Trombone Junction?B.Sloker x Japan Virtuoso Trombonists?

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Branimir Slokar

Born in Maribor, Slovenia, where he first picked up the trombone. After winning the 7th Yugoslavian Music Competition in Zagreb, he decided to pursue a career as a musician. After graduating from the Ljubljana College of Music in 1969 with the highest honors, he advanced to the National Conservatoire in Paris and graduated at the top of his class in a short period of one year. In 1974, he won numerous awards, including the 23rd Munich International Music Competition. As a solo trombonist with renowned orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, he received a great deal of attention for his extraordinary musicality. Currently, he is a professor at the Freiburg Hochschule für Hochschule für Musik in Bern, and has an active solo career throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. He is also a juror of international competitions in Munich and Geneva. Through many CD recordings, radio and TV appearances, he has received high acclaim around the world as a musician representing the trombone world.