Boštjan Lipovšek
Boštjan Lipovšek (born July 18, 1974) is a Slovenian classical horn player.He is associated with much contemporary Slovenian music and has performed works by Lojze Lebič, Ivo Petrić, Uroš Krek, Jani Golob, Tomaž Habe and Vito Žuraj.While studying in Ljubljana he received the Prešeren Student Award for his interpretation of the 1st Concerto for Horn by Richard Strauss with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra.The RTV Slovenia has so far published five CDs, including three solo works and two with chamber ensembles.With the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has played for ten years, he has recorded the horn concertos of Richard Strauss and Mozart, and a number of other works for horn and orchestra, including those of Slovenian composers Lipovšek has played under the baton of such conductors as Anton Nanut, Uros Lajovic, Marko Letonja, David de Villiers, S. Pelegrino Amato, Gary Brain, Amy Anderson, Yakov Kreizberg and Sian Edwards.