Vito Žuraj (born 7 May 1979) is a Slovenian composer whose works are played internationally.
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]
Discography[edit]
Maxply (2010)
Crosscourt (2008)
Chamber Music (2003)
Composer’s presentation – Vito Žuraj (2001)
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1960s
1970s
1980s
1980: Danilo Benedičič
Evgen Car
Anton Demšar
Karpo Godina
Irena Grafenauer
Niko Grafenauer
Stane Jagodič
Norina Jankovič
Minu Kjuder
Rudolf Kotnik
Tone Partljič
Bogdan Reichenberg
Marjan Rožanc
Dubravka Sambolec
Mira Sardoč
Ati Soss
Marko Dekleva, Matjaž Garzarolli, Vojteh Ravnikar in Egon Vatovec
Janez Bizjak, Marko Cotič in Dušan Engelsberger
1981: Janez Albreht
Ljerka Belak
Alenka Gerlovič
Herman Gvardjančič
Janez Hočevar – Rifle
Andrej Inkret
Miša Jelnikar
Silvester Komel
Marko Kravos
Uroš Lajovic
Janez Matičič
Valentin Oman
Milan Pajk
Jože Privšek
Biba Bertok in Marjan Gašperšič
1982: Danilo Bezlaj
Janez Drozg
Bronislav Fajon
Branko Gombač
Branko Gradišnik
Lidija Kozlovič
Božo Rogelja
Barbara Rot in Božo Rot
Slovenski kvintet trobil (Anton Grčar, Stanko Arnold, Viljem Trampuš, Boris Šinigoj, Boris Gruden)
Vinko Tušek
1983: Ivo Ban
Janez Bermež
Vesna Gaberšček Ilgo
Andrej Kokot
Mojmir Lasan
Branko Madžarevič
Adriana Maraž
Pihalni kvintet RTV Ljubljana (Jože Pogačnik, Božo Rogelja, Alojz Zupan, Jože Falout, Jože Banič)
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