Slovenian Women's Union of America NYC

A number of members attended a two piano concert performance by two of Slovenia's well celebrated musicians, Bojan Gorišek and Milko Lazar, at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center in New York on June 26th in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Slovene independence. They are one of the rare piano duos in Europe, performing almost exclusively newly composed music for two pianos, including music written by contemporary composers from Slovenia like Milko Lazar and Aldo Kumar, a crossover between contemporary chamber music, improvisation and jazz, often compared to the Kronos Quartet. Many thanks to the Consulate General of Slovenia in New York for organizing and promoting this event and providing complementary tickets.

Milko Lazar is a composer, pianist, harpsichordist, keyboardist and saxophonist, working in the fields of classical and jazz music as a free-lance composer and musician. His latest classical works have been performed with many international ensembles all over Europe and in such prestigious U.S. venues as Carnegie Hall in New York. Mr. Lazar recorded over 40 LPs and CDs with different groups and more then 10 solo projects. For more info click here.

Bojan Gorišek is well known around the world for recording the complete piano opus of Erik Satie for Blaricum Music Group which was rated among the best recordings ever made. Besides performing all over Europe, Mr. Gorišek often plays in the United States, Venezuela, Columbia, and China. In February 2006 he was awarded the Prešeren Foundation Prize, one of Slovenia's highest and most prestigious awards for artistic achievement. For more info click here.


New York City Branch of Slovenian Women's Union of America