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glasbena kritika – nekoč in danes | music criticism – yesterday and today
(2014–2016). Doctoral studies in musicology at the Universität Wien on a
thesis on the reception history of symphonic programme music in Vienna
(1855–1900) completed with distinction in 2022.
Borut Smrekar (borut.smrekar@guest.arnes.si)
studied conducting, piano and law. Title of his Ph.D. dissertation was
“Problem of Retouches in the Symphonies of Beethoven”. He was lecturing
at Musicology department and Music Academy od University in Ljubljana.
In years 1998 to 2005 he was general manager and artistic director of Slove-
nian National Theatre Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana. He was a jury mem-
ber at important international music competitions (Belvedere in Vienna,
Musica sacra in Rome etc.). Beside concert activities he has translated sev-
eral opera libretti, published a textbook on conducting technique and sev-
eral reports, presented at different musicological symposiums. He is active
as publicist and critic as well.
Viktor Velek (viktor.velek@gmx.de)
is a musicologist. His research topics include the cult of St. Wenceslas and
other Czech historical spiritual traditions in music, the musical culture of
the Slavic minorities in Vienna 1840–1945, and musical cooperation be-
tween the Czechs and Sorbs/Wends in the “long 19th century”.
Jernej Weiss (jernej.weiss@ag.uni-lj.si)
studied musicology at the Department of Musicology of the University of
Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, and at the Institute of Musicology of the Uni-
versity of Regensburg. From 2005 to 2009 he was employed as an assistant
at the Department of Musicology in Ljubljana. From 2011 to 2020 he was
editor-in-chief of Slovenia’s principal peer-reviewed musicological journal,
Muzikološki zbornik / Musicological Annual. He is on the editorial boards
of several scholarly journals and specialised publications and participates
in various domestic and international scientific projects. A full professor
of musicology at the University of Maribor since 2016 and at the Universi-
ty of Ljubljana since 2019, he has been a visiting lecturer at the universities
of Brno, Graz, Leipzig and Cardiff, among others. Since 2016 he has headed
the international musicology symposium of the Slovenian Music Days and
has been editor-in-chief of the Studia musicologica Labacensia.
His research work covers issues related to music from the nineteenth cen-
tury to the present day, with a particular focus on the Slovenian and Czech
cultural environments. He is the author of four scientific monographs.
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(2014–2016). Doctoral studies in musicology at the Universität Wien on a
thesis on the reception history of symphonic programme music in Vienna
(1855–1900) completed with distinction in 2022.
Borut Smrekar (borut.smrekar@guest.arnes.si)
studied conducting, piano and law. Title of his Ph.D. dissertation was
“Problem of Retouches in the Symphonies of Beethoven”. He was lecturing
at Musicology department and Music Academy od University in Ljubljana.
In years 1998 to 2005 he was general manager and artistic director of Slove-
nian National Theatre Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana. He was a jury mem-
ber at important international music competitions (Belvedere in Vienna,
Musica sacra in Rome etc.). Beside concert activities he has translated sev-
eral opera libretti, published a textbook on conducting technique and sev-
eral reports, presented at different musicological symposiums. He is active
as publicist and critic as well.
Viktor Velek (viktor.velek@gmx.de)
is a musicologist. His research topics include the cult of St. Wenceslas and
other Czech historical spiritual traditions in music, the musical culture of
the Slavic minorities in Vienna 1840–1945, and musical cooperation be-
tween the Czechs and Sorbs/Wends in the “long 19th century”.
Jernej Weiss (jernej.weiss@ag.uni-lj.si)
studied musicology at the Department of Musicology of the University of
Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, and at the Institute of Musicology of the Uni-
versity of Regensburg. From 2005 to 2009 he was employed as an assistant
at the Department of Musicology in Ljubljana. From 2011 to 2020 he was
editor-in-chief of Slovenia’s principal peer-reviewed musicological journal,
Muzikološki zbornik / Musicological Annual. He is on the editorial boards
of several scholarly journals and specialised publications and participates
in various domestic and international scientific projects. A full professor
of musicology at the University of Maribor since 2016 and at the Universi-
ty of Ljubljana since 2019, he has been a visiting lecturer at the universities
of Brno, Graz, Leipzig and Cardiff, among others. Since 2016 he has headed
the international musicology symposium of the Slovenian Music Days and
has been editor-in-chief of the Studia musicologica Labacensia.
His research work covers issues related to music from the nineteenth cen-
tury to the present day, with a particular focus on the Slovenian and Czech
cultural environments. He is the author of four scientific monographs.
318
