Stibilj, Milan
Biography
Born: November 02, 1929
Country: Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Studies: Acadamy of Music, Ljubljana; Zagreb Academy of Music (1963-64)
Teachers: Karol Pahor, Kelemen
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... as a composer in Slovenia, Milan Stibilj (b.1929) is something of a special case. His training has been unorthodox in some respect; he studied psychology to an advanced level before concentrating on music. Although he wrote some of his earlier works in Ljubljana ... and established himself as a composer while still living in Slovenia, Stibilj has spend long periods abroad ...
... After holding a composition teaching post in 1973-74 at the Université de Montréal in Canada, he returned to Ljubljana: Here he has remained, standing somewhat apart from the mainstream of Slovenian music. Stibilj’s contact with psychology may have had some effect on his musical thinking, but it would no doubt have been of a general nature. There is little after his students works that is traditional in approach, yet there is a certain conservatism in his progress. Stibilj has generally avoided the rhythmically free coordination between parts ...
... There is no free textural working in the manner of some Polish composers, and his notation, with a few rare exceptions, is precise. There are no "half-composed" pieces ...
In almost all of Stibilj’s music, there is a concentration on process. Indeed it is no exaggeration to say that these processes, and a formal plans determined by them, have been Stibilj´s main concerns as a composer.[1]
Works for Percussion
Epervier de ta faiblesse, Domine – Percussion Sextet; Narrator
Xystus - Duo Percussion; Wind Ensemble; String Orchestra
Zoom – Hand Drum; Clarinet
References
- ↑ http://www2.arnes.si/finearts/mstibilj.html%7CNiall O’Loughlin: Process as musical Form in the Music of Milan Stibilj Musicological Annual XXX, Ljubljana 1994