Jana Valenčič (centre picture), one of the founding members of the British-Slovene Society, recounts how it was created 30 years ago: In 1986, when I arrived to London, I encountered broadly speaking four groups of Slovenians. The most visible and active group were Slovenian women of the baby boom generation who came to London as au pairs to learn English, met a British husband and put down their roots, quite…
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Boštjan Gombač, who performed at our society Prešeren Evening in 2020, is back in the UK on the 28 March for a rare live performance in London. Boštjan will be joined by Same Sky (electronics and ambisonic mix) and Amousement (visuals) to combine the oldest instrument in the world (Neanderthal Flute, 50.000 BC) with the newest electronic instruments and AI generated visuals in an improvised sonic exploration entitled “Cracks of Time”. More details and tickets…
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Our Prešeren Evening on 11th March this year was a special occasion, since we are marking our 30th anniversary. Lea Sirk, Slovenia's 2018 Eurovision Song Contest finalist, joined us at the Ambassadors Hotel in London to celebrate with an inspiring concert accompanied by three other Slovenian musicians from the Primorska region. Besides her Eurovision song »Hvala ne«, she sang popular favourites in both Slovene and English. In the end, with the audience…
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