Aljaž Zupančič

Born in Ljubljana in time for the 71st anniversary of the October Revolution, he concluded his primary and secondary education in Kočevje and continued with the tedious studies of musicology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. During that time he worked as a postman and played the guitar in the punk band Propala Investicija. After graduation he also enrolled in philosophy and sociology studies. For this brief period the was a member of the Initiative for a democratic socialism. Likewise short was his cooperation with the newspaper Večer, which instantly concluded after the censorship of one of his politicised critiques of an opera performance. He is one of the founding members of the Sindikat skladateljev brez prihodnosti (Union of Composers Without a Future). His greatest accomplishment is the performance of X for Henry Flynt by La Monte Young (first attempt to scare Arvo Pärt) which has more than 7000 views and 52 likes on YouTube. Generally he dislikes the world, however, he does like animals, G. W. F. Hegel and the Festival Maribor.