Jernej Brence, violin, viola, chamber music, 8.7. -13.7.
Course price. 350€
After learning violin with M. Tercelj at the Ljubljana Intermediate
Music School, Jernej Brence (1965) studied with Prof. Dejan Bravničar
at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana and continued his violin studies in
Vienna with Prof. Michael Frischenschlager and Josef Sivo, rounding
them off with a master’s degree from the Musikhochschule für Musik und
darstellende Kunst in 1995. He perfected his playing with A. Staar, M.
Russin, E. Tchugayeva and H. Fister (viola).
In
1990 he published 12 Studies and 16 Etudes for violin solo. He has been
active both as a soloist as well as in various chamber ensembles, has
been member of international music juries, and has led master classes
for violin and viola in various countries.
As a
soloist he has played with national and foreign orchestras and chamber
ensembles, at home and throughout Europe. A number of Slovene
compositions have been dedicated to him, and premiered by him. He has
recorded with Radio Slovenia and the RAI. Since 1994 he has taught at
the Ljubljana Intermediate Music School and in Austria, his pupils have
won numerous prizes in and outside Slovenia.
The
peak of his organizational endeavors has been his artistic directorship
of the Bled International Music Festival which was, on the occasion of
its tenth anniversary, awarded the Betetto Certificate for 2004 by the
Society of Slovene Music Artist-Performers. His artistic activities have
won him the Honorary Medal of Bled, the Society of Slovene Composers
Award as well as the Society of Austrian Composers Award , the Lord
Yehudi Menuhin Award,Betteto award, and his playing many excellent
critics in the media.
