Marijan Lipovšek (
Ljubljana
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26 January 1910 – 25 December 1995) was a
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
n composer, pianist, and teacher.
A native of
Ljubljana
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, he studied music in that city before heading to
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
in 1932; among his teachers were
Pavel Šivic,
Josef Suk, and
Alois Hába
Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and to the major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-to ...
. He later taught at the
Ljubljana Academy of Music. He was father of the mezzo-soprano
Marjana Lipovšek.
[Slovenia: the Bradt travel guide Robin McKelvie, Jenny McKelvie - 2008 "The voice of Ljubljana-born Marjana Lipovsek, daughter of composer Marijan Lipovsek, has been appreciated by opera-goers around the world, as she has taken the leading role in venues like Vienna, Hamburg, Munich and Paris, "]
References
See also
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List of Slovenian composers
1910 births
1995 deaths
Slovenian male composers
Slovenian classical pianists
Prešeren Award laureates
Golden Arena winners
Slovenian photographers
Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana
Musicians from Ljubljana
20th-century pianists
20th-century Slovenian composers
Slovenian male musicians
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