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ja Koter, BOJAN ADAMIÈ: THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HIS CREATIVE AND ...
instruments, he played the accordion, saxophone, and clarinet, making progress with the
support of his friend Miloš Ziherl, with whom he had much in common.9 At the age of 18,
before he joined Danèi Pestotnik’s band Rony, Adamiè wrote compositions and mostly
arranged American film music.
Photo 1: Bojan Adamiè as saxophonist (third from bottom) with the Ronny ensemble in 1932 in
Rogaška Slatina (family archives).
In Rony, he played the accordion and later also the saxophone - like other ensembles in
Ljubljana they pioneered the performing of popular music and dabbled in playing jazz. It
was playing in the ensemble, which performed in a prestigious casino in Bled for no less
than 6 months in 1933, that most probably decided his fate. In other words, from that point
on he pursued two paths; he continued his formal education in classical music while
gaining experience in popular music, which not only became as appealing to him as
classical music but was also becoming more popular among the young. Respecting his
parents’ wishes, he entered the faculty of law after high school graduation, completing his
studies in five years, passing the state judiciary exam (1934), and finally graduating.10
Alongside studying law, he continued to study piano until he graduated from the Academy
of Music in 1941, with a public performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E- flat major
by Franz Liszt. The conductor of the orchestra was Samo Hubad, who later became one of
the most eminent conductors in Slovenia.11 According to Adamiè, it was his piano
professor Anton Ravnik who spotted his capacity for music and who encouraged him to
pursue a career in it. While Ravnik disapproved of his student’s interest in popular music,
Adamiè highly respected him, both as a person and a teacher.12 The beginning of the war
brought Bojan’s career as a pianist to a halt temporarily, but he held on to his desire to
continue his studies for many years to come.
9 Accessible at http://www.bojan-adamic.si/razmisljanja/#o-sebi, October 10h, 2012.
10 Documentation is kept in the family archive by his daughter, Alenka Adamiè; partially accessible at
http://www.bojan-adamic.si/biografija#uvodinbio, May 14th, 2012.
11 Certificate of graduation in piano, dated January 1941, kept in the family archive by his daughter, Alenka
Adamiè.
12 Accessible at http://www.bojan-adamic.si/razmisljanja/#o-sebi, October 20th, 2012.
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instruments, he played the accordion, saxophone, and clarinet, making progress with the
support of his friend Miloš Ziherl, with whom he had much in common.9 At the age of 18,
before he joined Danèi Pestotnik’s band Rony, Adamiè wrote compositions and mostly
arranged American film music.
Photo 1: Bojan Adamiè as saxophonist (third from bottom) with the Ronny ensemble in 1932 in
Rogaška Slatina (family archives).
In Rony, he played the accordion and later also the saxophone - like other ensembles in
Ljubljana they pioneered the performing of popular music and dabbled in playing jazz. It
was playing in the ensemble, which performed in a prestigious casino in Bled for no less
than 6 months in 1933, that most probably decided his fate. In other words, from that point
on he pursued two paths; he continued his formal education in classical music while
gaining experience in popular music, which not only became as appealing to him as
classical music but was also becoming more popular among the young. Respecting his
parents’ wishes, he entered the faculty of law after high school graduation, completing his
studies in five years, passing the state judiciary exam (1934), and finally graduating.10
Alongside studying law, he continued to study piano until he graduated from the Academy
of Music in 1941, with a public performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E- flat major
by Franz Liszt. The conductor of the orchestra was Samo Hubad, who later became one of
the most eminent conductors in Slovenia.11 According to Adamiè, it was his piano
professor Anton Ravnik who spotted his capacity for music and who encouraged him to
pursue a career in it. While Ravnik disapproved of his student’s interest in popular music,
Adamiè highly respected him, both as a person and a teacher.12 The beginning of the war
brought Bojan’s career as a pianist to a halt temporarily, but he held on to his desire to
continue his studies for many years to come.
9 Accessible at http://www.bojan-adamic.si/razmisljanja/#o-sebi, October 10h, 2012.
10 Documentation is kept in the family archive by his daughter, Alenka Adamiè; partially accessible at
http://www.bojan-adamic.si/biografija#uvodinbio, May 14th, 2012.
11 Certificate of graduation in piano, dated January 1941, kept in the family archive by his daughter, Alenka
Adamiè.
12 Accessible at http://www.bojan-adamic.si/razmisljanja/#o-sebi, October 20th, 2012.
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