Bassless is a modern internationally renowned and awarded a cappella group from Slovenia. The five singers have been making music together since 2013. They perform covers of various musical genres and original music. Their distinctive musical expression is characterised by the combination of popular, rhythmic electronic and jazzy, traditional a cappella elements. That makes them a perfect choice for a student party, rock concert or more sophisticated venues, such as official, corporate or wedding celebrations. Their performance offers a perfect amount of technical precision, professionalism and relaxed humour that reflects the members’ personality and charisma. Bassless is more.

Jazzva entered the world of vocal music more than a decade ago. Our path is one of discovering the human voice, writing new stories, finding harmonies and playing with different colours and effects. We try to find a special relationship with each song we perform and we aspire to recreate it authentically and vividly for our audience. Jazzva’s repertoire is comprised of a wide range of genres; from pop, rock and jazz to arrangements of folk songs and more. We are not afraid of new challenges, we grow each year and so do our ambitions. We realize them by performing at home and abroad, organising our own a cappella festival, recording and attending festivals.

The birthplace of poet Valentin Vodnik is a multipurpose venue that also houses a music school. The cultural programme is run by the Divja misel Institute and includes live-music events (the hall seats up to 70 people, the garden admits more). Location: Ljubljana

Sašo Vollmaier is a Slovenian composer, pianist, performer, and pedagogue. He collaborates with Panteatre and the Roy Hart International Art Centre in Paris, as well as the Atelier of Performing Arts in Düsseldorf. Since 2014, he has been teaching at the Academy of Arts in Arezzo, Italy. In recent years, Vollmaier has focused on solo projects, including Vollmaier – Kind of Laibach, Vollmaier:Nietzsche, and Vollmaier:Ligeti (How to Explain Ligeti to a Dead Audience). He seeks his expression in darker sonic landscapes, bridging the classical and improvisational realms – a sonic quality recognised by Yamaha, which named him a Yamaha Artist in April 2023. In recent years, Vollmaier has also been active in performance and theatre, composing music for dance and theatrical productions. Sašo Vollmaier is a Yamaha Artist. The concert is supported by Yamaha Slovenia in cooperation with the Japan Piano Centre Ljubljana.

Internationally acclaimed violinist Volodja Balžalorsky performs as a soloist and chamber musician both at home and abroad. He regularly appears in venues around Europe and USA, and is regular guest of several international festivals and concert series. He is member of the Amael Piano Trio, works with many notable artists and ensembles and regularly performs in a duo with distinguished Slovenian pianist Hinko Haas. Volodja Balžalorsky’s educational work as a violin teacher importantly complements his artistic career.

Keeping alive the tradition of the musical groups from Slovenian Istria, Vruja have greatly popularized and enhanced appreciation of the musical heritage of Istria over the last decades. The group's name, which derives from the Istrian dialect, translates as source, spring. The group is a fortuitous collective of both experienced artists, who are considered the pioneers in folk music revival, and up-and-coming musicians who grew up in an environment that fosters tradition.

Death metal group Vulvathrone from Murska Sobota has replaced many memberssince its creation. The band in the form of a quartet has performed with bands such as Dying Fetus, Napalm Death, Nile, Incantation, Lividity, Abrasive, Sanatorium and others. They have performed at festivals, the likes of Metaldays, Metalfest, Austria, Rockmarathon Hungary, among others.

The Vurberk Folk-pop Music Festival, whose history goes back over 25 years, takes place on the third Saturday of June in the courtyard of the Vurberk Castle.

The four-piece band Prismojeni profesorji bluesa (Wacky Blues Professors) play a high-powered version of blues that tends to deviate into psychedelic rock or pulsating funk. The band’s specialty is the inclusion of distorted harmonica, whose sound elevates the already high-spirited and forceful music and transports the audiences into raptures of joy. When played live, the duration of a composition, and consequently a gig, usually depends on the band’s mood. Although a piece has a certain predetermined running time, its duration will be doubled and even tripled in size, provided the vibes are good, but never curtailed. While mostly performing self-penned music, the band’s playlist occasionally includes covers of foreign artists – their role models –, most notably the legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and blues giants Freddie King and Muddy Waters.

Slovenian techno dons and modular enthusiasts Lifecutter and Shekuza join forces on a new project dedicated to the exploration of industrial, techno and dark ambient sonics. The former left a mark on the local scene with his “power electronics meet blackened techno” approach, while the latter secured his position as underground mainstay with two outstanding modular techno releases for the Ljubljana netlabel Kamizdat. Warhorse is a love child of their shared passion for tissue-mutilating frequencies and noisy techno—an ode to punchy and punishing dance music that will please fans of names like Perc, Scalameriya, Surgeon and Blawan.