Dienstag

19:30

Konzert

ZALA HODNIK, soprano; URŠKA KASTELIC, soprano; ALEKSANDRA NAUMOVSKI POTISK, piano

Zala Hodnik, soprano
Urška Kastelic, soprano
Guest: Aleksandra Naumovski Potisk, piano

Zala Hodnik
After graduating from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Zala Hodnik continued her education at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. She attended several seminars and was awarded the title best vocal by the Newcomer competition in Graz. She appeared in a music-dance performance Ionosfera, the opera La Cecchina, European Voice concert, opera arias concert in Celje, Carmina Slovenica New Year’s concert in Maribor, Piccolo Festival in Italy and many others.

Urška Kastelic
(1989) graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana and is currently enrolled in the Master’s program. She also attended the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and learned from renowned singers and vocal pedagogues, such as Emma Kirkby, Mariana Nicolesco, Helena Lazarska, Ian Honeyman, Vlatka Oršanić, Nadia Kurem. In 2010, she won the international competition of solo singers in Montenegro and was in the semi-finals the European Community competition for young opera singers in Italy. She also performed in operas, such as Gorenjski slavček by Foerster and War and Peace by Larry Corryel.

Aleksandra Naumovski Potisk
is active in many areas of music. She teaches piano at the music school Vič – Rudnik in Ljubljana and was awarded the title Innovative teacher in 1999. She also published a textbook for 9^th grade music class, which has been authorized by the Institute of Education of the Republic of Slovenia. She lectured at the European Piano Teacher Association conference in 2005 and 2006. She also received a TEMSIG award for her mentoring activities.