Janez Dovč, accordionist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, began his full-time music career in 2004 with Terrafolk. He collaborates with Slovenian and international artists across genres, orchestras, and theater projects. He won the 2014 Vesna Award for Best Music in The Tree. As co-founder of Celinka and the Sounds of Slovenia project, he promotes Slovenian music globally. Since 2008, he has led the Godibodi Festival, fostering creativity and performance opportunities.

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.

Nova Gorica-based saxophone player Jani Šepetavec went to the Jazz Institut Kunstuniversität in Graz, Austria. As a musician, he participated in masterclasses lead by first-rate tutors (Don Menza, Dave Liebman, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Mintzer, Donny McCaslin). He writes music for various projects as well as composes his own. As a multi-instrumentalist, he regularly collaborates with notable Slovenian musicians.

Janja Brlec is a top zither player and a first prize winner of several national and international competitions. Performing in a variety of musical styles, she wants to bring the zither closer to the wider audiences as a concert instrument of great dimensions and infinitude. She graduated with honors from the University of Music and Performing Arts in and holds a Master's degree from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. She has performed as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles at numerous international festivals and concerts in Austria, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Germany and Croatia and has collaborated with distinguished musicians such as the Salzburg Mozartplayers Orchestra, Kairos Quartett from Berlin, Mezzena Quartet from Italy, Izidor Erazem Grafenauer, Gal Gjurin, Jure Tori,… She is a member of the Slovenian Zither Quartet and Duo Kontrario. In an effort to make the zither recognizable as a concert instrument, she regularly collaborates with composers and performs on season concerts.

Januš Aleš Luznar, aka Yanoosh, is a Slovenian producer and composer known for blending acoustic and electronic elements in ambient, experimental music. His project Ictuscordis uses real-time heartbeats in live AV performances. He’s part of projects like Ohm Fat, Funksi, Yanwe, and JamJamJam. Since his 2009 debut hibernate 1000 miles from the earth (rx:tx), he’s explored electroacoustic genres, pushing sonic boundaries.

Jasna Žitnik is a versatile musician, singer, flautist, arranger, and pedagogue. She is versed in various areas of music ranging from music creation to music pedagogy and concert organisation. She is the artistic director and singer at the internationally acclaimed ensemble Jazzva, vocalist at the musical group Selecto, and leader of the ethno vocal ensemble Maroltovke as well as of the academic folklore group France Marolt. In recent years she has become increasingly dedicated to the charms of Slovenian folk music. She is one of the people charged with crafting the programme for the Ljubljana Vocal Festival, which explores the capacities and limits of the human voice. Last but not least, we mustn’t forget to mention her excellent arranging skills.

Jaša is a DJ, music journalist and promoter. He plays percussive bass, techno and leftfield club music. Sometimes, he steers into hypnagogic territory, mixing post-punk, jazz, ambient and experimental sonics. This adaptability is a result of his involvement at the legendary institution Radio Študent where he co-hosts Partijska Linija, a show dedicated to cutting-edge electronic and experimental music, and co-curates the morning show DJ Afterparty. He has performed at various regional club nights and festivals like Dimensions. Since 2018, he has been running the Cosmic Sex night, which recently found its home at Channel Zero. Cosmic Sex presents local DJs and established names of the global electronic underground like Ploy, Bruce and Lag.

The Jazz Ladies group was formed two years ago by five girls with a common interest and passion for jazz music. They play mostly jazz standards, swing and bebop. Their repertoire also includes songs of Latin American origin, such as samba and bossa nova.