THE RESONANCE ATLAS
Nina Šenk
Biography
Nina Šenk (born 1982) is a Slovenian composer whose music has been performed by leading orchestras and contemporary ensembles across Europe and beyond. She studied composition at the Ljubljana Academy of Music with Pavel Mihelčič, continued her training in Dresden with Lothar Voigtländer, and completed a master's degree in Munich with Matthias Pintscher in 2008.
Her works have been heard at festivals including the BBC Proms, Salzburg Festival, Wien Modern and the New York Philharmonic Biennial, and performed by ensembles including Ensemble intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern and the London Sinfonietta. Her awards include a Prešeren Fund Prize, the Johann Joseph Fux opera composition prize for Canvas and the Erste Bank Composition Prize in 2024. She has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2019 and is active in the country's contemporary music organisations.
Why this music interests us
Šenk's music combines an assured sense of large-scale form with finely judged instrumental colour and rhythmic energy. Her work for both orchestras and chamber ensembles makes her an important voice in the contemporary musical life of Slovenia and a natural subject for Resonance's exploration of underrepresented European repertoire. The challenge and opportunity is to identify chamber works in which her distinctive musical architecture can be experienced at close quarters.
Selected works & listening
Canvas; Violin Concerto; Movimento fluido
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