Borut Krzisnik (1961, Zagreb) is a Slovenian composer of contemporary music, based in Ljubljana. Born into a family of diplomats, he moved frequently during his childhood, both within former Yugoslavia and abroad. Soon after his birth his family moved to Romania where his father was appointed to the post of Yugoslavian diplomatic attache in Bucharest. In 1973, they finally settled in Ljubljana, which became his permanent residence. Living in different environments and experiencing many mentalities shaped his understanding of diversity and ultimately his broad approach to music. He began his musical journey with the piano, continued with the guitar, and throughout the eighties built his unique compositional language. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana with a degree in psychology, but soon devoted himself professionally to music.

He released nine albums: UTOPIA (Claudio Records, 2024), DANCING MACHINE (Claudio Records, 2020), LIGHTNING (Claudio Records, 2013), VALSE BRUTAL (Claudio Records, 2014, KUD France Prešeren, 2009), SACRE DU TEMPS (Claudio Records, 2013, Station Zuid, 2007), A LIFE IN SUITCASES (Claudio Records, 2012, First Name Soundtracks, 2006), STORIES FROM MAGATREA (Claudio Records,2014, KUD France Prešeren, 1997, US's release: Falcata-Galia Recordings, 1999), LA DOLCE VITA (Claudio Records, 2014, FV, Ljubljana/Discordia, Willich, 1995) and CURRENTS OF TIME (Claudio Records, 2012, Recommended Records, London, 1991; re-release: Tone Casualties, Hollywood, 1998).

Music of Borut Krzisnik is used for a great number of film, dance, theatre and other productions. He wrote the score for Peter Greenaway's film trilogy Tulse Luper Suitcases,and its integral version A Life in Suitcases. They were screened at almost all important film festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, Tribeca, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Philadelphia, Hong Kong, Edinburgh and many others). He has also joined Greenaway at Gold – 92 bars in the broken car (theatre play, Schauspiel Frankfurt), The Reitdiep Journeys (documentary), Grand Terp (complex site specific installation, Groningen), Sex and the Sea (instalation, Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam), Map to Paradise (exhibition, Ljubljana) and some others.

One of the best examples of the exciting use of his music is certainly the performances of the famous theater and opera director Gerald Thomas. In the plays Nietzsche Contra Wagner (SESC, Sao Paulo, 2000) and Anchorpectoris – United States of the Mind (La MaMa, New York, 2004), music is used as one of the cores that drives Tomas's "absolute" theater and fuses different theatrical languages , from you. "traditional" theater, ballet, opera, and physical theater.

Among the most outstanding dance projects is his collaboration with the internationally renowned choreographer Edward Clug, with whom they joined forces for the performances Sacre du Temps (Tilburg, 2007), Skitzen (Graz, 2010), Divine Comedy (BITEF, 2011), Songs for the Mating Season - Homage to Stravinsky (SNG Maribor, 2012). The performances move in the field of contemporary dance and the exploration of the new, but at the same time fertilized by the doctrine of the history of dance.

Also very important is his long-term collaboration with theater director Emil Hrvatin and British director Julie-Anne Robinson, who are continuously present on European theater stages with their penetrating concepts and daring performances, with highlights at the Picollo Teatro in Milan, the Bush Theater and the Royal National Theater in London.

Recently, apart from his albums, he devoted himself to contemporary dance projects. He collaborated with Thomas Noone, Natalia Horecna, Ana Lujan Sanchez, Katarzyna Kozielska, Isabelle Kralj, Josh Beamish, Virpi Pahkinen and Gyula Berger, Bojan Jablanovec, Borghesia and Laibach.

Krzisnik won Vesna prize for best film music at Slovenian Film Festival in 2008 (film Landscape No2) and 1st prize at the Napoli Danza Festival (art-video Labyrinth).

With his unique way of composing, Borut Krzisnik integrates live playing and music software on computer platform, and breaks free from confines of specific methodologies.

Intensity, diversity and exciting changes are the main characteristics of his music. The key moment in his musical stories is not only emphasising the contrasts but rather building bridging between them. His relationship to musical ideas is similar to that of a director to an actor: he builds the composition by confronting different characters, make them deal with various situations and so he tries to draw out of them their true nature. Confronting the differences till they burn or dance together. Popular or avant-garde, academic or underground, genre or non-genre, program or abstract music - these are the extremes between which the composer moves easily. Liberated from the narrow confines of a specific methodology, he is able to stress the diverse aspects of music. Using a polyglot musical language the composer weaves a thread through all these contrasts and introduces them to us with inspiring optimism.

