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P e o P L e
ARE ThE mUSIC AND CONCERTS yOU
OffER IN ThE CAPITAL CITy mORE
DEmANDING?
There is no reason for that. All around Slovenia the audience is
extremely knowledgeable and there are many connoisseurs of
serious music. Some very demanding concerts were most successful
in smaller towns.
ThIS yEAR ThE ‘SUmmER IN OLD
LJUBLJANA’ hAS BEEN TITLED ‘ThE
SUmmER Of EUROPEAN CULTURE’.
hAVE wE BECOmE CULTURALLy
mORE RECOGNISED BECAUSE Of ThE
PRESIDENCy Of ThE EU? hAVE ThESE
SIX mONThS OPENED ThE DOOR fOR
CULTURE?
This year a number of top level musicians from several European
countries have performed in the Summer in Old Ljubljana. The
aim of the project was to underline cultural diversity, and many
foreign embassies, as well as the Office of the European Parliament
in Slovenia, have supported this project. The presidency has
undoubtedly influenced the increased recognisability of our
country. But this is just a good start - we have to achieve a lot
more to attain a solid identity. I see great potential (especially in art)
in the numerous young artists. All they need is more large-scale,
ambitious projects.
yOU ALSO ATTENDED ‘A SChOOL’ fOR
SERIOUS mUSIC, AS yOU wERE NOT
SERIOUSLy INVOLVED IN IT, EVEN ThOUGh
yOU wERE CONNECTED wITh mUSIC ALL
yOUR LIfE. wAS IT hARD?
I have always been interested in different musical genres, including
classical music, so this leap was a great pleasure. But when you
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get involved in it more intensively, it can quickly become addictive.
You become more critical towards other musical genres; but what
started to bother me most of all was the incomplete interpretation,
justified too many times by artistic freedom.
yOU hAVE BECOmE A CONNOISSEUR By
NOw; Of COURSE, yOU hAVE TO BE. ARE
yOU fOND Of mUSIC, DO yOU ATTEND
CONCERTS AND VISIT EXhIBITIONS fOR
yOUR OwN PLEASURE AS wELL?
It takes decades of systematic learning and work to become a real
connoisseur of classical music, for the complete opus is almost
infinite. For the last few years I have attended many concerts, I am a
regular visitor at the majority of subscription concerts in Ljubljana -
all this is a great pleasure. I often visit exhibitions, but I rarely attend
the theatre. There aren’t any evenings left for anything else.
ThE BUSINESS kNOwLEDGE yOU
NEEDED AS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN ThE
mAJORITy Of yOUR LIfE, whO ALmOST
ALwAyS wORkED IN ThE fIELD Of mUSIC,
PROBABLy COmES IN VERy hANDy fOR
ThE SUCCESSfUL mANAGEmENT AND
REhABILITATION Of ThIS PROJECT.
You always need business knowledge for successful management,
and cultural organisations are no exception, because business is
organized in the same manner as in companies. In addition to a
broad range of knowledge, one also requires years of experience.
A LOT Of ENThUSIASm IS REqUIRED fOR
ThIS kIND Of wORk, A LOT Of kNOCkING
ON DOORS TO fIND SUffICIENT fUNDS TO
kEEP ThE PROJECT ALIVE.
Cultural events management is very stressful work and one cannot
perform it for a long period of time without enthusiasm and faith
in the project. The most unpleasant part is obtaining of funds. I
believe the government should use tax relief to stimulate businesses
into investing more in culture.
I SEE yOU AS A REALIST whO DARES
TO DREAm. hOw fAR DO yOUR wIShES
REACh - DO yOU DARE, DO yOU wANT, ARE
yOU ABLE TO REACh fOR ThE STARS ThAT
ShINE ON ART AND mAkE ThEm ShINE
EVEN BRIGhTER?
I believe Slovene art has great potential and a lot of possibilities,
and according to that, my ambition and desires are also great:
more cooperation in the Slovene cultural scene, cooperation in the
broader European scene, international co-production, promoting
Slovene art beyond our borders, as many top level concerts as
possible - but most of all, more funds for new projects.