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Matej Zupan is the principal flutist of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. He graduated under Fedja Rupel at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana where he also finished his postgraduate studies. He is also a member of the ARIART Woodwind Quintet and of the Chamber Orchestra of Soloists (Society of Slovene Composers). He has performed throughout Europe as well as in both Americas and recorded for Slovenian RTV, Italian RAI and Austrian ORF. He has released five solo CDs (1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008) and three with the ARIART Woodwind Quintet (1998, 2004, 2006). Since 1993 he is an associate professor at the Academy of Music (University) in Ljubljana.

Jože Kotar became principal clarinetist of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in 2007 after serving in that role at the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra for more than 10 years. He is also a tenured professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana where he finished his studies as a student of Alojz Zupan. He has won nine first prizes at different competitions, and has performed as a soloist and a member of chamber groups in Europe and the USA. He has recorded eleven CDs, including four solo discs, and is a member of the ARIART Woodwind Quintet, the Slovenian Clarinet Sextet and founding member of the Slovenian Clarinet Orchestra.

Katja Krajnik pursued her studies with Nobuko Imai at the University of Music in Detmoldhas after graduating from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana in the class of Svava Bernhardsdottir. She perfected her skills at several summer schools in Europe and the USA where she also gave numerous performances. She has been the principal violist of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra since 2000, additionally appearing with chamber groups such as the Rožmarinke String Quartet and as a soloist.

Igor Mitrović was born in Beirut and graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana in the class of Miloš Mlejnik. He perfected his skills in masterclasses with Antonio Meneses, Walter Levin, Daniel Šafran, Janoš Starker and Boris Pergamenščikov. Currently he is co-principal cellist of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and frequently appears as a soloist or member of other various orchestras and chamber groups. The Slovenian recording label Bizjak has released five CDs featuring him as part of the Slovenian Musical Heritage cycle.

Luca Ferrini studied piano, harpsichord, organ and organ composition at the Conservatoires in Trieste and Udine (Italy). He has been performing for twenty years as a soloist and with chamber groups and orchestras on all three instruments in cities across Europe and Asia. His performances have been recorded by several national radio stations. Winner of awards in numerous competitions, he has appeared on twelve CDs. He is is the official piano accompanist in international instrumental competitions and masterclasses, and has participated in international seminars as guest lecturer for piano and harpsichord. He is also busy as a composer, with several choral and instrumental works to his name.

Franci Krevh graduated from the percussion department of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where he studied with Boris Šurbek. He is a member of various ensembles with whom he performs both in Slovenian and abroad, including the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, The percussion ensemble SToP, the MD7 contemporary music ensemble and the KOS DSS Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with numerous top musicians and ensembles, including Berhard Wulf, Manfred Menke, John Beck, Igor Lešnik, the BBC Singers and others. He won the Betetto Award together with the Studio for Percussion, and also hosts a series of percussion concerts for children characterised by openness and a joy for making music.

Miha Šuler graduated from the Freiburg Univerity of Music in 2004, where he studied with renowned trombonist Branimir Slokar, completeing his studies two years later at the Bern College for Music and Theatre (Switzerland). He has won awards at numerous competitions and has already performed in cities across Europe and Asia. He is also a member of the Friedemann Immer Trumpet Consort and Hopfkapele baroque ensembles, and often performs with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the orchestra of the Maltese Opera and the RSO Bern. Currently he is co-principal trombonist with the RTV Slovena Symphony Orchestra.

Steven Loy is a freelance conductor active in Ljubljana with the contemporary music ensembles MD7, Slowind and Ensemble Slavko Osterc. He has conducted a number of important premieres in Slovenia, including works by Steve Reich, Brian Ferneyhough, Martin Smolka and many others. He has also led the Slovenian Philharmonic, the Savaria Symphony and Miskolc Symphony Orchestras (Hungary) and the Brasov Philharmonic (Romania). Originally from the US, he received his BM in composition in Philadelphia, later earning the Diplôme Superieur in orchestral conducting in Paris in 2000. He has actively participated in master classes with many well-known conductors including Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Peskó, Yuri Simonov, Jean-Marc Burfin, Jorma Panula and Helmuth Rilling. In 2002 he attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, studying with maestro Lothar Zagrosek and earning the Diploma di Merito.