- Utopia - Claudio Records, UK, 2024

- Dancing Machine - Claudio Records, UK, 2020

- Lightning - Claudio Records, UK, 2013

- Valse Brutal - Claudio Records, UK, 2014 (KUD France Preseren, Ljubljana, 2009)

- Sacre du Temps - Claudio Records, UK, 2013 (Station Zuid, Tilburg, 2007)

- A Life in Suitcases - Claudio Records, UK, 2012 (First Name Soundtracks, London, 2006; KUD France Preseren, Ljubljana, 2005)

- Stories from Magatrea - Claudio Records, UK, 2014 (KUD France Preseren, Ljubljana, 1997, US release:  Falcata - Galia Recording, Rialto, 1999 )

- La Dolce Vita - Claudio Records, UK, 2015 (FV Ljubljana, 1995; Discordia, Wilich, Germany, 1995)

- Currents of Time - Claudio Records, UK, 2014 (Recommended Records, London 1991, US release: Tone Casualties , Hollywood, 1998 )

- Dancing/Listening - Unknown Public, London, 2003

- Trans Slovenia Express Vol.1 – Dallas, Ljubljana, 1994

- Love Song No.1 - Symphonic Orchestra of Slovenian Philharmony,  conductor: Marko Letonja, Cankarjev dom, 1998

- Questions - Enzo Fabiani string quartet, ŠKUC, 1997

- Fire - electronic performance, Narodni dom Maribor, 2007

- Fill in the Blank  – dance, concept: Stefanie Nelson, choreographed: Maya Orchin, Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, New York, 2023
- Trap Ist - choreographed: Felice Lesser, Felice Lesser Dance Company, New York, 2023
- Metamorphosis - dance/theatre, directed and choreographed: Isabelle Kralj and Mark Anderson, Theatre Gigante, Milwaukee, 2018
- Take Your Pleasure Seriously – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Katarzyna Kozielska, Stuttgart Ballet, 2018
- Lightning, choreographed: Felice Lesser, Felice Lesser Dance Company, February 6-12, 2017, The Dyke on 42nd Street, New York
- From Distance – music for contemporary dance,  idea and performance : Petra Stare, choreography: Ana Romih, LG Nebo in KUD Qulenium Ljubljana,  2018
- The Death That Best Preserves - music for contemporary dance, choreography: Natalia Horecna, The Royal Danish Theatre, Kobenhavn, 2015
- Waltz Epoca (Restless Creature) – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Joshua Beamish, New York, 2014
-Catch– music for contemporary dance, choreography: Ana Lujan Sanchez, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Leeds, 2012
-Songs for the mating season (Hommage a Stravinsky)– music for contemporary dance, choreography: Edward Clug, SNG Maribor, 2012
- Korona – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Virpi Pahkinen, Finish National Opera and Ballet, Helsinki, 2011
- Divine Comedy – music for contemporary dance,choreography: Edward Clug, Bitef teatar in Budva grad teatar, 2011
- State celebration for the Independence day – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Edward Clug, Cankarjev dom, 2011
- Glitch – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Thomas Noone, Thomas Noone Dance, Barcelona, 2010orary dance, choreography: Edward Clug, Opera Graz.2010
- Les Oiseaux – sodobni ples, koreografija: Josh Beamish, Universitiy of Missouri, Kansas City, 2010
- The Merry Metronomes – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Gyula Berger, Zero Balet, Budimpešta, 2010
- The Tragedy of Maria Macabre – sodobni ples, koreografija: Rechel Klein, New York, 2010 (ena skladba)
- Proximity Spiral – sodobni ples, koreografija: Stefanie Nelson, Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, 2010 (3 compositions)
- The Tragedy of Maria Macabre – sodobni ples, koreografija: Rechel Klein, New York, 2010 (1 composition)
- Sacre du Temps – dance, choreography: Edward Clug, Station Zuid, 2007
- File not Found – ballet work, choreography: Massimiliano Volpini, Bienale Zagreb, 2005
- I still don’t know – ballet work, choreography: Isabelle Kralj, SNG Opera and ballet Ljubljana, 2005

