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Founded back in 1987, the wind quintet Slowind has ever since been one of the most active new music ensembles in Slovenia, gaining international recognition and working with some of the most innovative composers of the time. However, though most of the ensemble’s attention is focused on works of the 20th and 21st century, the quintet’s repertoire nevertheless often includes compositions from the classical and romantic periods.

The Slowind Music Society

Besides playing music, the quintet also acts as a producer. Slowind is thus also the name for a non-for-profit organisation that organises the Slowind Festival and the concert cycle entitled Slowind Spring (both mainly devoted to contemporary music). They frequently commission new works to be written for these occasions.

Personnel

The Slowind Quintet are Aleš Kacjan (flute), Matej Šarc (oboe), Jurij Jenko (clarinet), Metod Tomac (horn), and Paolo Calligaris (bassoon). They are simultaneously all soloists at the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra)

Background

The ensemble was initially established as a trio by Kacjan, Jenko, and the bassoonist Zoran Mitev, with the three of them soon winning the first prize at the National Musicians Competition of Yugoslavia (1987). In 1995 Calligaris replaced Mitev and with the addition of Šarc and Tomac, the trio was expanded to a quintet.

Since 1999 they have been running their own annual festival, featuring international guest artists such as Arvid Engegard, James Avery, Bernhard Wulff, Jürg Wyttenbach, Vinko Globokar, Heinz Holliger, Steven Davislim, Christiane Iven, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Aitken, Alexander Lonquich, Ensemble SurPlus (Freiburg i. Br.), Accroche Note (Strasbourg), Salvatore Sciarrino, Pascal Dusapin, and others.

The Slowind Quintet received the Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana in 1999, the Prešeren Award in 2003, and the Betetto Award in 2013.

Slowind ensemble programme

The repertoire of the Slowind ensemble includes both classical and 20th-century contemporary music, as well as recent works by modern composers. A number of prominent Slovene composers have dedicated works to Slowind, amnog them Vinko Globokar, Uroš Rojko, Lojze Lebič, Bor Turel, and Urška Pompe. The ensemble also actively engages with young Slovenian composers, often commissioning new works themselves and playing them on their international tours.

Among the established composers from around the world, who also wrote their pieces exclusively for Slowind, one can name Volker Staub, Ivo Nilsson, Martin Smolka, Robert Aitken, Heinz Holliger, Jürg Wyttenbach, Toshio Hosokawa, UGérard Buquet, and Niels Rosing Schow.

The quintet often presents seldom heard works from chamber literature. Many of the leading composers of the 20th century have had their Slovene debut on Slowind's repertoire (Luciano Berio, Edgar Varese, Elliott Cartet, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen).

Performances

The members of quintet give regular concerts in Ljubljana in the hall of the Slovene Philharmonic or in the studio of Radio Slovenia, though they perform (often doing just classical pieces) all over Slovenia.

Abroad, Slowind Quintet has performed at music festivals and contemporary music venues such as Ars Musica, Brussels (BE); the International Contemporary Music Festival, Opatija (HR); Musicora, Paris (FR); Roaring Hoofs Festival, Mongolia; the Bern Biennale (CH); Klangspuren, Schwaz (AT); Musica Danubiana (AT); the New Music Concerts Series Toronto (CA); the Takefu International Music Festival (JP); the Venice Biennale (IT); the Zagreb Music Biennale (HR); and Théâtre Dunois Paris (FR). All in all, they regularly play their music all over Europe and have also toured the United States numerous times since 1999.

The ensemble has issued several CDs and a DVD.

International cooperation

Slowind was a partner in the LIEU (EUropean Instrumental Laboratory) project, led by the Ensemble Aleph from Paris, and dedicated to the diffusion of contemporary music. During the project some 50 musicians have been involved and more than 25 works have premièred in some 30 events in 8 European countries (Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Slovenia).

