Barbara Grahor Vovk is a Slovenian jazz and classical violist, composer, arranger, conductor, and pedagogue. She graduated summa cum laude with a master’s degree from the Ljubljana Academy of Music in 2018 and is finishing her second master’s in jazz improvisation for strings at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. She bridges classical music and jazz, creating as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles, including the Samo & Barbara duo, the NOVA string quartet, and with pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar. She is also one of the art directors of the NOVA chamber orchestra.

Samo Vovk is active as a musician, singer, arranger, producer, guitarist, and pianist. He started to practice singing more seriously during his student years, when he entered the world of a cappella music through the Perpetuum Jazzile choir. He also began to teach himself music arrangement and jazz harmony. He is currently the artistic leader and arranger for the Vokalni band Kreativo a cappella ensemble. As an arranger and composer, he previously also collaborated with other a cappella groups and choirs both at home and abroad. Since 2012, he plays guitar in a duo with his wife, violist Barbara Grahor Vovk.