You are cordially invited to events hosting professors from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles:
Violin master class with Prof. Lino Bahn
Wednesday, 29. 10. 2025, from 12: 30 to 16: 30
Marijana Lipovska Hall, Academy of music, Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana
Open to the public / passive participants, no registration fee.
Master class for cello with Prof. Seth Parker ' S
Wednesday, 29. 10. 2025, from 15.30 to 19.00
Tria Lorenz Hall, Academy of music, Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana
Open to the public / passive participants, no registration fee.
Presentation of study funding in the USA from the funds of the Kerze family
Thursday, 30. 10. 2025 at 13: 00
Tria Lorenz Hall, Academy of music, Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana
The event is open to the public.
The presentation will present scholarship opportunities for Slovenian music students to study at the University of Southern California – Thornton School of Music (4. ranked among music academies in the US).
The presentation will be attended by representatives of the Ministry of foreign and European affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, the American Slovenian Educational Foundation (Asef) and the Department of scholarships and programs Ad futura at the public scholarship, development, disability and maintenance fund of the Republic of Slovenia.
STRING QUARTET CONCERT USC (USA) AND UL AG (SI)
Thursday, 30. 10. 2025, at 19: 30
Julija Betetta Hall, Academy of music, Kongresni trg 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Admission is free.
Performers:
Lina Bahn, violin (University of Southern California, USA)
Maja Rome, viola (Academy of music, University of Ljubljana)
Seth Parker / cello (University of Southern California, USA)
Gal Faganel, cello (Academy of music, University of Ljubljana)
Schedule:
Philip Glass: Duo No. 1 from the Double Concerto for violin and cello
Jeffre / Mumford: an e / distance of Multiple Voices
I. Estatico e molto appassionato
Adam Silverman: the Viol, The Violet and The Vine
III. Music Will Be / /
Evan Chambers: Last Night at
Chinar / Ung: Khse Buon for solo cello (1980) < BR >
Anton Arensk / String Quartet No. 2, op. 35
I. Moderato
II. Variations on the theme of Tchaikovsky-Moderato
III. Finale – Andante sostenuto
Seth Parker https://music.usc.edu/seth-parker-woods/) is an American cellist who has been teaching at the University of Southern California since 2022, and has been head of the Department of strings and chamber music since 2024. Parker Woods is a two-time nominee for the Grammy, he has worked with such orchestras as the new york and Losangeleška philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony. He has performed at the BBC Proms at Ro Alval Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and has presented at the Aspen Music Festival and the Ojai Festival, among others. His projects often transcend the boundaries of classical music – among the most recognizable are the autobiographical concert Difficult Grace, nominated for the Gramm Entertainment Award, and the performance iced Bodies, when he played a cello made of ice. As a member of the collective, Up is involved in recordings of works by Julius Eastman, as well as regularly performing new works by contemporary composers such as Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Nathalie Joachim and Rebecca Saunders.
Lina Bahn https://music.usc.edu/lina-bahn/) is an American violinist, professor at the University of Southern California and head of the string Department. Critics describe her as a" brilliant "and" lyrical "musician, and her record label recording Mean Fiddle Summer on the "Editos" has been met with much praise. As a former member of the award-winning Corigliano Alguartet, she has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Librar Alware of Congress, Ravinia Festival, and Alice Tull Alware Hall, and has recorded for renowned record labels (on Aluckos, CRI, Alban Alware). Set up the modern and the Master (the Modern Violin Ensemble), creating a new repertoire for a quartet of violin, and the long-term work as the artistic leader of the VERGE Ensemble in Washington, D. C., and Her international career includes solo appearances with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysian national symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfónica de La Serena. As an educator, she has taught at the University of Colorado, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, and many summer schools.
