Artist History Clarinetist of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, began to learn recorder with his father at the age of seven. Then he learned clarinet with Alojz Zupan. After graduating with the same teacher from the Ljubljana Academy of Music in 1995 he studied at the Salzburg Mazarteum with Alois Brandhofer and Christine Gillhaus and, 1998, was awarded a Master's degree. He won nine first prizes at national music competitions. He is Professor of clarinet at the Ljubljana College of Music. He has given concerts in Slovenia and abroad, and has performed as a solist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Darmstadt State Opera, the Zilina Chamber Orchestra from Slovakia and the Bogdan Warchal Slovak Chamber Orchestra. In 1992 he was first clarinetist in the Youth Symphony Orchestra in Bayreuth, and a year later also in the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra in France. The performance of Mozart's Concerto brought him the distimguished student's prize in 1995 (named after famous poet Preseren). He is member of the Slovenian Clarinet Quartet which has already recorded many compact discs. He has premiered many works by Slovenian composers, some of which have been dedicated to him (Nenad First, Marko Mihevc, Jaka Pucihar, Ivo Petric, Primoz Ramovs, Pavel Sivic). In 2000 he recorded his first solo compact disc together with pianist Tatjana Kaucic with sonatas of Arnold, Bernstein, Horovitz, Pascal, Poulenc and Petric.

Instruments clarinet, piano

Additional Info My E-mail: dusan.sodja@guest.arnes.si

Location Ljubljana, Slovenia - Slovenia

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).