Artist description Matej Hrovat is a composer of electronic and classical music, pianist and keyboard player, living in Slovenia. He has recently graduated in Computer Science but is also avidly studying classical composition; he strives to bring you at once the beauty of modern synth sounds and the perfection of classical form.

Music Style Electronic, synth pop, symphonic, classical

Musical Influences Abba, Vangelis, A.L.Webber, John Williams, Beethoven, Chopin, J.S. Bach

Similar Artists Vangelis, J.M.Jarre, Chris Franke

Artist History A pianist all his life, he performed an excerpt from Beethoven's piano sonata at the age of 13 in the largest Slovenian concert hall (it's still microsmall compared to Wembley Arena but what the hey :), and his piano repertoire includes such classics as Beethoven's Waldstein sonata, Chopin's Polonaises and Ravel's incredibly difficult "Gaspard de la Nuit". Personal record was Chopin's "Minute Waltz" performed in 53 seconds. Keen on composing from the very beginning; in the first decade he wrote mainly for piano solo (Variations in d minor). Then, with the arrival of affordable PC audio cards in 1992 he sought to harness the power of the machine to this end. The new electronic sounds were soon heard on a radio show about computer music. Experiments with good old trackers concluded in "Concentus Primus for grand piano and tracker". Then, getting hold of a proper synth he pursued the classical form (resulting in such works as "Endless Moment" - electronic sonata in three movements, Prelude & 4-voiced Fugue No. 1 in e minor, and a weird combination of atonal and Irish music called Morrigan). Then the true power (Roland XP-80) came, opening unlimited vistas of compositional possibilities - compiled on the CD "In Search of Harmony Horizon", five tracks of which are available here. He performed his music live at various events, scored a platform game (George the starfish elephant by Marko Kavcic), films (Bostjan M.Jambrek's "Obrazi Afrike", Samo Fabcic's "Zbiralec"), kids' stories ("Pravljice za Lano" by Jelka Kadunc) and is preparing some new piano compositions ... stay tuned

Instruments Keyboards: Roland JP-8000, Korg Trinity Pro X, Roland XP-80, Roland Alpha Juno 2, software synths and plug-ins with RME DIGI96 PAD soundcard; also piano, vocals, acoustic guitar, vocoder, mini-Theremin, Chinese Erhu fiddle, jewharps, harmonica, didgeridoo, ocarina, hand percussion...plus, t*** b***!

Location Ljubljana, Ljubljana - Slovenia

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