Gal Faganel is an internationally renowned and award-winning cellist and sought-after pedagogue. He is professor of cello at the Academy of music, University of Ljubljana. Previously, he has taught regularly at the University of Northern Colorado, the University of Southern California, the University of North Te Islas, and as a guest of many institutions around the world. He has performed throughout the U.S., including in the most prestigious venues such as the Modulalt Disne Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Carnegie Hall in NE Modulork, and at numerous festivals in Europe and Asia. He performs with top musicians, including Simon Trpcheski, Dan Zhu, Pavel Vernikov, Ale Animatander Lon Animatuich, and the Euclid quartet. With the Colorado Piano ensemble, the Trio also frequently performs and records new music. He is particularly dedicated to Slovenian music for cello. Critics describe him as" a cellist with a lot of warmth, sensitive to Melody, lyricism and chant", " a strong and beautiful tone, extremely delicate interpretation, and brilliant virtuosity and youthful vigor.«
Maja Rome worked as a solo violist for the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra between 2006 and 2020. Since 2020, she has been working at the Academy of music in Ljubljana as an associate professor in the field of Viola. She graduated from the Academy of music in Ljubljana in the class of Prof. Mileta Kosija, and received her postgraduate education in Ljubljana and at the Detmold College of music with Prof. Diemut Poppen. During her studies, she received additional education from musicians such as: Hariolf Schlichtig, Animatolfram Christ and others. She is the recipient of the Preserna prize of the Academy of music and the Crystal Coat of arms of the city of Celje for her academic achievements. As a soloist and member of ensembles such as the Dissonance ensemble and the chamber string orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, she has performed at several international festivals ( Festival Ljubljana, Festival Maribor, slo Modulind festival, Harmony Of Worlds, Ochrid Summer festival, Forum of new music ... ), and have had the opportunity to work with top musicians such as Dmitry Sytkovetsky, Sreten krstič, Andreas Janke, Diemut Poppen ..). He is also dedicated to performing Slovenian contemporary music. She is a member of the md7 ensemble and repeatedly performs works by Slovenian composers for Viola solo or chamber ensemble.
Vljudno vabljeni na dogodke ob gostovanju profesorjev iz Univerze Južna Kalifornija (USC) v Los Angelesu:
Mojstrski tečaj za violino s prof. Lino Bahn
sreda, 29. 10. 2025, od 12.30 do 16.30
Dvorana Marijana Lipovška, Akademija za glasbo, Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana
Odprto za javnost/pasivne udeležence, brez kotizacije.
Mojstrski tečaj za violončelo s prof. Sethom Parkerjem Woodsom
sreda, 29. 10. 2025, od 15.30 do 19.00
Dvorana Tria Lorenz, Akademija za glasbo, Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana
Odprto za javnost/pasivne udeležence, brez kotizacije.
Predstavitev financiranja študija v ZDA iz skladov družine Kerže
četrtek, 30. 10. 2025 ob 13.00
Dvorana Tria Lorenz, Akademija za glasbo, Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana
Dogodek je odprt za javnost.
Na predstavitvi bodo predstavljene možnosti štipendiranja slovenskih študentov glasbenih smeri za študij na Univerzi v Južni Kaliforniji – Thornton School of Music (4. rangirana med glasbenimi akademijami v ZDA).
Na predstavitvi bodo sodelovali predstavniki Ministrstva za zunanje in evropske zadeve RS, Ameriško slovenske izobraževalne fundacije (ASEF) ter Oddelka za štipendije in programe Ad futura na Javnem štipendijskem, razvojnem, invalidskem in preživninskem skladu RS.
KONCERT GODALNEGA KVARTETA USC (ZDA) IN UL AG (SI)
četrtek, 30. 10. 2025, ob 19.30
Dvorana Julija Betetta, Akademija za glasbo, Kongresni trg 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Vstop je prost.
Izvajalci:
Lina Bahn, violina (University of Southern California, ZDA)
Maja Rome, viola (Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani)
Seth Parker Woods, violončelo (University of Southern California, ZDA)
Gal Faganel, violončelo (Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani)
Spored:
Philip Glass : Duo št. 1 iz Dvojnega koncerta za violino in violončelo
Jeffrey Mumford : An Expanding Distance of Multiple Voices
I. Estatico e molto appassionato
Adam Silverman : The Viol, the Violet and the Vine
III. Music Box
Evan Chambers : Last Night at Yaddo
Chinary Ung : Khse Buon za solo violončelo (1980)
Anton Arensky : Godalni kvartet št. 2, op. 35
I. Moderato
II. Variacije na temo Čajkovskega – Moderato
III. Finale – Andante sostenuto
Seth Parker Woods (https://music.usc.edu/seth-parker-woods/) je ameriški violončelist, ki od leta 2022 poučuje na Univerzi Južne Kalifornije, od leta 2024 pa je vodja oddelka za godala in komorno glasbo. Parker Woods je dvakratni nominiranec za nagrado Grammy, sodeloval je z orkestri, kot so Newyorška in Losangeleška filharmonija, Seattle Symphony in Atlanta Symphony. Med drugim je nastopal na BBC Proms v Royal Albert Hallu, Carnegie Hallu, predstavil se je na Aspen Music Festivalu in Ojai Festivalu. Njegovi projekti pogosto presegajo meje klasične glasbe – med najbolj prepoznavnimi sta avtobiografski koncert Difficult Grace, nominiran za nagrado Grammy, in performans Iced Bodies, ko je igral na violončelo iz ledu. Kot član kolektiva Wild Up sodeluje pri posnetkih del Juliusa Eastmana, poleg tega pa redno izvaja nova dela sodobnih skladateljev, kot so Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Nathalie Joachim in Rebecca Saunders.
