Aldo Kumar studied composition in Ljubljana with Alojz Srebotnjak and completed his post-graduate studies in Poland with B. Schaeffer and K. Meyer. His compositional opus includes choir, solo, chamber and vocal-instrumental music, as well as music for theatre and film. He regularly works with various conductors such as Anton Nanut, Uroš Lajovic etc... Kumar’s compositions have been performed in numerous Slovenian and international concert halls. The most famous was the Slovene Philharmonics Orchestra’s performance of Strastra (music for orchestra and organ) in St. Petersburg, in September 2002.