Born into a musical family, Igor Matković (1983) received his earliest musical education from his father, a trumpet teacher. As a musician in his own right, Matković has won three successive Slovenian classical trumpet competitions. He attended classical as well as jazz classes at the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory, where he is currently a professor of jazz trumpet. He studied at the University of Graz, Austria. Besides working with jazz ensembles as trumpet player or composer, he has also formed music partnerships with artists engaged in different genres, including pop and rock musicians; as a sideman, he has contributed to over 30 albums.

Two out of three – a dramatic exploration of dark electroacoustic soundscapes full of digitally generated and reciprocally interwoven patterns of drone tension, melancholy and Dadaism. Floating above them are the innocent sounds of the electric harp, which light the way towards cold ambient horizons. Our guides on this tour are audio-visual artist and harp master Urška Preis aka rouge-ah and Tine Vrabič aka Nitz, a versatile explorer of electronic sounds and programme manager at Ljubljana’s K4. Your souvenir from their upcoming gig at Ljubljana Castle will be the long-awaited EP, which the duo will premiere at MENT 2020.

The privately-owned recording studio is run by classically-trained cellist, music teacher, producer and arranger Marko Kragelnik. Location: Ljubljana

Zastopanje tujih in domačih glasbenikov. Priprava marketinških planov in strategij za glasbenike in glasbene projekte.

Imago Sloveniae – Podoba Sloveniae je po obsegu eden največjih kulturnih projektov v Sloveniji, povezuje 25 občin in krajev in več kot 30 koncertnih prizorišč z vseh delov naše države – kulturna mreža. Vsako leto organizirajo več kot 100 koncertov klasične, jazz in etno glasbe, ki se jih udeleži več kot 80.000 obiskovalcev. V okviru projekta Imago Sloveniae poteka več kulturnih projektov: Mednarodni festival Poletje Imago Sloveniae Mednarodni festival Poletje v stari Ljubljani Mednarodni festival Noči v stari Ljubljani Mednarodni ciklus Jazz oder Mednarodni ciklus Mladi talenti Zima v stari Ljubljani Likovna galerija Janez Boljka.

In her youth, she trained in dance, sang in choirs, and attended piano and solo singing lessons. She attended the Rudolf Maister School Center in Kamnik, majoring in high school. In 2007, she began working with producer Simon Skalar. She wrote the lyrics for her songs herself. She released her first album in 2016. As a singer, she wants to succeed in London.

The indie rock group Infected, which is based in Ptuj, is the winner of many music competitions.

The ensemble mostly performs madrigals and motets from renaissance period, arrangements of Slovenian folksongs and new contemporary pieces composed by the young Slovenian authors. The main purpose of the ensemble is presenting rarely performed or even unknown masterpieces, promoting the young composers and growing in quality of the sound and performance itself.

INGRIT SCHŰLLER is a four-piece psychedelic pop band formed in the Slovenian countryside. They met in a waiting room for a kids comercial when they were young. The friendship grew strong over the years but it wasn´t until the year 2016 that they formed the band. The release of their debut album is expected in the start of the new year.

Ingver in Gverilke is a performative vocal trio with a selection of original, found and inherited songs. From polyphony to improvisation, the voice is their instrument of choice. Interweaving vocals, the trio weave a braid of voices. Their music relies on simple arrangements and repetition. They pursue the voice with movement and the movement with the voice. Their expression is inspired by punk, folk music, free jazz, Saharan blues, minimalism and the sound of various languages. In their songs, they address issues such as migration, solidarity with the oppressed, etc. In a ludic spirit, they use humour to create extremely poetic music.