Academy of Music (Ljubljana) explained

Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana
Native Name:	Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani
Type:	Music academy
Coordinates:	46.0509°N 14.5034°W
City:	Ljubljana
Country:	Slovenia

The Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenian: Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani) is the largest and only music conservatoire in Slovenia. The academy has its origin in the Music School of the Slovene Philharmonic Society (founded 1821, indirectly descended from the Ljubljana Philharmonic Academy of Johann Berthold von Höffer, 1701),^[1] which became the basis of the Ljubljana Conservatoire in 1919, and then the Ljubljana Academy of Music in 1939. The secondary programme became an independent institution as the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory in 1953.

Former and current deans of the academy

• Julij Betetto (1933–1940)
• Anton Trost (1940–?)
• Leon Pfeifer
• Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (1946–1947)
• Marijan Lipovšek
• Franjo Schiffer
• Karlo Rupel
• Janko Ravnik
• Mihael Gunzek (1976–1979)
• Danijel Škerl (–1986)
• Marjan Gabrijelčič (1986–1994)
• Dejan Bravničar (1994–2002)
• Pavel Mihelčič (2002–2009)
• Andrej Grafenauer (2009–2017)
• Marko Vatovec (2017–current)

External links

• Academy of Music. Official website.

Notes and References

1. Great Soviet encyclopedia: Volume 30 Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov - 1982 "In the 18th and early 19th centuries Ljubljana and Zagreb became major centers of musical life. The Ljubljana Philharmonic Academy, founded in 1701, was one of the oldest such academies in Europe. The city's Philharmonic Society