Pavle Merku - Composer and Intellectual

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Ljubljana, 7 February - Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year, is one of the most influential cultural personalities among Slovenians living in Italy. At the same time, the 86-year-old is a pessimist: "Our European culture and society are decaying and will soon disappear," he has told the STA.

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Italy, Trieste
Trieste-based composer and scholar Pavle Merku, one of the two Prešeren Prize laureates this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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