Lina Bahn (https://music.usc.edu/lina-bahn/) je ameriška violinistka, profesorica na na Univerzi Južne Kalifornije in predstojnica oddelka za godala. Kritiki jo opisujejo kot »briljantno« in »lirično« glasbenico, njen posnetek Mean Fiddle Summer pri založbi Naxos pa je bil deležen številnih pohval. Kot nekdanja članica nagrajenega Corigliano Quarteta je nastopala v dvoranah, kot so Carnegie Hall, Library of Congress, Ravinia Festival in Alice Tully Hall, ter snemala za priznane založbe (Naxos, CRI, Albany). Ustanovila je sodobni ansambel MoVE (Modern Violin Ensemble), ki ustvarja nov repertoar za kvartet violin, ter dolgoletno delovala kot umetniška vodja VERGE Ensemble v Washingtonu, D.C. Njena mednarodna kariera vključuje solistične nastope z orkestri, kot so Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Malezijska nacionalna simfonija in Orquesta Sinfónica de La Serena. Kot pedagoginja je poučevala na Univerzi v Koloradu, v Singapurju, Hongkongu, Pekingu, na Kraljevem konservatoriju v Torontu in na številnih poletnih šolah.
Gal Faganel je mednarodno uveljavljen in nagrajen violončelist ter iskan pedagog. Je profesor violončela na Akademiji za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani. Pred tem je redno poučeval na University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern California, na University of North Texas in kot gost številnih ustanov po svetu. Nastopal je širom ZDA, tudi v najuglednejših dvoranah kot sta Walt Disney Concert Hall v Los Angelesu, Carnegie Hall v New Yorku ter na številnih festivalih po Evropi in Aziji. Nastopa z vrhunskimi glasbeniki, med njimi Simon Trpčeski, Dan Zhu, Pavel Vernikov, Alexander Lonquich in kvartet Euclid. Z ansamblom Colorado Piano Trio pogosto izvaja in snema tudi novo glasbo. Posebej se posveča slovenski glasbi za violončelo. Kritiki ga opisujejo kot »violončelista z veliko topline, občutljivega za melodijo, liriko in spevnost«, »močan in lep ton, izjemno občutljivo interpretacijo ter briljantno virtuoznost in mladostno moč.«
Maja Rome je med leti 2006 in 2020 delovala kot solo violistka Orkestra slovenske filharmonije. Od leta 2020 je zaposlena na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani kot docentka za področje viole. Diplomirala je na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani v razredu prof. Mileta Kosija, podiplomsko pa se je izobraževala v Ljubljani in na Visoki šoli za glasbo Detmold pri prof. Diemut Poppen. Med študijem se je dodatno izobraževala pri glasbenikih kot so: Hariolf Schlichtig, Wolfram Christ in drugi. Je prejemnica Prešernove nagrade Akademije za glasbo in Kristalnega grba mesta Celje za študijske dosežke. Kot solistka in članica ansamblov, kot so Ansambel Dissonance in Komorni godalni orkester slovenske filharmonije je nastopala na več mednarodnih festivalih ( Festival Ljubljana, Festival Maribor, Slowind festival, Sozvočje svetov, Ochrid Summer festival, Forum Nove glasbe ... ) in imela priložnost sodelovati z vrhunskimi glasbeniki kot so: Dmitry Sytkovetsky, Sreten krstič, Andreas Janke, Diemut Poppen ..). Posveča se tudi izvajanju slovenske sodobne glasbe. Je članica ansambla MD7 in večkrat krstno izvaja dela slovenskih skladateljev za violo solo ali komorni ansambel.
