Background
Privšek was born in Ljubljana.
composer conductor jazz musician
Privšek was born in Ljubljana.
He studied music at the Ljubljana Intermediate Music School until 1955 and then for three years in the same city with the composer Lucijan Marija Škerjanc.
He was a pianist, a vibraphonist, a composer, and a conductor. He continued his studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in the United States with the professor Herb Pomeroy. He started his career as a pianist and a vibraphonist.
In 1961, he took the post of the leader of the RTV Slovenia Big Band, which brought him the widest recognition, and retained it until 1995, and as the composer of numerous music works and arrangements of popular and jazz music
Privšek died in Ljubljana at the age of 61 years.