RANČIGAJ Ljubo
Leto rojstva: 1936Commission of Musical Works
Status:
Composer and chamber pianistEducation
- Grammar school ‘matura’ (1954) in Ljubljana.- Diploma from the Ljubljana Music High School (1954).
- Ljubljana Academy of Music: Degree in piano (1960, class of Prof. Anton Ravnik), postgraduate studies and Master’s Degree in piano (1962, Anton Ravnik), degree in composition (1986, class of Prof. Uroš Krek).
- Further studies at the summer course for lieder accompaniment at the Mozarteum, Salzburg (1971).
Career
- Piano teacher at the Music School Šiška-Bežigrad, Ljubljana (1958-1960).- Coach at the Ljubljana Intermediate Ballet School (1960-62).
- Coach (improviser) and the Meta Vidmar School of Expressive Dance and Ljubljana (1960-62).
- Artistic collaborator-vocal coach at the Ljubljana Academy of Music (1963-1987).
- Lecturer at the Ljubljana Academy of Music (1987-95).
- Associate professor of music-theoretical subjects for composers at the Ljubljana Academy of Music (1995-2000).
- In the period 1963-79, he was extremely active as piano accompanist at numerous concerts and recording (radio) studios both in Slovenia and abroad, accompanying the renowned mezzo-soprano Eva Novšak-Houška, as well as occasionally playing for other noteworthy concert singers: Zlata Ognjanović, Sabira Hajdarović, Alenka Dernač-Bunta, Milka Evtimova, Mitja Gregorač.
Awards and Prizes
- Performance of the piano composition Three Monothematic Pieces (played by pianist Beatrice Rauchs) at the World Music Days in Luxemburg, 2000.- The Kozina award: 2013: za opus samospevov in klavirske glasbe
Opus:
Orchestral Music
Concertino za klavir in orkester, 1. verzija (1981), Koncert za orkester, 1. verzija (1982), Koncert za orkester, 2. verzija (1987), Concertino za klavir in orkester, 2. verzija (2003), preimenovan v Koncert za klavir in orkester.Choral Music
Tiho prihaja mrak za mešani zbor (1955), Klavirske spremljave za otroški zbor (1969).Vocal-Instrumental Music
Pet pesmi za mezzosopran in klavir: Tri otrokove želje (1966), Tiho prihaja mrak (1966), Spomin (1971), Zimska pesem (1971), Ljudstvo (1971); Pesmi sanj za mezzosopran in klavir (2002): Védro je lice stvari, V mladih brezah tiha pomlad, Balada, Ponirek; Pod oknom za nizki glas in klavir, melodija Jurija Flajšmana (1976).Chamber Music
Štiri strune (Dušan Vodišek - violinski part, Ljubo Rančigaj - klavirski part), otroške skladbe za violino in klavir (1966), Passacaglia za klavirski trio (1980), Druga passacaglia za klavirski trio (1992), Metamorfoze za klavirski trio (1994), Passacaglia za dva klavirja (1995), Cantabile in modo classico za violončelo in klavir (1995), Variacijske skladbe za dva klavirja (1997), Pihalni kvartet (2003), Godalni kvartet (2006), Preludij in rondo za klarinet in klavir (2006), Duo za flavto in klavir (2008), Balada za violončelo in klavir (2008), Pihalni trio (2008/2011), Rondo za pihalni kvartet (2010), Štiri mladinske skladbe za oboo, klarinet in klavir (2011), Cantabile-con brio-cantabile za oboo in klavir (2011), Larghetto cantabile-Rondo capriccioso za godalni trio (2011), Summer Music 2011 za klarinet in klavir (2011), Autumn Music 2012 za violino in klavir (2012).Solo Music
Osem mladinskih skladb za klavir (1958), Tre composizioni in modo classico per pianoforte (1965-1989), Tri monotematske skladbe za klavir (1996), Štiri klavirske metamorfoze na lastno temo (2001).Other Ensembles:
INCIDENTAL MUSIC:Plesne vsakdanjosti za televizijsko predstavo za plesalko Ksenijo Hribar (1965), Čarodejna kreda za lutkovno predstavo (1969).
Discography
- CD Compilation: Béla Bartók, Uroš Rojko and Ljubo Rančigaj: Passacaglia for two pianos,- CD: Solo and Chamber Music, September 2003: Tre composizioni in modo classico for piano, Five Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, Metamorphoses for piano trio, Passacaglia for two pianos, Three Monothematic Pieces for piano, Four Piano Metamorphoses on an Original Theme (Ed. DSS 2000337).
- CD: Chamber and Symphonic Music, May 2010: Pesmi sanj (Songs of Dreams) for mezzo-soprano and piano, Ballad for cello and piano, Passacaglia for piano trio, Wind Quartet, Passacaglia for symphony orchestra (2nd movement from the Concerto for Orchestra), Piano Concerto (Ed. DSS 201076).
Contacts
Address: Zdole 13, 3260 KozjeTelephone: +386 (0) 3 809 03 9
