Boštjan Nipič is a renowned hip hop artist and rapper, better known by the nickname Nipke.

Since their formation in 2014 the four-piece band NOAIR have released two albums: “Existential” (2014) and “Superhuman” (2017). Their second release, “Superhuman”, received glowing reviews. It was chosen as album of the year and album of the week by two different Slovenian journals. In November 2017, the band completely rearranged their repertoire, adding bossa nova, gypsy-swing and blues rhythms for a gig in a well-known unplugged show Izštekani at the national radio station Val 202. The host Jure Longyka commented: “We’ve gotten a world-class rock band that doesn't disappoint in any club, whilst the communicativeness and beauty of their music additionally pave the way to mass media exposure. Of course, this is a slow process, a long-distance run. But NOAIR are ready for it.” Noair have recently been selected as one of the INES talents for the year 2019, and the first showcase they played was Slovenia’s renowned MENT Festival. The concert coincided with the release of a new single and self-produced music video in May 2019. This was followed by a tour of Slovenia after playing a successful show as the support act for Peter, Bjorn and John at Kino Šiška (Ljubljana). In September 2019, they played at their second showcase festival, Waves Vienna.

Noctiferia’s debut album, Baptism at Savica Fall, solidified the band’s reputation as pioneers of Slovenia’s black metal movement. It was already in the early stages of their career (the band was started in 1996) that the need emerged for more than one metal genre to fuel their music expression. Noctiferia rose to international fame after having signed with the American Arctic Music Group label, which reissued their Per Aspera album and took on its global promotion and distribution. Per Aspera was internationally re-released in 2003 and immediately garnered rave reviews and worldwide exposure. Noctiferia embarked on a promotional tour and performed in eighteen European cities as the opening act for the bands Cannibal Corpse, Marduk and Kataklysm. The following year saw the second re-release of Per Aspera (reissue for the US market featuring a bonus video) and a limited edition of their debut album Baptism at Savica Fall (featuring bonus tracks) released on Master of Metal. Noctiferia again toured Europe, this time with Malevolent Creation, Marduk and Immolation. They played twenty-four concerts and enjoyed huge success especially in England, Scotland and Ireland where the media coverage was exceptionally favourable, and the album was particularly well received among fans. In 2004, Noctiferia were the headliners at the Metal Camp Festival and appeared at several European outdoor festivals. They were featured at the No Mercy Festival, and shared the stage with Cannibal Corpse, Hypocrisy and other bands in Belgium and The Netherlands. Following their spectacular first tour of China in 2015, Noctiferia were invited to perform at the 2017 Midi Festival, one of China’s largest rock music festivals held in the vicinity of Shanghai.

Noreia is a five-member group of experienced musicians from Slovenia, that play traditional irish, scottish and breton tunes – not always the traditional way! Recently the band started merging the “celtic” traditions with their own heritage – slovenian folk music – which makes the sound even more unique and exciting!

The NOVA Philharmonic was founded on the initiative of the NOVA Music Society in 2010. The youth symphony orchestra consists of about eighty musicians from the Goriška and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions, secondary and university students attending Slovenian and Italian conservatories and academies, gifted primary school students and amateurs. The orchestra’s carefully selected concert programmes transcend the limitations of the genre and appeal to a broad spectrum of audiences, and its standard classical repertoire testifies to the musicians’ artistic prowess. The orchestra is setting new trends in the area of young musicians’ cultural creativity.

The Novo mesto Symphony Orchestra, the pride of the Novo mesto Music Conservatory, comprises more than ninety musicians. String, wing, brass and percussion teachers form a constituent part of the symphony orchestra. They set an example and offer guidance to the young musicians – both former and current music school students taking their first foray into orchestral playing. However, this does not mean that the orchestra is not open to contributions from other performers. For a number of years, the symphony has extended invitations to a long list of professional soloists, primarily vocalists from different countries and cultural backgrounds. Additionally, both talented students and Music Conservatory teachers are offered a chance to perform with the orchestra as soloists. Each school year, the Symphony Orchestra of the Marjan Kozina Music Conservatory from Novo mesto presents a concert repertoire featuring compositions by Slovenian and foreign composers. The symphony orchestra of the Music Conservatory serves as a complement to the school’s vocal-instrumental study programme and gives students an opportunity to gain practical experience in ensemble playing.

Nuška Drašček Rojko is an outstanding slovenian singer with an extremely wide repertoire ranging from opera/oratorio and lied to blues, gospel, jazz, pop, french chansons and musicals.

The Oberkrainer Quintett (Slovenian: Gorenjski kvintet) hails from the birthplace of the Avsenik Brothers, the village of Begunje na Gorenjskem. The ensemble started out on its music career in 1997 as a trio, eventually developed into a quintet and was subsequently joined by a male and female vocalist. Whilst primarily focused on the original Avsenik music, Oberkrainer Quintett has a broad repertoire of their own folk-pop compositions, which have captivated the audiences at various folk-pop music festivals and featured on numerous TV and radio shows. Over the past years the Oberkrainer Quintett has regularly appeared at the Avsenik Festival. While primarily performing to Slovenian audiences, the Quintett has a devoted international following, playing mostly in German-speaking countries where the ensemble is known under its German name, the Oberkrainer Quintett.

The Oberkrainer aus Begunje folk-pop ensemble (Slovenian: Veseli Begunjčani) was started in 2007. Before joining the ensemble, all musicians were members of different folk-pop groups and have extensive experience of playing professionally both at home and abroad. They all hail from the village of Begunje na Gorenjskem or its environs. Paying tribute to folk-pop music and the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble, the band takes its name from a happy ‘tune’ written by the Avseniks as far back as in 1954, titled “Veseli Begunjčani” (Merry People from Begunje). Members of the Oberkrainer aus Begunje swear by the authentic folk pop ‘quintet’ music, i.e. music pioneered by the Avsenik Ensemble.

The group Oholo is made up of members of the younger generation of musicians, who create in the field of contemporary jazz styles, free jazz, free folk, as well as noise and hardcore.