Zaključek 40. Slovenskih glasbenih dnevov / Closing of the 40th Slovenian Music Days

SIMFONIČNI ORKESTER RTV SLOVENIJA / RTV SLOVENIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

STEVEN LOY, dirigent / conductor

Solist / Soloist: ŽIGA STANIČ, klavir / piano

18.30 / 7.30 pm
Predkoncertni pogovor / Pre-concert conversation
Moderator:
Dvorana Slavka Osterca, Slovenska filharmonija
Slavko Osterc Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic

Program / Programme:
Žiga Stanič: Koncert za klavir in orkester št. 2 / Piano Concerto No. 2
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Paul Clift: Landscape (overexposed)
Vinko Globokar: Eisenberg, različica za orkester / version for orchestra

Jubilejni 40. Slovenski glasbeni dnevi se bodo sklenili v znamenju sodobne ustvarjalnosti, ki povezuje domače in mednarodne glasbene tokove ter kaže odprtost slovenskega glasbenega prostora po stoletju radijskega posredovanja umetnostne glasbe. Sklepni koncert bo oblikoval Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, ki v letu 2025 slavi svojo 70-letnico, vse od ustanovitve pa ga zaznamujeta glasbena odličnost in vrhunska poustvarjalnost. Pod vodstvom Stevena Loya, mednarodno uveljavljenega interpreta sodobne glasbe, ki je v Sloveniji vodil številne praizvedbe ključnih del 20. stoletja, bo večer zaokrožen v znamenju izrazite slogovne raznolikosti.

V vlogi solista nastopa pianist in skladatelj Žiga Stanič, diplomant klavirja in kompozicije na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani, prejemnik študentske Prešernove nagrade, ki je od leta 2002 tudi producent Simfoničnega orkestra RTV Slovenija. Njegovo ustvarjanje temelji na raziskovanju psihološkega učinka glasbenega izraza, razmerja med blagozvočnostjo in disonanco ter izraznih zmožnosti ponavljanja in prepariranega klavirja. Njegov Koncert za klavir in orkester št. 2 odpira večer, ki se v drugem delu nadaljuje z glasbenima svetovoma Paula Clifta in Vinka Globokarja.

Clift v skladbi Landscape (overexposed) na svoj značilno premišljeni način prepleta sodobni zvočni jezik s konceptoma glasbenega spomina in tradicije; v plastenju barv, svetlobe in zvočnega senčenja se v različnih odsekih pojavlja in umika prepoznavna glasba Adagia iz Beethovnove Simfonije št. 4 v B-duru. Globokarjeva orkestrska različica dela Eisenberg predstavlja povsem drugačen ustvarjalni pol, saj temelji na partituri, ki določa predvsem formalno strukturo, medtem ko zvočno tkivo nastaja sproti v skladu z določenimi pravili. Globokar, glasbenik neukrotljive ustvarjalne energije, zagovarja glasbo kot dejavno in kritično silo; zato je tudi to delo izrazito neposredno, nepredvidljivo in »zemeljsko«, izvedba pa terja domišljijo izvajalcev in odprtost poslušalcev do novega zvočnega prostora. Kot eden vplivnejših evropskih skladateljev druge polovice 20. stoletja, dejaven med Parizom, Kölnom in drugimi svetovnimi glasbenimi središči, je vedno znova zagovarjal misel, da mora glasba učinkovati, premakniti in predrugačiti naš pogled na svet – estetsko načelo, ki v Eisenbergu zveni z vso svojo izrazno močjo.
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Slovenian Music Days comes to a close with a celebration of the contemporary creativity that connects domestic and international musical currents and reflects the openness of Slovenia’s musical landscape after a century of radio broadcasting of art music. The closing concert is performed by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025 and has been characterised since its foundation by musical excellence and the highest level of performance. Conducted by Steven Loy, an internationally renowned interpreter of contemporary music who has conducted numerous premiere performances of twentieth-century works in Slovenia, the evening will culminate in a celebration of stylistic diversity.

The soloist is pianist and composer Žiga Stanič, a graduate of the Ljubljana Academy of Music and a former winner of a Student Prešeren Prize for composition, who since 2002 has also been music producer of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. His compositional work is based on an exploration of the psychological effect of musical expression, the relationship between euphony and dissonance, and the expressive possibilities of repetition and the prepared piano. His Piano Concerto No. 2 opens the evening, which continues after the interval with a journey into the musical worlds of Paul Clift and Vinko Globokar.

In Landscape (overexposed), Clift interweaves the contemporary musical idiom with the concepts of musical memory and tradition in his characteristically thoughtful way. Through the layering of colour, light and tonal shading, recognisable fragments of the Adagio from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major appear and recede in different sections. Globokar’s orchestral version of Eisenberg represents a wholly different creative pole, based as it is on a score that primarily defines the formal structure, while the sonic fabric is created spontaneously according to specified rules. A musician of irrepressible creative energy, Globokar champions music as an active and critical force. Accordingly, this work too is strikingly direct, unpredictable and “earthly” and its performance requires imagination from the performers and an openness to a new sonic space on the part of the listeners. As one of the most influential European composers of the second half of the twentieth century, active between Paris, Cologne and other world music centres, he consistently upheld the view that music must have an impact, must stir and transform our perception of the world – an aesthetic principle that resounds in Eisenberg with its full expressive power.