We are very happy to welcome Timotej Kosovinc in Graz! This Vienna-based slovenian composer and guitarist composes for a variety of musical instruments and is especially successful in the field of concert music. He studied at the University of Music Vienna, where he studied guitar with professor Alvaro Pierri as well as composition and music theory with professor Detlev Müller-Siemens. For his exceptional academic achievements he was awarded the honor award of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research of the Republic of Austria in 2019 and in 2020, he received the honor award of the University of Music Vienna for his guitar studies.
As a composer and guitarist he is a laureate of numerous international competitions and a regular guest in prominent concert halls such as Musikverein (Vienna, Austria), Slovenska filharmonija (Ljubljana, Slovenija) or Cankarjev Dom (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and in various festivals and summer schools such as Wien Modern, Intonation Ungarn, Forum Gitarre Wien, Liechtensteiner Gitarrentage or Festival de la Guitarra de Sevilla. His music is being performed regularly by him and others in various tours throughout the world. He also collaborates with many other musicians and artists in different groups and in international projects, especially in the duo with the cellist Cristina Basili.
In 2022, his debut CD “The Good Moment” (Contrastes Records, distributed by Naxos and Universal), where he is performing his own guitar music, was released. The CD has received a lot of international attention leading to concerts in many important music festivals and concert venues throughout the world.
As a guitar soloist he played with the symphonic orchestra of the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana and conductor Tomaž Habe, with the orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic and conductor Marko Hribernik and with the Austrian orchestra Philharmonie Marchfeld and conductor Bettina Schmitt in several concerts in Austria.
In 2022 he was chosen as a representative composer of the Ljubljana Festival as a part of the #Synergy Project (a collaboration of festivals in the west Balkan countries) and composed “Unheard Story” for flute, guitar, cello and piano during his residency in Prishtina. In 2023 this composition was performed in all of the participating festivals: KotorArt International Festival (Montenegro), Dubrovnik Summer Festival (Croatia), Cultural Centre Trebinje (Bosna und Herzegovina), Vox Baroque/Tirana Guitar Festival (Albania), ChopinPianoFEST Prishtina (Kosovo), Belgrade Festivals Center, BEMUS (Serbia) and Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia).
Who is it for?
This Club day is for all guitar students, teachers and enthusiasts, interested in how a composition for guitar is made. If you ever tried to compose something yourself, you know, how difficult it is, to get an idea from your mind onto a piece of paper. Timotej Kosovinc is here to show us, how it is done. If you would like to apply, contact us at info@guitarstyria.com or fill out the application form below.
What does it cost?
- Organization contribution: 20€ (Guitar Styria Musikverein members have a 50% discount. Find out, how to become a member here)
- Masterclass with Timotej Kosovinc (voluntary!): 45€ for 45 minutes (listening is of course free of charge)
- Concert: FREE
Timetable
Johann-Joseph-Fux Konservatorium Graz (Nikolaigasse 2, 8020 Graz)
8:30 / Welcome : Coffee & Tea
9:00 / Technique with the GS Team
10:00 / Composition workshop with Timotej Kosovinc
11:50 / Lunch break: Pizza
13:00 / Masterclasses with Timotej Kosovinc
Teachers: Round table
16:00 / Concert of pupils
16:30-17:30 / Concert with Duo Basili-Kosovinc (Program: Gnatalli, Kosovinc, Piazzolla)