Thursday

19:30

Concert

IRENA ROVTAR, flute; NINA PIRC, violin; GEA PANTNER VOLFAND, viola; PRIMOŽ ZALAZNIK, violoncello; NIKA TKALEC, piano

Irena Rovtar, flute
Nina Pirc, violin
Gea Pantner Volfand, viola
Primoz Zalaznik, cello
Nika Tkalec, piano

Flutist Irena Rovtar
(1987) began his musical journey at the music school in Škofja Loka and continued at the Music and Ballet Conservatory in Ljubljana. During her studies, she received several awards and prizes such as coming in first place at the international competition in Valjevo. As a soloist, she performed with numerous orchestras in Slovenia and is also a member of several chamber ensembles (Trio Irenema, Syrinx, Kwindtet). For two years, Irena was a member of the European Youth Orchestra, with which she traveled around the US and Europe.

Nina Pirc
began with violin lessons at the music school in Krško and continued at the High School Of Music in Velenje and later Music and Ballet Conservatory in Ljubljana. In 2011, she graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana and later attended seminars in Slovenia and abroad. As a member of the A la corda quartet, she received a Prešeren award for academic achievements in 2010. Nina is also a member of the Offstring string sextet, which has recently been invited to attend a seminar in Schaffhausen (Ana Chumachenco, Wolfgang Boettcher, Wen-Sinn Yang, Menahem Pressler). In 2010, she passed the audition for joining the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and was a member until 2013. Since then, Nina has been the second concertmaster of the RTV Slovenija orchestra.

Gea Pantner Volfand
(1990) is a second-year student of the Academy of Music’s postgraduate program in Ljubljana. She has participated in several competitions for young Slovenian musicians and won first prizes in 2009 and 2012. She performed as a soloist with several orchestras in Slovenia and won Škerjančeva award and Prešeren award in 2010. Last year, she won another Prešeren award for her solo performance with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and has been a member of the RTV Slovenija orchestra since 2012. She also has experience working with orchestras and musicians abroad (Swiss orchestra "Die Preisträger", Young Euro Classic Orchestra, EUYO orchestra).

Primož Zalaznik
(1984) attended the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, and Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, which resulted in his performance with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. Primož has received several awards and prizes, such as coming in second place at the international cello competition in Liezen and first place at the TEMSIG national competition. He has also won a Prešeren award and performed at concerts in Slovenia and abroad.

Nika Tkalec
After finishing music school in Krško, pianist Nika Tkalec continued her education at the Music and Ballet Conservatory in Ljubljana and later Academy of Music. She has successfully participated in several national and international competitions and attended seminars of musicians, such as Dmitri Alexeev, Stanislav Pochekin, Felix Gottlieb, Jurij Kot and Elisabeth Fister. As a soloist and chamber musician, Nika performed at many concerts and recitals in Slovenia. She is a member of the piano duo with Primož Urbanc and piano-flute duo with Irena Rovtar as well as a recipient of the Prešeren award for academic achievements.