caption birth_place background birth_date instrument image article_title name occupation
janez matičič -lrb- 2006 -rrb- ljubljana , slovenia non_vocal_instrumentalist 3 june 1926 piano maticicjanez.jpg janez matičič
 janez matičič composer , pianist
janez matičič

janez matičič -lrb- born 3 june 1926 -rrb- is a slovenian composer and pianist .
he also taught music for a number of years .
since 2007 he is a regular member of the slovenian academy of sciences and arts .
matičič was born in ljubljana .
he graduated in composition from the ljubljana academy of music in 1950 and conducting in 1951 .
from 1959 to 1961 he studied in paris with nadia boulanger .
from 1959 to 1975 he collaborated with the groupe de recherches musicales that experimented with electroacoustic music under the direction of pierre schaeffer .
among matičič ' most works are his two concerts for piano and orchestra , concerto for cello and orchestra , and especially the pieces created in a modernist and experimental mode .
in 2007 he received the prešeren award for his lifetime achievement in music .
his sister nada matičič is a writer .
