Jaka Kopač alias Jaka Kopach holds a master’s degree in saxophone. He has played with various combos and big bands and performed at numerous prestigious jazz festivals and prominent European clubs. He leads his own music projects/bands.

Baritone Jaka Mihelač is a laureate of numerous national and international singing competitions. He made his debut at the Slovenian National Theatre’s Opera and Ballet Ljubljana in 2018. Jaka Mihelač debuted to great success in a staged performance of Orff's Carmina Burana in 2017, produced and directed by Echo Classic award-winner Christoph Hagel. With this production Mihelač appeared in the Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg and the Prinzregententheater in Munich. As a soloist he has sung with the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and all major Slovenian orchestras.

Jaka Stadler has performed with some of the most prominent orchestras as a soloist. He was principal cellist of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and is now member of the cello section of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Jakomini Jazz Trio is a musical group formed in 2020. The band consists of trumpeter Žan Cesar, bassist Jernej Vindšnurer and guitarist Tilen Gavranovič. With the desire to create music and original music together, they released their debut album called Searchin' in 2022, which they presented on tour in Slovenia, Croatia and Austria. They are currently performing regularly in Slovenia and abroad, and at the same time intensively preparing new material for the next self-titled album.

Jana Beltran is a singer-songwriter. Her restrained picturesque musical tales prompt attentive listening.

Janez Bončina – Benč is a leading author of Slovenian rock music and of the rock scene of the former SFR Yugoslavia. At the end of 1960, he collaborated with the pop rock group Mladi levi (The Young Lions). In 1972, he established the rock band Srce (Heart), which left an indelible mark on the music scene. In 1975, he established the group September together with an elite of Yugoslav colleagues. The band’s blend of jazz and rock resonated across international borders. September was an ambassador of Yugoslav rock abroad. Between 1976 and 1979, the band performed in the Soviet Union, Belgium, Italy, Cuba, Germany, France, and last but not least, in the USA, where they recorded their second album. In 1983, Pepsi Cola chose him as the Yugoslav representative in the international commercial event and he performed in this capacity in a commercial spot together with Tina Turner. During his career, he collaborated with many musicians and big bands.

Accordionist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Janez Dovč committed himself to a full-time music career in 2004, when joining Terrafolk, one of Slovenia’s most eminent ensembles. As a musician, composer and producer, Dovč collaborates with numerous Slovenian and international ethno, classical, pop and jazz soloists, orchestras (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Sounds of Slovenia) and artists in producing diverse studio, film and theatre projects (Carmina Slovenica, Lojze Krajnčan, Izidor Leitinger, The Fool Cool Orchestra, Slovenian National Theatre Drama, etc.). Dovč received the 2014 Vesna Award for Best Music for the feature film The Tree. He is co-founder and artistic director of the Celinka Music Cooperative – a creative platform that opens up opportunities for creativity, music performance and production. Under his leadership, the Sounds of Slovenia project brings together the nation’s 25 top-tier musicians and soloists who promote Slovenia at important international events (Brussels 2008, EU Presidency conclusions, Shanghai 2010 – World EXPO, etc.) with modern arrangements of Slovenian folk music. In 2007, Janez Dovč established the Godibodi Institute and the Godibodi Festival, which has been taking place in Ljubljana and other cities since 2008.

A celebrated Slovenian actor who doubles as leader of the music group Čompe. Škof has additionally asserted himself as a singer and accordionist mainly performing poems by Dane Zajc and Edvard Kocbek which he sets to music himself.

One of Slovenia’s seminal and most distinguished singer-songwriters, Kovačič has been involved in the national music scene since late 1970s. He first asserted himself as an alternative and punk music artist and went on to try his hand at different genres and projects, also delving into jazz with the RTV Slovenia Big Band. Many of his songs have spread among the people and become an integral part of Slovenia’s national heritage.

Guitarist Jani Moder (1978) first began to play the classical guitar at the age of eight; he pursued his undergraduate studies in Austria, studying jazz and classical guitar at the Carinthian State Conservatory of Music and then graduated with distinction from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, USA, where he was the recipient of the award for outstanding musicianship. He is also active as leader of many different jazz projects.