Jure Rozman, Slovenian-born pianist, studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where he graduated in 2001. He earned his Master’s and Doctorate at Louisiana State University (USA) under Constance Carroll and Michael Gurt. He has won numerous awards, including first prizes at the Slovenian National Piano Competition in 1995 and 2001, and second place at the international competition in San Bartolomeo al Mare (Italy). As a soloist, he has performed with the Youth Orchestra of Slovenia, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the LSU Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a piano lecturer and music coordinator at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Jure Slapar is a guitarist who, after graduating from the Conservatory of Music in Ljubljana, continued his education at the Jazzcampus academy in Basel and graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts. He improved his knowledge under the tutelage of world-renowned masters, such as: Lionel Loueke, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Aydin Esen, Alex Sipiagin, Peter Bernstein, David Friedman and others. In the 2023/24 season, he was selected for the prestigious FocusYear program/band in Basel. He is the recipient of several awards at Temsig competitions. He regularly performs with various bands at home and abroad. During his career, he shared the stage with world-renowned musicians such as: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aydin Esen, Kendrick Scott, Lionel Loueke, Linda May Oh, Miguel Zenon, Peter Evans, Django Bates, Malcolm Braff, Ingrid Jensen, Anders Jormin, Doug Weiss and others…

Jure Tori, accordionist and composer, blends melodies from the Pannonian Plain, Mediterranean, Alps, and Balkans. From intimate solo performances by the fireplace to rocking global stages with folk punk band Orlek, his music soothes and captivates. He has performed worldwide, from New York to Sydney, and collaborated with musicians from Austria, Italy, Cuba, and beyond. His compositions are part of music curricula and featured in films and documentaries in Slovenia and Austria.

Just Friends Quartet is modeled on the traditional jazz quartet ensembles of saxophonist Sonny Rollins. The ensemble thus revives and reinterprets the jazz sound of the 1950’s. They have upgraded the rearranged jazz standards by their own authored music true to the traditional jazz spirit.

The music of the experimental folk trio Kačis, consisting of Tea Vidmar and Širom’s Ana Kravanja and Samo Kutin, emerges from the field of adventurous folk music and the legacy of free improvisation. Taking notes from archaic global traditions, their exploratory expression transcends all familiar forms. Kačis presents an aesthetic characterised by an inventive interplay between rhythmic singing and the sounds of diverse noisemakers and instruments, which through improvisation grow into exquisite sonic reveries.

Kaja Draksler (1987) is a pianist and composer. After her studies in the Netherlands (BA in jazz piano and MA in classical composition), she decided to stay in Amsterdam, where she is an active member of the improvisation scene, performing extensively all over Europe. Besides her frequent solo concerts, over the past years she has been working internationally with several bands: Feecho, Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, Hearth and Draksler-Santos Silva duo, Kaja Draksler Octet, etc. She is one of the founding members of the interdisciplinary group I/O and part of the internationally acclaimed Doek collective.

As a room's confining embrace, Kamra grabs and plunges you in a world of allegories, ruminations and imagery on their debut album Cerebral Alchemy. There is no shortage of uneasiness intertwined with familiarity here. You will hear nods to those who came before and left their mark, only for this five-piece to interpret their legacy in a disturbing, brutal, unnerving, beautiful, even caring way. Their music is permeated by a black metal atmosphere, with a kick of old school death metal, while the vocals leave one questioning genre theory. In this ambiguity and with anonymous band members, Kamra continues to be veiled in mystery.

Karmina Šilec has brought freshness and originality to the world of music and theatre. As a theatre director, conductor and composer she has projects with various companies, drama and opera houses, festivals and ensembles worldwide. Karmina has developed the artistic concept Choregie. 

Katalena trace their beginnings to a music workshop organised in summer 2001 in Črmošnjice, a village on the edge of Bela Krajina (White Carniola). Although devised as a one-off project, the workshop soon developed into a full-time band. Katalena draw inspiration from Slovenian folk music heritage but instead of seeing it merely as a resource seek to establish a dialogue with the past through music and lyrics and thus reflect on their own embeddedness in time, space and community, as well as its history and present-day reality. Katalena are one of those bands that resonate with all generations and have garnered great critical acclaim both at home and abroad.

Katarina Juvančič and Dejan Lapanja first appeared on the Slovenian music scene in 2009, when their folk-rock song Uej uej (Magdalenca) entered the Slovenian National Radio’s newcomers contest. Often described as alt-folk, bridging modern trends and ancient folk influences and sensibilities, their music has twice won awards at the Slovenian songwriting competition. Katarina and Dejan’s debut album, “Selivke” (Migratory Birds), garnered high praise in Slovenia and abroad. Featuring 17 artists from Scotland and Slovenia, their second album “Hope’s Beautiful Daughters” was released in August 2014. The third release, “Vmesje” (Betweenings), came out in 2017. The duo has performed in Slovenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, England, Ireland, Scotland, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, India and Sri Lanka.