Dejan Prešiček is a Slovenia

Slovenia

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n saxophonist.

Dejan Prešiček was born in Celje in 1970. He graduated from the Music Academy in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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 and continued his studies at Jean-Marie Londeix

Jean-Marie Londeix

Jean-Marie Londeix is a French saxophonist born in Libourne who studied saxophone, piano, harmony and chamber music.Jean-Marie Londeix studied saxophone with the legendary Marcel Mule at the Paris Conservatory. He also studied with Fernand Oubradous and Norbert Dufourcq, among others...

's master class in Bordeaux

Bordeaux

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 where he won the gold medal and the prize of the city of Bordeaux for saxophone and for chamber music

Chamber music

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At the international competition »Pierre Lantier

Pierre Lantier

Pierre Lantier was a composer, pianist, and husband of Paule Maurice. Lantier wrote Sicilienne pour saxophone alto et piano.His compositions also include three for piano and orchestra....

« in Paris

Paris

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 he won the 3eme Grand Prix for chamber music.

Besides being a member of the Slavko Osterc Trio

Slavko Osterc Ensemble

The Slavko Osterc Ensemble was a Slovenian chamber orchestra formed under the direction of Ivo Petrič in 1962. Named after Slovenian composer Slavko Osterc, the ensemble toured throughout Europe performing works by modern composers active in the former Yugoslavian countries...

 and Ensemble “4Saxess”, he also performed at several festivals as a soloist or a member of chamber groups (Festival Ljubljana, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Musica Strasbourg, Ars Nova Mainz, Nova Antiqua Köln, Musika Viva München, Warsaw Autumn

Warsaw Autumn

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, etc.) and in concert halls in Europe

Europe

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 (London

London

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, Paris, Berlin

Berlin

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, Vienna

Vienna

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, Lisbon

Lisbon

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, Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Zagreb

Zagreb

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 etc.), Canada

Canada

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, the USA

United States

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, Thailand

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 and Brazil

Brazil

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As a solo artist he performed with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

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, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

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, the Symphonic Orchestra of the RTV Slovenija, the Celje String Orchestra, the Slavko Osterc Ensemble and with the Soloists of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

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He has recorded for various radio and television houses (BBC London

BBC London

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, Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bayerischer Rundfunk

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, Deutschlandradio

Deutschlandradio

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, SWR Stuttgart, SWR Baden Baden, Radio Lisboa, Poljski radio, RTV Slovenija, etc.) and has participated in recording numerous CDs.

He also collaborates with the following ensembles and orchestras as an outside colleague: Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, Ensemble Aventure Freiburg, Radio Orchestra SWF Stuttgart, RTV Slovenija, Mannheim Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Heidelberg Opera, Darmstadt Opera, Karlsruhe Opera, members of the Strasbourg Symphonic Orchestra, Slovenska filharmonija, etc.

He has collaborated with the following composers: Nenad Firšt

Nenad Firšt

Nenad Firšt , is a Slovene composer, conductor and violinist.Nenad Firšt received a high school musical education at the Zagreb High School of Music before moving to Ljubljana to study at the Ljubljana Academy of Music under Prof. Dane Škerl and Prof. Rok Klopčič...

, Vinko Globokar

Vinko Globokar

Vinko Globokar is a French avant-garde composer and trombonist of Slovene descent.His work is noted for its use of unconventional and extended techniques, closely allying him to contemporaries Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann...

, Uroš Krek

Uroš Krek

Uroš Krek was a Slovenian composer, considered one of the most renowned personalities of Slovenian music after the Second World War. A native of Ljubljana, he died in Jesenice. He worked for many years for Radiotelevizija Slovenija, and composed a number of soundtracks...

, Milko Lazar, Lojze Lebic, Urska Pompe, Uros Rojko, Primož Ramovš

Primož Ramovš

Primož Ramovš was a Slovenian composer. He was born and died in Ljubljana.Ramovš studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Music from 1935-1941 under Slavko Osterc; following this he studied in Siena under Vito Frazzi in 1941 and in Rome with Goffredo Petrassi and Alfredo Casella from 1941-1943...

, Larisa Vrhunc, Mark-Anthony Turnage

Mark-Anthony Turnage

Mark-Anthony Turnage is a prolific English composer of classical music. His initial musical studies were with Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and later with Gunther Schuller...

 (England), Christian Loba (France), Francois Rosset (France), Klaus Obermaier (Austria), etc., and has performed debuts of their works.

He works with the world-renowned saxophonists Vincent David, Claude Delangle

Claude Delangle

Claude Delangle is a French classical saxophonist. He teaches saxophone at the National Superior Conservatory of Music of Paris since 1988. He played in the famous "Quatuor Adolphe Sax Paris" with Jacques Baguet, Bruno Totaro an Jean-Paul Fouchécourt. Very implicated during the 80's in developing...

, Matjaz Drevensek, Jean Yves Formeau, Daniel Gauthier

Daniel Gauthier

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, Phillip Geiss, Jean-Marie Londeix, Oto Vrhovnik, Zagreb Saxophone Quartet, Bohemia Saxophone Quartet, etc.

He lectures at international summer school

Summer school

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s (Musical Summer at Podsreda

Podsreda

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Castle, Musical Summer School “Celeia” in Celje, International Summer School Alpe, Adrija, Donava) and takes part as member of the jury at Slovenian and international competitions (Bayreuth, Dinant, Nova Gorica, Münster…).

From 2001 he is the co-founder of the Slavko Osterc Ensemble. 2010 he was elected as president of the Slovenian Saxophone association “GD Saksofonija”.

Dejan Prešiček is the director and teacher for saxophone and chamber music at the Conservatory for music and ballet Ljubljana. Since 2009 he is honorary professor for saxophone at the University for music in Ljubljana.

Dejan Presicek plays Selmer Saxophones, Rico reeds and BG ligatures.
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