Orchestra Worhshop
SFK Youth Symphony Orchestra
2.7.-9.7.2006



Tomaž Habe, slovene composer, conductor, violinist and pedagogue.
His opus comprises over 350 works. He wrote for all domains of both absolute and programmatic music, as well as light music. His chamber works were performed and received acknowledgements at home (Musica Danubiana, Kogojevi dnevi – Kogoj's Days,Noč slovenskih skladateljev – Night of Slovene composers, Julij na obali – July on the Coast) and abroad (Paris, Barcelona,Vienna, Salzburg). As the composer feels closely linked to the sensitivity and the nature of the Slovene people, his traditional compositions show the lyricism of Slovene melodism in a lucid and clearly arranged way, in spite of contemporary elements and the contrapuntal treatment of music.



Jernej Brence
Violinist and educator. After studying at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana he continued his studies at the Music University in Vienna under Michael Frischenschlager and Josef Sivo and graduated in magister artium .
As a soloist he has played with national and foreign orchestras and chamber ensembles, at home and throughout Europe.
He works a lot with contemporary composers and has several recordings for the Slovene Radio, also such as Paganini’s Capricci. In 1990 Jernej Brence issued 12 Studies for violin solo and 16 Etudes later on. His students are winners of prizes at national and international competitions. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Festival Bled. His artistic activities have won him the Honorary Medal of Bled, the Society of Slovene Composers Award, Betetto s Award and his playing many excellent critics in the media.