JOSE CARRERAS

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In a fortunate stream of events, the Slovenian Philharmonic required a synthesizer player at the very moment of their show with Jose Carreras, so Rok had the opportunity to perform wit him in September 1995.

THE GOLDEN AWARDS 1996 (Zlati Petelin)

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Rok Golob & Stop the Band together with the SGS Orchestra and Choir under conductor Tomaz Habe (around 120 musicians) performed together at the Awards ceremony and played Rok's composition Film Overture.

BANJO

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The Banjo is a rather unusual instrument that Rok picked up by chance; the reason being it was required by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Marko Letonja suggested he played the banjo and mandolin on synthesizer, but Rok decided to play the real instruments instead. A tour of Ljubljana(Slovenia)-Wels-Vienna(Austria)-Bratislava(Slovakia) followed. An even bigger surprise followed later. He was asked to join the World Youth Orchestra, consisted of the finest young musicians in the world and joining usually involved a prolonged audition process. With the Orchestra, Rok toured through Switzerland and the Netherlands (at the famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam) creating friends from all over the planet. The company is exquisite, for they are joined banjo by Bjork, Bobby McFerrin, Kent Nagano, Barbara Hendricks, Maxim Vengerov, Monty Alexander...not bad for banjo.

ROK GOLOB & STOP THE BAND w/ SIMON PHILLIPS

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(Festival Hall, 10th of Feb. 1998) - A very successful concert with world-renowned drummer Simon Phillips, currently a member of group Toto. Stop the band consisted of Rok (keys and guitar), Primož Flajšman (saxes), Igor Bezget (guitar), Roman Ratej (drums) in Goran Šabovič (bass). They played tunes from their self-titled CD, which later received 4 Golden Awards.

FUNK & LATIN JAZZ IN FILM TOWN – OPENING OF THE 49th ANNUAL LJUBLJANA SUMMER FESTIVAL

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A grand and ambitious project with many guest artists was performed on the 14th of June 2001. Set at the Ljubljana Castle, the lineup consisted of the following. Big band RTV Slovenija with soloists, Camerata Labacensis Chamber Orchestra, Domžale Chamber Choir, Katrinas, Boštjan Andrejc (Skunk Funk), Rudi Strnad (Kud GAS), Jadranka Juras and Anja Tomažin (Planet Groove), Nino Mureškič & Afir Bafir, guest composer Jani Golob (Rok's father) and M.C. Vesna Milek. The project was broadcasted live by television and radio.