Marko Letonja
Marko Letonja (born 12 August 1961) is a Slovenian conductor.
Marko Letonja
- Name
- Marko Letonja
- Born
- 12 August 1961
- Occupation
- Conductor Marko Letonja (born 12 August 1961) is a Slovenian conductor.
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Education
- Academy of Music
- Honours
- Prešeren Fund Awards
- Languages
- Slovene
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• Name — Marko Letonja • Born — 12 August 1961 • Origin — Slovenia • Occupation — Conductor Marko Letonja (born 12 August 1961) is a Slovenian conductor.
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Marko Letonja, a musician and conductor, was born on 12 August 1961. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Biography
Biography
Letonja studied piano and conducting at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where his conducting teachers included Anton Nanut. He continued his conducting studies at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts, with such teachers as Otmar Suitner. He graduated from the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in 1989. From 1996 to 2002, Letonja was chief conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 2003 to 2006, he held the same position with Sinfonieorchester Basel. From 2011 through the end of 2018, Letonja was chief conductor and artistic director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO). He now has the title of conductor laureate of the TSO. In 2012, Letonja became music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and held the post through 2021. In 2018, he became chief conductor of the Bremer Philharmoniker.
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