In 2005, many band members of the Tolmin brass band felt the need for a different musical expression. Thus, the Jazz Punt Big Band was established, uniting musicians with an affinity for jazz music. In 2013, they received the highest number of points among the participants at the International Big Band Competition in Budapest and won the golden plaque.

The group Jeannette mixes chanson with gypsy jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll.

Jegulja is an instrumental trio formed in 2013. The musical style of the band that played over 200 concerts in Slovenia and abroad is progressive stoner, metal and jamming.

Jerica Steklasa participated in concerts and opera performances around the world, on stages in Austria (Wiener Musikverein, Konzerthaus, ORF Radio Kulturhaus, Theater an der Wien, Stadttheater Baden), Germany (Alte Oper Frankfurt, Stadthalle Bayreuth), the Netherlands (the Dutch National Opera & Ballet), Switzerland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Japan and Australia. Steklasa has a wide-ranging interest in classical repertoire (from opera, oratorio, Lied to operetta and contemporary music), which was recognized with awards at numerous competitions.

Musician, guitarist, composer, songwriter, arranger, producer.

Jet Black Diamonds, a band from Vipava Valley, was formed in 2017. The band members perform a variety of musical styles, with a preference for modern rock'n'roll derivatives.

A music collaboration between two DJs (Bakto and Borka) and a drummer (Marjan Stanić). Their mission statement is to make it sound like a band, a trio and not as "a musician playing along a DJ set".

The Ljubljana shagadelic rock band Joke Out is composed of five young musicians.

In addition to musicology, Jošt Drašler (1981) studied double bass at the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt with Prof. Uli Langthaler. Recently, he has actively engaged in various areas of contemporary music practices with an emphasis on free improvisation.

Baritone Jože Vidic is a principal of the Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana. The artist has also established himself as a successful concert singer, frequently welcomed on the finest concert stages both at home and abroad. He has regularly performed with renowned orchestras, led by prominent Slovenian and foreign conductors. In 1996, he became member of the leading Slovenian chamber vocal ensemble – the Slovene Octet, with which he has regularly appeared at international festivals at home and abroad. He assumed the post of the ensemble’s Artistic Director in 2008.