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Andrej Hajdinjak
Andrej Hajdinjak has designed lighting for more than 200 productions spanning theater, dance, ballet, opera, concerts, and exhibitions, collaborating with renowned directors, choreographers, and institutions across Europe and beyond. His credits include Tosca (G. H. Seebach), Lakmé, The Tales of Hoffmann, Prince Igor (Plamen Kartaloff), Carmen (Charles Roubaud), Faust (Alessia Pizzech), Don Quixote (Thomas Schulte Michels), and Julie (Manfred Schweigkofler). With choreographer Edward Clug, he created designs for Architecture of Silence, Radio and Juliet, and Pret-a-Porter. He also lit Tomaž Pandur’s Medea and Vito Taufer’s Three Oranges, as well as major cultural events including the Slovenian National Day celebrations and the National Prešeren Awards.
He has worked with leading companies such as the National Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, SNG Maribor, Ljubljana City Theatre, Slovenian Youth Theatre, Croatian National Theatre Zagreb and Rijeka, Yugoslav Drama Theatre, and the National Opera and Ballet Sofia. His designs have toured internationally to the Paphos Aphrodite Festival (Cyprus), Osaka Festival Hall and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Japan), Singapore Arts Festival, St. Pölten, Winterthur, Bolzano, and beyond. Winner of the Borštnik Award for lighting design, Hajdinjak has worked professionally since 1994. Formerly head of stage lighting at Cankarjev Dom, he now focuses on original projects, education, and consulting in stage lighting.
He has worked with leading companies such as the National Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, SNG Maribor, Ljubljana City Theatre, Slovenian Youth Theatre, Croatian National Theatre Zagreb and Rijeka, Yugoslav Drama Theatre, and the National Opera and Ballet Sofia. His designs have toured internationally to the Paphos Aphrodite Festival (Cyprus), Osaka Festival Hall and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Japan), Singapore Arts Festival, St. Pölten, Winterthur, Bolzano, and beyond. Winner of the Borštnik Award for lighting design, Hajdinjak has worked professionally since 1994. Formerly head of stage lighting at Cankarjev Dom, he now focuses on original projects, education, and consulting in stage lighting.