Franc Kosem
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After graduating from secondary school in Celje, Franc Kosem continued to study trumpet at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana with Professor Anton Grčar. In 2005, he concluded the studies, and three years later, he completed his postgraduate specialist training with the same professor. He carried on with postgraduate studies at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe, in the class of Professor Reinhold Friedrich, where he completed the studies in 2010.
As a soloist, chamber or orchestral musician, he has appeared in a number of top music festivals (Pacific Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Festival Mahler Days in Toblach, Ljubljana Festival, Maribor Festival, Slowind Festival …) and concert halls throughout Europe, the USA, Oman, China, Japan and Brazil. He has collaborated with renowned orchestras and ensembles from Europe, Israel, and Japan, under the baton of many great conductors of various generations, and with some legendary conductors, such as Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, and Claudio Abbado.
Since 2004, he has been principal trumpeter of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, a member of the Sibrass Quintet, and leader of the SiBRASS cultural organization.
In 2011, he was given a professor position at the Music Academy of Ljubljana University.
In 2011, the Slovenian Philharmonic label released a solo CD with Trumpet Concertos by Leopold Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. In 2016, ZKP RTV SLO label released his second solo CD REFLECTIONS, with various repertoire for trumpet and piano, where Kosem collaborated with prominent Slovenian pianists.
For his achievements, he received the highest national award, the Prešeren Fund Award, in 2012.
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