Anton Nanut

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Anton Nanut
Nanut 2011.jpg
Nanut in February 2011
Born(1932-09-13)13 September 1932
Canale d'Isonzo, Kingdom of Italy (now Kanal, Slovenia)
Died(2017-01-13)13 January 2017 (aged 84)
Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia

Anton Nanut (13 September 1932 – 13 January 2017) was a renowned Slovenian international conductor of classical music.[1] From 1981 to 1999 he served as the chief conductor of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. He was a professor of conducting at the Ljubljana Academy of Music and the artistic leader of the in its most productive years.[2]

Works[]

Nanut collaborated with over 200 orchestras and had made over 200 recordings with a variety of labels.[3] Among the concerts that he valued most was a concert with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in the Carnegie Hall,[4] his concerts with Staatskapelle Dresden, with the Berlin RIAS and with Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.[3] He was a chief conductor of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra and has conducted nearly all the Italian symphony orchestras (especially Orchestra Di Padova e del Veneto).[2][5]

Awards[]

Nanut was bestowed numerous awards for his work, among them the Prešeren Foundation Award (for his interpretations of Beethoven), the , the Croatian , the , a high state decoration of the Republic of Croatia, the Yugoslav award , the Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia.[2] On 7 February 2011, he received the Prešeren Award, the highest cultural award in Slovenia, for his lifetime work.[1] Especially prized were his interpretations of Mahler's symphonies.[2]

Death[]

Nanut died following a long illness on 13 January 2017 at the age of 84.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nanut's Conducting Career Stretching from Moscow to Buenos Aires". Slovenian Press Agency. 7 February 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra" (PDF). 23nd Slovenian Music Days. The Festival Ljubljana. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nanut's Conducting Career Stretching from Moscow to Buenos Aires (EMBARGO)". Slovenian Press Agency. 7 February 2011.
  4. ^ Carnegie Hall Concert, 7.3.1983 within the USA tour; Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija 50 let, Venier Matej, Nela Malečkar; Ljubljana 2006, Mladinska knjiga. ISBN 86-11-17368-6, p. 187
  5. ^ "Anton Nanut". ArkivMusic LLC. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Conductor Anton Nanut dies". STA. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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