I architectural heritage site for its undamaged facade. It houses a collection of Savin’s material legacy, managed by the Žalec Institute for Culture, Sport and Tourism. Savin’s former

Avsenik Museum

Located in Begunje na Gorenjskem, the Avsenik Museum includes an auditorium that seats 70, exhibition rooms, a shop offering a selection of musical instruments, sheet music, recordings and souvenirs, as well as a restaurant. First opened in 1989, and renovated in 2016, the Museum provides an insight into the Avsenik Brothers’ road to fame –

Avsenik Sculpture

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

Commemorative Plaque to Drago Žerjal

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