death_date death_place birth_place awards birth_date known_for image article_title name
18 january 1999 ljubljana , slovenia vučja vas , slovenia levstik award 1963 for opera in njeni mojstri 08 january 1920 composer , conductor ciril cvetko.jpg ciril cvetko
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ciril cvetko

ciril cvetko -lrb- 8 january 1920 -- 18 january 1999 -rrb- was a slovene composer and conductor , brother of the musicologist dragotin cvetko .
cvetko was born in vučja vas near ljutomer in northeastern slovenia in 1920 .
he studied music at the ljubljana academy of music and graduated in 1948 .
he also completed graduate studies in prague and paris .
he worked at triglav film , the slovene national theatre opera and ballet company , and the slovenian philharmonic orchestra .
he died in ljubljana in 1999 .
in 1963 he won the levstik award for his book `` opera in njeni mojstri '' -lrb- the opera and its masters -rrb- .
