XYLOCORDA

Classical and Modern Music

Format: Digitalno + CD

Code: 117800

EAN: 3838898117800

In cooperation with Radio Slovenia – ARS Programme ZKP RTV Slovenija is releasing the album by Petra Vidmar and Izidor Erazem Grafenauer entitled XyloCorda. On it you will find new works for marimba and guitar: Two Paintings for marimba and guitar by Tilen Slakan, The suite Am Waldesrand (At the Forest Verge) for guitar and marimba by Wendelin Bitzan, Microludes and Petrazems for guitar and marimba by Uroš Rojko, Dream by Matjaž Jarc, XyloCorda by Peter Šavli and Calienta by Emmanuel Séjourné. „We are truly happy about these new works for marimba and guitar. Collaborating with living composers is inspiring and extremely motivating. We hope that this album will trigger more works for such an ensemble and more collaborations between composers and performers. This is vital for the understanding and interpretation of music. Of course, the biggest thanks goes to Peter Šavli, the inventor of the expression "XyloCorda" and our first inspiration,“ Petra Vidmar and Izidor Erazem Grafenauer said about the album.

Petra Vidmar

Petra Vidmar started her musical education by taking piano lessons. After 8 years, she decided to pursue percussion and was soon accepted into the Music Conservatory and later into Music Academy of Ljubljana, where she graduated with special honours, Summa Cum Laude. At the present time, she is a soloist timpanist of the Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra and also teaches at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana. During her percussion education, she was awarded the Prešeren Award for students three times.

Izidor Erazem Grafenauer

Izidor Erazem Grafenauer graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello in Venice and the Academy of Music in Zagreb. As a soloist and chamber musician on the guitar and different types of lutes he has received numerous awards home and abroad. His is equally confident in playing early music on authentic instruments, modern classical guitar, jazz and flamenco. He is a freelance musician and a professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana.