Janez Matičič - Three Etudes for the Left Hand Alone

Igor Vičentič - Piano 00:00 Allegro Moderato 03:39 Lento Tranquillo 07:06 Allegro Vivace Janez Matičič () is a Slovenian Composer. He graduated from the Ljubljana Academy of Music, where he studied composition under L. M. Škerjanc (1950) and conducting under Danilo Švara (1951). Having first entered the world of music by learning the violin, he was eventually won over by the piano. Until 1959 when he left for Paris, Matičič taught harmony, counterpoint and music analysis at the Conservatoire of Music and Ballet and piano at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. His early compositions were influenced by the Classical period, Romanticism and Impressionism, while later, studying in Paris under the esteemed Nadia Boulanger, he turned towards contemporary trends in music. Matičič entered the world of electroacoustic music at its very source, joining the Groupe de Recherches Musicales under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer in 1962 and collaborati