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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.

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, primarily 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 Slowind Quintet received the [[Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana]] in 1999 and the [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Award]] in 2003.
+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.
-Slowind is also a non-for-profit organisation that organises the [[Slowind Festival]] devoted mainly to contemporary music, of which they are leading exponents in Slovenia.
+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.
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+==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==
-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 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 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.
+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, 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 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). The Slowind Quartet has issued several CDs and a DVD.
-==Venues and international cooperation==
+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 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.
-The members of quintet give regular concerts in Ljubljana in the hall of the [[Slovene Philharmonic]] or in the studio of [[Radio Slovenia]]. Slowind Quintet has performed at music festivals such as Ars Musica, Brussels (BE); the International Contemporary Music Festival, Opatija (HR); Musicora, Paris (FR); Roaring Hoofs Festival, Mongolia; Biennale, Bern (CH); Klangspuren, Schwaz (AT); [[Musica Danubiana]]; and [[Slovene Music Days]], as well as at concerts in Berlin, Munich, Rome, Florence, Budapest, Paris, Milan, and Vienna. The quintet has toured the United States numerous times since 1999, it also ventured to Canada in 2002 and 2006, and to Sweden in 2007.
+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.
-Slowind is a partner in the LIEU (EUropean Instrumental Laboratory) project, led by the Ensemble Aleph from Paris, and dedicated to the diffusion of contemporary music. Since 2009 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).
+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]
-* [http://www.lieu-network.com/ LIEU Network website]
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 [[Category:EU Culture funding recipient]]
+[[Category:Updated 2017]]

Difference between revisions of "Slowind"

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Contents

Personnel

Background

Slowind ensemble programme

Performances

International cooperation

See also

External links

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