Background
Matičič was born in Ljubljana.
Matičič was born in Ljubljana.
He graduated in composition from the Ljubljana Academy of Music in 1950 and conducting in 1951.
He also taught music for a number of years. From 1959 to 1961 he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. From 1959 to 1975 he collaborated with the Groupe de Recherches Musicales that experimented with electroacoustic music under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer.
Among Matičič" most works are his two concerts for piano and orchestra, concerto for cello and orchestra, and especially the pieces created in a modernist and experimental mode.
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts]
Since 2007 he is a regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.