- The Greenaway Alphabet  – documentary film, director: Saskia Bodekke, BEELD/NTR, 2017
- Family album – documentary film, director: Nishtha Jain, Raintree films, India, 2011
- Landscape No.2 – feature film, director: Vinko Möderndorfer, Forum Ljubljana, 2008
- Paper Prince – feature film, director: Marko Kostić, Luksfilm, 2008
- Impression of a Great City – documentary film, režija: Amir Muratović, Slovenija, 2009
- Fabiani Plečnik – documentary, directed: Amir Muratović, RTS, 2008
- A Life in Suitcases – feature film, director: Peter Greenaway, Kasander Film, 2005
- Vaux to the See (2nd part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases) – feature film, directed: Peter Greenaway, Kasander Film, 2003
- The Moab Story (1st part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases) – feature film, director: Peter Greenaway, Kasander Film, 2003
- The Reitdiep Journeys – documentary film, director: Peter Greenaway, Dutch TV, 2001

- Um Tartufo – theatre performance, director: Bruce Gomlewski, CIA Teatro Esplendor, Rio de Janeiro, 2018
- Nameless – eclectic theatre performance, directed: Vlado Repnik, Kino Šiška, 2017
- Nein – theatre performance, director: Vlado Gotvan, Kino Šiška, 2016
- A Few Messages to the Universe – theatre performance, director: Sebastjan Horvat, SNG Drama, 2014
- Pilowman (O Homem Travesseiro) – theatre performance, director: Bruce Gomlevsky, Rio de Janeiro, 2011
- Anchorpectoris – theatre performance, director: Gerald Thomas, La MaMa, New York, 2004
- Gold, 92 Golden Bars in the Crashed Car – theatre performance, director: Saskia Boddeke, written: Peter Greenaway, Schaushpiel Frankfurt, 2001
- Nietzsche Contra Wagner – theatre performance, director: Gerald Thomas, SESC, Sao Paulo, 2000
- Drive in Camillo – theatre performance, director: Emil Hrvatin, Maska, Ljubljana, 2000
- Camillo – theatre performance, director: Emil Hrvatin, Picollo Teatro, Milano, 1998
- Two Gentlemen of Verona – theatre performance, director: Julie-Anne Robinson, Royal National Theatre, London 1999
- Yard – theatre performance, director: Julie-Anne Robinson, Bush Theatre, London, 1998
- Romeo and Juliet – theatre performance, director: Julie-Anne Robinson, C.F.T.C., Birmingham, 1996
- The New Organon - theatre performance, director: Emil Hrvatin, Društvo 51, 1994
- The Cell - theatre performance, director: Emil Hrvatin, Theatre Mladinsko, 1995
- Men's Fantasies - theatre performance, dir: Emil Hrvatin, Theatre Mladinsko, 1996
- The Banquet - theatre performance, director: Emil Hrvatin, Društvo 51, 1997
- The Woman Who Talks Incessantly - theatre performance, director: Emil Hrvatin, Inart, 1993
- Romulus Veliki - theatre performance, dir: Bojan Jablanovec, Municipal Theatre, 1998
- Where is Franz? - theatre performance, director: Pepi Sekulić, Panoptikon, 1996
- Breakfast on the Lawn - theatre performance, director & chor: Nataša Kos, Maska, Ljubljana and Danswerkplaats, Amsterdam, 1994
- Hey, Salvador - theatre performance, director: Matjaž Pograjc, Glej, 1991

- Project O - AV performans by “Project O”, Kiblix, KID Kibla, 2022, Maribor
- Shelters of Babilon – AV performans by “Project O”, Kiblix, KID Kibla, 2017, Maribor
- Sex and the Sea - Peter Greenaway, Sasia Boddeke, Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam, 2013
- Compton Verney – performance, director: Peter Greenaway, U.K., 2004
- Grand Terp in Groningen – exhibition/installation by Peter Greenaway, Kasander Film, Groningen, 2001
- Map to Paradise – exhibition / installation by Peter Greenaway, Museum, Ljubljana, 2000
- One Way - art-video, director: Nataša Prosenc, RTS, 1996
- Painter, Do You Know Your Duty? – exhibition / installation by VSSD, 1987
- The Fall of the Angel of Light, exhibition by VSSD, 1988
- The Reason - installation by Nataša Prosenc, Mala Galerija, Ljubljana, RTS, 1996
- More – installation by Nataša Prosenc, Rihard Jakopič Gallery, 1997
- The Border - instalation by Nataša Prosenc, RTS, 1997
- The Labyrinth - theatre performance, director: Marina Gržinič & Aina Šmid, 1993