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The Sarajevo Period of Dane Škerl’s Artistic Activity

Photograph 1: Dane Škerl,
legacy of Zijo Kučukalić,
Institute of Musicology,
Academy of Music in
Sarajevo.

his teaching role, Škerl was active as a collaborator with Radio Sarajevo
(serving as advisor, recording engineer, and conductor), as well as a mem-
9
10
ber of various juries, forums, and associations, and artistic councils – par-
ticularly with the Opera and the Sarajevo Philharmonic. 11

9 Some sources state that he acted as conductor of the Radio-Television Sarajevo Sym-
phony Orchestra (Reich, Susreti sa suvremenim kompozitorima Jugoslavije, 332);
however, although his works were part of the orchestra’s repertoire, Škerl was not
engaged as a conductor. In the study titled “The Symphony Orchestra of Radio-Tel-
evision Sarajevo in the Light of Documentary Material,” Ivan Čavlović chronolog-
ically lists the conductors of the Symphony Orchestra, among whom Škerl is not
mentioned. However, Škerl did conduct a concert on April 23, 1963, when he led the
premiere of his work Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra. See: Ivan Čavlović, “Sim-
fonijski orkestar Radio-televizije Sarajevo u svjetlu dokumentarne građe,” Muzika I,
no. 3 (1997): 68–9.
10 “Pozajić – Preparation for Interview with D. Škerl,” Legacy of Mladen Pozajić, Li-
brary of the Academy of Music in Sarajevo.
11 B. Borko, “Sarajevsko srečanje s slovenskim skladateljem (Glasbeno življenje),” Delo,
October 3, 1963, in Press Archive – Activities of the Academy of Music, II. Library of
the Academy of Music in Sarajevo.

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