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Vito Žuraj

Vito Žuraj (born 7 May 1979) is a Slovenian composer whose works are played internationally.

Career edit

Born in Maribor, he obtained a degree in composition and music theory with Marko Mihevc at the Ljubljana Academy of Music.[1] He then moved to Dresden to further his education at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber with Lothar Voigtländer, and moved to study with Wolfgang Rihm at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, where he completed a master's degree in computer music, supervised by Thomas A. Troge.[1]

Žuraj writes chamber, vocal and symphonic music. He has composed for Boštjan Lipovšek, among others. Several of his symphonic works have been performed by the Maribor Philharmonic, the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, with Simon Robinson, Lior Shambadal and Marko Letonja conducting. Festivals included the Salzburg Festival, the Ultraschall festival in Berlin, the Darmstädter Ferienkurse and the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, the Gaudeamus Muziekweek and the Takefu International Music Festival in Japan. His works have been commissioned and performed by orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the hr-Sinfonieorchester, and by ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Recherche, and the RIAS Kammerchor, by coductors such as Sylvain Cambreling, Beat Furrer, Johannes Kalitzke, Brad Lubman, Franck Ollu, Matthias Pintscher and Emilio Pomàrico [de].[1][2]

Awards edit

Works edit

Stage works edit

  • Blühen (opera) [de] (2023)[3]

Orchestral works edit

  • Automatones (2023)[4]

Discography edit

  • Maxply (2010)
  • Crosscourt (2008)
  • Chamber Music (2003)
  • Composer's presentation – Vito Žuraj (2001)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Vito Žuraj". Schott Music. 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Award winner: Vito Žuraj / The Slovenian composer is the winner of the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize". Berlin Philharmonic. Berlin. 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ Brachmann, Jan (24 January 1923). "Oper "Blühen" von Vito Žuraj in Frankfurt uraufgeführt". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  4. ^ Braunmüller, Robert (15 October 2023). "Simon Rattle dirigiert die musica viva". Abendzeitung München (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • "Vito Žuraj (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
  • Talento, Romeo (7 May 1979). "Vito Žuraj". The Living Composers Project. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

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