Juan Vasle
Juan Vasle, (born 31 August 1954) is a Slovenian operatic and concert bass baritone and a journalist. Biography. Singing career. Vasle was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he received his diploma as a singer at the Superior Institute of Arte (Instituto Superior de Arte) of the Teatro Colón. He was a finalist at the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition in Philadelphia. Since 1990, he is a member of the solo ensamble of the SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, where he has done a long line of important bass roles: Zahari, Lindorf, Coppelius, Dappertuto, Miracle, don Alfonso, Ferrando , Escamillo, Martin Krpan, St. Bris, Ramfis... He also took part in guest appearances in Australia, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Italy, Canada, Kosovo, Peru, Uruguay, and elsewhere. He has also performed in a lot of oratorios of Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Verdi and lieder recitals. Journalism. He received his journalist degree at the Journalism Academy in Buenos Aires. In the 1970s, he was employed at the "Mercado" weekly magazine, which was at the time considered the most influential in the world of business and economy in the country. He also wrote columns about football for the "Crónica". Later, he co-founded  and became the chief editor of a musical magazine "ProMúsica". As a professional commentator of classical music, he took part of the show "Matutino 103", which was at the time anchored by the well-known Luis Garibotti and received the "Ondas" award for the highest level of excellency for Spanish language broadcasts. In his native Slovenia, he published articles about association football in South America in the local "Delo" newspaper. He had a column in the "Dnevnik" called Volej z odra ("A volley from backstage"), and is still an occasional participant in its Saturday supplement, Objektiv. Since 2008, he comments  on the broadcasts of South American football matches at the local television station Šport TV.