Prešeren Award: Petra Strahovnik
08/01/26 11:47 Filed in: prize
Petra Strahovnik is a composer of sound worlds that breathe, fracture, and resonate. Her music moves between silence and raw intensity, exploring what cannot be said in words.
From deep listening to deep feeling, her work gives voice to the unseen and unheard and has received international acclaim. She was awarded the Berlin Art Prize for Music in 2021 by the Academy of Arts in Berlin, one of Germany’s most prestigious creative honours. In 2019, she won the International Rostrum of Composers Prize, awarded by the International Music Council, for her orchestral piece Prana. And now she is the recipient of the Prešeren Award, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture's highest honor for artistic achievement. The Prešeren Awards ceremony, held annually on the eve of Prešeren Day, Slovenia’s cultural holiday, celebrates the legacy of poet France Prešeren by honoring artists who have made significant contributions to the nation’s cultural heritage. This year’s event highlighted the diversity and vitality of Slovenian arts, with recipients spanning various disciplines, including visual arts, literature, theater, and music.
From deep listening to deep feeling, her work gives voice to the unseen and unheard and has received international acclaim. She was awarded the Berlin Art Prize for Music in 2021 by the Academy of Arts in Berlin, one of Germany’s most prestigious creative honours. In 2019, she won the International Rostrum of Composers Prize, awarded by the International Music Council, for her orchestral piece Prana. And now she is the recipient of the Prešeren Award, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture's highest honor for artistic achievement. The Prešeren Awards ceremony, held annually on the eve of Prešeren Day, Slovenia’s cultural holiday, celebrates the legacy of poet France Prešeren by honoring artists who have made significant contributions to the nation’s cultural heritage. This year’s event highlighted the diversity and vitality of Slovenian arts, with recipients spanning various disciplines, including visual arts, literature, theater, and music.