External links

Slowind Quintet website

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-Slowind is a woodwind quintet made up of soloists from the [[Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra]]: Aleš Kacjan (flute), Matej Šarc (oboe), Jurij Jenko (clarinet), Metod Tomac (horn) and Paolo Calligaris (bassoon). The Quintet members organize each year their [[Slowind Festival]] devoted mainly to the contemporary music of which they are leading exponents in Slovenia.
+Founded back in [[established::1987]], the wind quintet [[Slowind]] has ever since been one of the most active new music ensembles in Slovenia, gaining international recognition and working with some of the most innovative composers of the time. However, though most of the ensemble’s attention is focused on works of the 20th and 21st century, the quintet’s repertoire nevertheless often includes compositions from the classical and romantic periods.
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-==History==
+===The Slowind Music Society===
-In 1987, Kacjan, Jenko and the bassoonist Zoran Mitev established a trio and won the first prize at the National Musicians Competition of Yugoslavia (1987). In 1995 the trio was expanded to quintet with Šarc and Tomac, Calligaris changed Mitev. From the year 1999 they run their own concert series, featuring international guest artists such as Arvid Engegard, James Avery, Bernhard Wulff, Jürg Wyttenbach, Vinko Globokar, Heinz Holliger, Steven Davislim, Christiane Iven, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Aitken, Alexander Lonquich, Ensemble SurPlus (Freiburg i. Br.), Accroche Note (Strasbourg), Salvatore Sciarrino, Pascal Dusapin and others.
-==Programme==
-The repertoire of the Slowind ensemble includes both classical and 20th-century contemporary music, primarily recent works by modern composers. A number of prominent Slovene and international composers have dedicated works to Slowind (Vinko Globokar, Uroš Rojko, Lojze Lebič, Volker Staub, Martin Smolka). The quintet often presents seldom heard works from the chamber literature. Many of the leading composers of the 20th-century they presented for the first time in Slovenia (Luciano Berio, Edgar Varese, Elliott Cartet, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen).
-The Slowind Quartet has issued several CDs and DVD.
+Besides playing music, the quintet also acts as a producer. Slowind is thus also the name for a non-for-profit organisation that organises the [[Slowind Festival]] and the concert cycle entitled Slowind Spring (both mainly devoted to contemporary music). They frequently commission new works to be written for these occasions.
-==Venues and Awards==
+==Personnel==
-In Ljubljana the members of quintet give regular concerts in the hall of [[Slovene Philharmonics]] or in the studio of Radio Slovenia. [[Slowind Quintet]] has performed at music festivals such as Ars Musica in Brussels (Belgium), the International Contemporary Music Festival in Opatija (Croatia), Musicora in Paris (France),
-Roaring Hoofs Festival in Mongolia, Biennale in Bern (Switzerland), Klangspuren in Schwaz (Austria), [[Musica Danubiana]] and [[Slovene Music Days]], as well as at concerts in Berlin, Munich, Rome, Florence, Budapest, Paris, Milan and Vienna. In 1999, 2001, 2006 and 2009 the ensemble toured the United States, in 2002 and 2006 it also ventured into Canada and in 2007 into Sweden.
-The Slowind Quintet received Župančič Prize in 1999 and [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Award]] in 2003.
+The Slowind Quintet are [[Aleš Kacjan]] (flute), [[Matej Šarc]] (oboe), [[Jurij Jenko]] (clarinet), [[Metod Tomac]] (horn), and [[Paolo Calligaris]] (bassoon). They are simultaneously all soloists at the [[Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra]])
+==Background==
+The ensemble was initially established as a trio by Kacjan, Jenko, and the bassoonist [[Zoran Mitev]], with the three of them soon winning the first prize at the National Musicians Competition of Yugoslavia (1987). In 1995 Calligaris replaced Mitev and with the addition of Šarc and Tomac, the trio was expanded to a quintet.
+Since 1999 they have been running their own annual festival, featuring international guest artists such as Arvid Engegard, James Avery, Bernhard Wulff, Jürg Wyttenbach, [[Vinko Globokar]], Heinz Holliger, Steven Davislim, Christiane Iven, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Aitken, Alexander Lonquich, Ensemble SurPlus (Freiburg i. Br.), Accroche Note (Strasbourg), Salvatore Sciarrino, Pascal Dusapin, and others.
+The Slowind Quintet received the [[Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana]] in 1999, the [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Award]] in 2003, and the [[Betetto Award]] in 2013.
+==Slowind ensemble programme==
+The repertoire of the Slowind ensemble includes both classical and 20th-century contemporary music, as well as recent works by modern composers. A number of prominent Slovene composers have dedicated works to Slowind, amnog them [[Vinko Globokar]], [[Uroš Rojko]], [[Lojze Lebič]], [[Bor Turel]], and [[Urška Pompe]]. The ensemble also actively engages with young Slovenian composers, often commissioning new works themselves and playing them on their international tours.
+Among the established composers from around the world, who also wrote their pieces exclusively for Slowind, one can name Volker Staub, Ivo Nilsson, Martin Smolka, Robert Aitken, Heinz Holliger, Jürg Wyttenbach, Toshio Hosokawa, UGérard Buquet, and Niels Rosing Schow.
+The quintet often presents seldom heard works from chamber literature. Many of the leading composers of the 20th century have had their Slovene debut on Slowind's repertoire (Luciano Berio, Edgar Varese, Elliott Cartet, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen).
+==Performances==
+The members of quintet give regular concerts in Ljubljana in the hall of the [[Slovene Philharmonic]] or in the studio of [[Radio Slovenia]], though they perform (often doing just classical pieces) all over Slovenia.
+Abroad, Slowind Quintet has performed at music festivals and contemporary music venues such as Ars Musica, Brussels (BE); the International Contemporary Music Festival, Opatija (HR); Musicora, Paris (FR); Roaring Hoofs Festival, Mongolia; the Bern Biennale (CH); Klangspuren, Schwaz (AT); Musica Danubiana (AT); the New Music Concerts Series Toronto (CA); the Takefu International Music Festival (JP); the Venice Biennale (IT); the Zagreb Music Biennale (HR); and Théâtre Dunois Paris (FR). All in all, they regularly play their music all over Europe and have also toured the United States numerous times since 1999.
+The ensemble has issued several CDs and a DVD.
+==International cooperation==
+Slowind was a partner in the LIEU (EUropean Instrumental Laboratory) project, led by the Ensemble Aleph from Paris, and dedicated to the diffusion of contemporary music. During the project some 50 musicians have been involved and more than 25 works have premièred in some 30 events in 8 European countries (Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Slovenia).
+==See also==
+* [[Slowind Festival]]
+* [[Slovene Philharmonic]]
+* [[Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.slowind.org/index.php?lang=en Slowind Quintet website] (in English)
+* [http://www.slowind.org/index.php?lang=en Slowind Quintet website]
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+[[Category:Music groups, ensembles and orchestras]]
-[[Category:Orchestra and chamber music]]
+[[Category:Orchestral and chamber music]]
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+[[Category:EU funding of Slovene organisations (Culture and MEDIA Programmes)]]
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