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OPERA
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JANKO JEZOVŠEK - CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER
JANKO JEZOVŠEK - CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER
| Janko Jezovšek Born 28 February 1945 in Maribor, Slovenia. In 1963 he began studying composition and conducting in Zagreb. In 1965 he went to Germany to study singing and electronic music in Frankfurt and Cologne. Jezovšek (pronounced: Yezoushek) considers himself to be self-taught, although “officially” he did have a number of distinguished teachers. He works with his musical theatre OPERA MOBILE ® as a “Gastkünstler” (or “guest artist”) predominate also in other parts of Europe and in America. He has initiated creative festivals in Germany (sang&klang, laboARTorium Bayreuth), Austria (Tyrolia, Styria) and Slovenia (SCHOLA CANTORUM). He first attracted notice through his piano peaces, songs and choral works while a twelve-year-old musical novice in Maribor. He himself ranks his first short program-composition, THE BROOK, as one of his best works. The existence of the group - Ensemble for Contemporary Music - which he and the Croatian composer Silvio Foretiæ, formed in Zagreb in 1963 was denied or concealed by “...necrophiliac musicology”, Jezovšek says. After 1965 this first Balkan Group for modern Music played a few “farewell” concerts. |
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of the titles of Jezovšek’s multimedia works point to the variety
of musical forms he employs: LET’S MAKE AN OPERA! SKAZIMIR-RAZJAROMIR parody of romantic chivalric opera, first performing at TAMS-Theater München 1976 nothing is easier as to sing and to play CARMILHAN quadraphonic electronic opera for one breathing human - F.J. Bogner (35-60’) 1969-75, first performing at Steirischer Herbst Graz BUNKER the bio-opera 1984, first performing at Festival of contemporary chamber music Radenci AUTHENTIC PERSONALITY OPERAS for different persons LOOK OUT! MUSIC! musical cabaret 1945-2045, first performing at Stadttheater Ingolstadt UGLY DUCKLING OR THE SWANS EGG dance fairy tale 1966, first performing at Schauspielhaus Frankfurt/Main KASPAR KOMMT NIE WIEDER totals figurentheater MARTIN KRPAN große Volksoper eines kleinen Volkes, 1985 NEBELPSALTER / FOG PSALTERIUM a church music “hearbarium”, first performing at Peterskirche Frankfurt TEMPELREINIGUNG? PURIFICATION OF THE TEMPLE ? kirchenmusikalisches theater 1968, first performing at Hochstädter Kirche WE ARE THE ORCHESTRA 1957, first performing at Casino Hall Theatre Maribor KREUZWEG WAY OF THE CROSS 1969, first performing at Alte Nikolaikirche Römerberg Frankfurt/M JESUS BIRTH Christmas Mikrooratorium for soli, choir and Obligati, 1971 CREPITACULUM 8 scenes from a child room (konkurrenz, agression und gewalt im sandkasten) 1978, first performing at Hannover |
FOREST OF FARY-TALES MÄRCHENWALD gesamtkunststückwerksingspielpuzzle 1983, first performing at Fulpmes MY FAVORIT PLAY MEIN LIEBSTES SPIEL psychodrama aus dem kinderzimmer 1984, first performing at Fulpmes SOUNDSCAPES KLANGSCHAFTEN/ZVOKRAJINE/ZVUKOBRAZI since 1963 HALF PRELUDE FOR MAGNETIC TAPE 1964 THREE VILLAGE PRELUDES FOR ORGAN 1967 MARCH&FUNEBRE 1964 REQUIEM first secret performing 1963 REQUIEM IVANA JEZUSA 1965-74, first performing at Concert Studio Istra Zagreb MOZARTYRIUM imagin mass for piano solo, soloists, choir and orchestra 1975, first performing at Mozartheum Salzburg MUSIC FOR DORE HOYER 1967, first performing at Theater des Westens Berlin MUSIC FOR YURIKO KIKUCHI 1967 MUSIC FOR IRIS SCACCHERI 1968 MUSIC FOR WALTRAUD LULEY 1970 THE GREAT HALLELUJAH Messias-story with and without G.F.Haendel, 1988 first performing Marienkirche Gelnhausen & Friedenskirche Hanau SCHIRTEL SCHARTEL Nursery tunes BALKANAL synthetical folk-oratorium - with Silvio Foretiæ (47’) first performing at Musikhochschule Köln 1969 SPEVI - SONGLINES Festival mixtur (15’) from Schola Cantorum at Hugo Wolf’s birthplace Slovenj Gradec 1974 ENDLESS SYMPHONIE for all kind of voices and/or instruments. |
Trough
his work, as the composer himself says, he ”...appears as a guest,
animates, evokes, challenges - embryios, pregnant mothers and the babys
in their wombs, fathers, children of all ages, men in suits, and pensioners”.
Janko Jezovšek is his own publisher - ROTE NOTE ®, arranger,
performer and patron. He prefers to work with and for automatic mechanical
music instruments - LOCHOMOTIVE ® and movie machines
(with Edo Lukman’s ANIMATED FILM WORKSHOP Èakovec), non musicians, actors, puppeteers, dancers and those who think they have no ear
for music - or who at least do not imagine themselves to be exeptionally musical.
His work could be classiefied as an artistic/teaching activity for all:
from electronical and mechanical multimedia workshop
international academies of childhood and creativity.
©
Ulrike Dietrich von Siebenstern & Don Mokelke
Janko Jezovšek is his own publisher - ROTE NOTE ®, arranger,
performer and patron. He prefers to work with and for automatic mechanical
music instruments - LOCHOMOTIVE ® and movie machines
(with Edo Lukman’s ANIMATED FILM WORKSHOP Èakovec), non musicians, actors, puppeteers, dancers and those who think they have no ear
for music - or who at least do not imagine themselves to be exeptionally musical.
His work could be classiefied as an artistic/teaching activity for all:
from electronical and mechanical multimedia workshop
international academies of childhood and creativity.
©
Ulrike Dietrich von Siebenstern & Don Mokelke
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