Janez Matičič is a Slovenia

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n composer. A native of Ljubljana

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, he was a 2007 recipient of the Prešeren Award

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. He has also been active as a pianist and teacher of music.

At the Academy of Music, he graduated in composition in 1950 and conducting in 1951. He was in Paris with Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...

, between 1952 and 1980 and collaborated with the research group for a specific music under the direction of Paul Schaefferja. Among the most notable track may be considered Matičič two concerts for piano and orchestra, concerto for cello and orchestra, especially the songs created in the modernist and research ability. In 2007 he received Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement.

Brother Nada Matičič, Slovenian writer.